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Richard Maass Collection of Westchester and New York State, Bulk, 1645-1910, 1645-1995 (Bulk: 1645-1910)

Title: Richard Maass Collection of Westchester and New York State Bulk, 1645-1910 1645-1995 (Bulk: 1645-1910)

Richard Maass, a Westchester County resident, NYU alumnus and highly successful investment banker, was active in the political and educational affairs of New York and Westchester (Mayor of White Plains in 1974 and Westchester County Historian, 1974-1981). Maass amassed this unique collection of historical documents over a fifty-year period. It contains more than three hundred items relating to the early history of New York State, with a particular focus on the American Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 12.0 Linear feet; (21 boxes)

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Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805. Muster roll of the Continental Army Light Dragoons, 2nd Regiment, 1782.

Title: Muster roll of the Continental Army Light Dragoons, 2nd Regiment, 1782.

Muster roll of the Continental Army Light Dragoons, 2nd Regiment, led by Sheldon throughout the Revolutionary War.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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American Revolution Collection, 1776-1786.

Title: American Revolution Collection, 1776-1786.

Collection consists of records of the Council of Safety, whose function it was to handle the day to day affairs of Connecticut's wartime government; records of the Commissary department which was responsible for providing food and equipment for the soldiers; records of the Committee of Pay table which paid for supplies and services; payroll records of Col. Sheldon's Light Dragoons; the commissary and paymaster records of the Third Regiment, Connecticut Line; Naval records including correspondence and papers of Timothy Parker, commander of the Oliver Cromwell and correspondence of Nathaniel Shaw, orderly books, journals and correspondence describing activities of Connecticut persons during the Revolution, including Asa Waterman, Peter Colt, Sanford Billings, Benjamin Boardman, Oliver Boardman, William Chapman, Elihu Clark, Joseph Morgan, Calvin Pease and Benjamin Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: 5.5 linear feet (11 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317877732 View

Sheldon, Elisha, 1740-1805. Elisha Sheldon deed, 1768 Apr. 30.

Title: Elisha Sheldon deed, 1768 Apr. 30.

Deed from Sheldon selling to Lynde Lord, of Litchfield, one half of the dwelling house in which Sheldon lives with half the land on which it stands with half the barn and shops.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682572617 View

Frisbie, Elisha, 1740-1809. Elisha Frisbie accounts and journal, 1776 Oct. 25-Dec. 25.

Title: Elisha Frisbie accounts and journal, 1776 Oct. 25-Dec. 25.

Contain tables documenting the number of men in Capt. Moses Seymour's militia under Elisha Sheldon from Oct. 25 to Dec. 25, 1776.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Janes, Elijah, 1759-1823. Paymaster papers of the 2nd regiment of light dragoons, 1779-1783.

Title: Paymaster papers of the 2nd regiment of light dragoons, 1779-1783.

Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 24 records of rosters, pay, allowances, and provisions for the 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons under Col. Elisha Sheldon. The volume includes an account of the clothing delivered to each member of the troops, along with their names and ranks; the amounts of provisions of food and drink received for the use of General John Glover; soldiers' pay as directed by Congress; allowances of subsistence money supplied to the officers in lieu of rations for themselves and their servants; as well as muster rolls for each troop in the 2nd Regiment, listing each member's name, rank, term of enlistment, and "casualties." The collection also includes a copy of a letter which requests permission to hire tailors to make clothing for the Army.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (40 leaves) ; 43 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702185428 View

Maass, Richard, 1919-1998,. The Richard Maass collection of Westchester and New York State, 1645-1910 (bulk 1770-1783).

Title: The Richard Maass collection of Westchester and New York State, 1645-1910 (bulk 1770-1783).

Collection consists of over three hundred autograph letters, documents, and newspapers which chronicle the early history of New York State from its colonization by the Dutch to the mid-nineteenth century. The collection is, however, particularly rich in materials relating to the Revolutionary War and can provide researchers with multiple perspectives on significant events and individual military campaigns. For example, the Battle of White Plains is amply documented in the collection through correspondence from participants and observers, as well as in contemporary newspaper accounts. The arrangement of the collection, for the most part, has followed Maass's own organization. With a few exceptions, each item has been listed and described individually in the finding aid. Any additional information that has been provided by Maass regarding a specific document has been retained and placed in a folder which has been filed immediately behind the folder containing the document to which it relates. Almost every folder for each item in the collection contained a one to two page description of the document, as well as other ancillary materials such as transcriptions and/or translations of documents by Maass. These folders also occasionally contained provenance information. Any additions to the collection are to be processed as separate accretions. In addition to autograph letters and historical documents, the Maass Collection contained a small amount of printed materials. These chiefly consisted of over thirty different early American, British, and French newspapers, dating mainly from the eighteenth century, which have been organized as a separate series (Series V).

ArchivalResource: 12 linear ft. (20 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476113644 View