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Autograph File, C

Title: Autograph File, C

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 14.5 linear feet (29 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01426/catalog View

United States. District Court (New York : Northern District). Bankruptcy decree for Samuel Husted, 1842 November 7.

Title: Bankruptcy decree for Samuel Husted, 1842 November 7.

Bankruptcy decree for Samuel Husted, of Clarendon, Orleans County, New York, from the District Court, Judge Alfred Conkling presiding, signed by Aurelian Conkling, Deputy Clerk. Also, a printed booklet titled Whig Correspondents for Each Town in New York, October, 1849 (1 volume, 62 leaves).

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/775572715 View

Frey, Samuel Ludlow, 1833-1924. Papers, 1706-1916.

Title: Papers, 1706-1916.

The Samuel Ludlow Frey Papers consist of correspondence, financial records, land records, and legal records, related to the Frey and collateral families as well as materials he used in his research on the history of the Mohawk Valley. Several members of the Frey family were lawyers, hence, there is a strong representation of court-related papers, introducing personalities outside of the Frey family and Samuel Ludlow Frey's interest in early Montgomery county history. The collection also includes an extensive amount of genealogical research materials collected and compiled by Frey.

ArchivalResource: 9 boxes (3.0 cubic ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346476 View

Martha Bradstreet papers, circa 1750-1877, 1800-1840

Title: Martha Bradstreet papers circa 1750-1877 1800-1840

The papers consist chiefly of handwritten copies of maps, survey reports, and other legal documents related to litigation by Martha Bradstreet to gain title to land throughout the Mohawk River Valley in New York State. The land, including portions of Cosby's Manor and Utica, was originally the property of Major General John Bradstreet (1714-1774), the stepfather of her father, Samuel Bradstreet. The papers served as evidence for litigation by Martha Bradstreet against owners and tenants of the land. Survey reports and maps in the collection document landownership in the regions, as well as partitions and subdivisions made during the early nineteenth century within the Mohawk River Valley communities, especially in Utica, as well as Deerfield, Masonville, and Tompkins. The papers include a holograph manuscript of Bradstreet's (1827). It details thirty-five cases she brought in federal courts and the unfavorable rulings made by Justice Alfred Conkling (1789-1874) of United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. A small amount of correspondence includes letters and draft letters pertaining to her litigation and personal letters from her friend Clarissa "Clara" Bartlett Gregory Catlin (1807-1845). An Offering at the Altar of Truth

ArchivalResource: 0.63 linear feet (3 boxes, including 2 oversize boxes, and 23 broadside folders)

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Washington, Peter Grayson, d. 1872. Papers of Peter Grayson Washington, 1846-1870.

Title: Papers of Peter Grayson Washington, 1846-1870.

Include two letters, 1846, from Thomas Hart Benton to Peter Grayson Washington, regarding a pay raise and a leave of absence for an employee; letter, 27 July 1852, from Alfred Conkling, Auburn, N.Y., to Peter Grayson Washington, Washington, D.C., regarding a subscription to a periodical; and two letters, 1853-1854, from John Wentworth, Washington, D.C., to Peter Grayson Washington, regarding executive appointments. Also include letter, 29 December 1854, from John M. Read, Philadelphia, Pa., to Peter Grayson Washington, Washington, D.C., regarding United States fiscal policy; letters, 1856-1865, from L. Quinton Washington to Peter Grayson Washington, regarding California and Kentucky politics, and loyalty oaths; and letter, 22 October 1856, from John B. Floyd, Abingdon, Va., to James Guthrie, requesting a continuance of a court case between the U.S. Treasury Department and Floyd's brother. Also include three letters, 18601-861, from Philip Allen, Providence, R.I., to Peter Grayson Washington, Washington, D.C., regarding politics in Kentucky, the possibility of a political solution to the Civil War, the possible dissolution of the Union, James Guthrie, and the evolution of secessionist sentiment; and two letters, July 1862, from Juan Napoleon Zerman to Peter Grayson Washington, regarding a military appointment. Also include letter, 8 June 1870, from Thomas J.D. Fuller, Washington, D.C., to Peter Grayson Washington, regarding restitution for real property seized during the Civil War; and two letters, January 1857, between Peter Grayson Washington and Socrates Maupin, University of Virginia, regarding an honorary appointment to the U.S. Mint and family matters. Also include miscellaneous correspondence, 1853-1867, of Peter Grayson Washington, regarding immigration from Canada, executive appointments, the political implications of federal construction projects, iron manufacturing interests' influence on U.S. politics, the settlement of a decedent's estate, and the Washington National Monument Society.

ArchivalResource: 25 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34566972 View

John W. Taylor Papers, 1798-1852

Title: John W. Taylor Papers 1798-1852

John W. Taylor (1784-1854) served as a United States Congressman from 1813-1833 and was appointed Speaker of the House twice. This collection is primarily correspondence from many of Taylor’s contemporaries to him illuminating his role as a statesman particularly as to his leadership of the Restrictionist cause to abolish slavery in the newly developing western territories.

ArchivalResource: 3.75 Linear feet

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/taylor/taylor.html View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Papers, 1762-1962

Title: Gerrit Smith Papers 1762-1962

Papers of the social reformer and philanthropist from Peterboro, New York. Business, family and general correspondence; business and land records; writings; and maps. Notable correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, John Jacob Astor, Henry Ward Beecher, Antoinette Blackwell, Caleb Calkins, Lydia Maria Child, Cassius Clay, Alfred Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Paulina W. Davis, Edward C. Delavan, Frederick Douglass, Albert G. Finney, Sarah Grimke, Elizabeth Cady and Henry B. Stanton, Louis Tappan, Sojourner Truth, and Theodore Weld.

ArchivalResource: 130.0 linear ft.

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/smith_g.htm View

Jonas, Harold. Collection of Roscoe Conkling materials, 1822-1962.

Title: Collection of Roscoe Conkling materials, 1822-1962.

Correspondence (1849-1888) of Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), U.S. senator and representative of New York and mayor of Utica, N.Y.; correspondence (1822-1874) of Roscoe's father, Alfred Conkling (1789-1874), U.S. representative and jurist; and correspondence (1861-1881) of Roscoe's brother, Frederick August Conkling (1816-1891), U.S. representative and Army officer. Also includes Jonas' records (1955-1962) for the acquisition of the collection and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, Charles A. Dana, Simeon Draper, John Jay Knox, Millard Fillmore, William H. Seward, and William B. Sprague.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.1 containers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82223903 View

Taylor, John W., 1784-1854. John W. Taylor correspondence and papers, 1804-1846.

Title: John W. Taylor correspondence and papers, 1804-1846.

The John W. Taylor Papers, 1798-1852 consist primarily of correspondence related to Taylor's service as the United Stated Congressman from Saratoga County, New York from 1813-1833 during which time he was elected twice as Speaker of the House. The letters pertain to national, state and county politics, abolition and slavery, elections, banking, the tariff, internal improvements, land policy, national figures, New York politicians, the post office department, legislation and patronage as well as personal matters. Some of Taylor's frequent correspondents included Jesse Buel, DeWitt Clinton, Esek Cowen, Samuel Cook, Alfred Conkling, John Cramer, Stephen Decatur, John A. Dix, Isaac M. Ely, Jonathan Fisk, James Geddes, Jabez D. Hammond, Salma Hale, Richard M. Livingston, Henry C. Martindale, John McLean, J.B. Mower, Charles Miner, Hezekiah Niles, Eliphalet Nott, Lemuel C. Paine, George Palmer, Thomas Palmer, John Russell, Ebenezer Sage, John Savage, Ambrose Spencer, James Tallmadge, John L. Viele, Daniel D. Tompkins, Jane Taylor (his wife), Martin Van Buren and William Woodbridge. There is also a group of 83 letters from Taylor to his wife, 1813-1833. The Taylor Papers include speeches mostly in manuscript form. One speech delivered in Ballston Spa on October 8, 1831 was printed as a pamphlet supplement to the Schenectady and Saratoga Standard. An undated broadside entitled The People's Nomination describes a meeting held at Ballston Spa at which Taylor was nominated for Congress. There are certificates, including stock certificates in the Mohawk Bridge and Ballston Turnpike Company; deeds, mortgages, and other land papers, including two deeds in the name of his father-in-law, James Hodge; petitions; memoranda; several diplomas from Union College; circulars; receipts; records of the findings of an inquest held in 1812; minutes and lists. Personal correspondence includes the draft of a letter to and the reply from Thomas Jefferson. There are also large numbers of invitations and visiting cards.

ArchivalResource: 2.8 linear feet (7 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475915303 View

Conkling, Alfred, 1789-1874. Letter, 1850 April 22, Melrose [N.Y.], to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1850 April 22, Melrose [N.Y.], to Daniel Webster [n.p.].

Comments on Webster's speech on Mr. Clay's resolutions and on slavery. Recalls effects of other speeches.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2864624 View

Miscellaneous collections: Long Island - towns and villages, 1649-[ca. 1937].

Title: Miscellaneous collections: Long Island - towns and villages, 1649-[ca. 1937].

Letters, maps, petitions, deeds, notebooks, printed matter, and other papers relating to towns, villages, and localities on Long Island, including Brooklyn, Cold Spring Harbor, East Hampton, Garden City, Gardiners Island, Huntington, Islip, Miller Place, Montauk, Patchogue, Sag Harbor, Setauket, Shelter Island, and Stony Brook. Items include a title abstract for Charles Schultz for property on 13th Street, Brooklyn, 1892; letter to Newland J. Van Riper, 1931, regarding house built by Captain Manuel Enos in Cold Spring Harbor, with manuscript map; "Rules and Regulations" of Clinton Academy in East Hampton, 1794; letter from Alfred Conkling to Henry F. Yates, 1813, regarding the landing of a British fleet on Gardiners Island during the War of 1812; copy (probably 19th century) of the third patent of the Town of Huntington, 1694; appeals and petitions of Andrew Mitchell to the Commissioners of Highways, Town of Huntington, 1861; and the cattle earmark book of David Willets of Huntington, enlarged by Thomas Treadwell, ca. 1796.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155535871 View