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Jackson, John Peter, 1805-1861. John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

Title: John P. Jackson papers, 1821-1887 1830-1860.

The papers consist largely of letters received by John P. Jackson, and date from 1821-1887, with bulk dates of 1830-1860. The correspondence mostly pertains to John P. Jackson's business matters and contains complaints concerning the various railroads Jackson oversaw; requests for free tickets or passes; information regarding the railroad company's stock; discussion of New Jersey and United States politics; invitations to dinners, meetings, lectures, and visits; and inquiries into money owed. Correspondents include Samuel Bayard, John J. Chetwood, John Davis, William L. Dayton, Edward Everett, Richard Stockton Field, Theodore Frelinghuysen, Charles Gayarré, Chauncey A. Goodrich, Dudley S. Gregory, Joseph C. Hornblower, Peter Jackson, Jacob W. Miller, J. Phillips Phoenix, Robert Schuyler, George Sheldon, Samuel L. Southard, Richard Stockton, Robert Field Stockton, John R. Thomson, Peter D. Vroom, Asa Whitehead, and William A. Whitehead. There are a few letters from family members, including one from John P. Jackson's brother, James Jackson, describing the state of the slaves at Mount Vernon. There are also a number of letters discussing the various organizations and societies that Jackson was involved in, including the New Jersey Colonization Society, the Essex County Bible Society, Princeton University, South Park Church, and an unspecified temperance society. The papers also contain editorials; a small number of receipts and bills; court documents; one Newark land deed; and a few letters to other people, including John Darcy Stevens, the President of the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear feet (1 small manuscript box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52262943 View

John Pintard Papers, 1750-1925 (bulk 1770-1890)

Title: John Pintard Papers 1750-1925 (bulk 1770-1890)

John Pintard was a prominent New York City merchant who helped found the New-York Historical Society in 1804. He contributed significantly to numerous civic, cultural, religious, and philanthropic groups in New York.

ArchivalResource: 6.8 Linear feet

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Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957,. Lands on Greenwich Hudson Bleecker Asylum and Factory Streets from Amos to 13th Streets / copied from 8th Ave. extending benefit map.

Title: Lands on Greenwich Hudson Bleecker Asylum and Factory Streets from Amos to 13th Streets / copied from 8th Ave. extending benefit map. [between 1827 and 1833]

ArchivalResource: 1 map on 2 assembled sheets : ms. ; 97 x 125 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82478838 View

Rivington, James, 1724-1802. James Rivington collection, 1761-1802.

Title: James Rivington collection, 1761-1802.

Letters, receipts, and orders of release pertaining to James Rivington, dated between 1761 and 1802.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (25 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727025751 View

Gibbs, George, 1815-1873. [Map of the area later bounded by Worth Street, Lafayette Street, Duane Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / Casimir Th. Goerck ; [copied by] George Gibbs.

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by Worth Street, Lafayette Street, Duane Street and Broadway, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)] / Casimir Th. Goerck ; [copied by] George Gibbs. 1845 Mar.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms. ; 30 x 46 cm. + 1 map (ms., on tracing paper ; 26 x 35 cm.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55032374 View

Bayard, Samuel, 1767-1840. ALS, 1795 January 27, Halton garden [England], to John Jay (with copy of John Jay's letter of l795 January 5 to Bayard).

Title: ALS, 1795 January 27, Halton garden [England], to John Jay (with copy of John Jay's letter of l795 January 5 to Bayard).

Bayard was sent to England by Washington, to prosecute U.S. claims before the British admiralty courts, following Jay's treaty with Great Britain, November 19, 1794. He spent four years in London and obtained $10,345,000. from the British government for illegal captures of ships. In these letters, Jay sends instructions to Bayard as to the proper conduct of pursuing these cases, and Bayard replies that he will follow Jay's instructions, detailing the situation as it appeared to him in London.

ArchivalResource: 2 letters, 5 p. & 2 p. 32.5 x 20 cm. and 32 x 20.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14580090 View

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821. ALS (draft), 1797 Aug. 27-Sept. 5, Philadelphia, to Samuel Bayard.

Title: ALS (draft), 1797 Aug. 27-Sept. 5, Philadelphia, to Samuel Bayard.

Concerns the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, including illnesses and deaths in Boudinot's family, evacuation of the city, and the success of and opposition to Benjamin Rush's treatment.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617033 View

Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833. Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to [Samuel] Bayard, Esq., [1795].

Requesting that he dine there tomorrow at 3 o'clock, the time being so early as to accommodate "a gentleman" [Granville Sharp] that must return to the country before dark; apologizing for having not called on him lately.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with address panel) ; 19cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/603596632 View

Lockman, DeWitt McClellan, 1870-1957,. Plan from White Hall to Coenties Slip, 1788.

Title: Plan from White Hall to Coenties Slip, 1788. 1786.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 35 x 52 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55046526 View

Papers, 1714-1852, 1772-1821 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1714-1852, 1772-1821 (bulk)

Elias Boudinot and Boudinot family correspondence; and material concerning American Bible Society (ABS), including letters to ABS officers, 1815-1821, resolutions and addresses, 1814-1821, and letters and constitutions of some local Bible societies. Correspondents include John B. Romeyn, William Jay, Elisha Boudinot, John Owen, Samuel Bayard, Stephen N. Bayard, John Marsden Pintard, Lewis Pintard, Susan Stockton, Hannah Stockton Boudinot, Annis Stockton, Rachel B. Bradford, Fanny Martel, Philip Stockton, and Richard Stockton.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel, 99 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79989282 View

Gelston, David. Letter book, 1793 Mar.-1800 Sept.

Title: Letter book, 1793 Mar.-1800 Sept.

Letter book kept by Gelston after the dissolution of his partnership with Gilbert Saltonstall (March 1793-Sept. 1800). Business correspondence concerning his trade in sugar, iron, beef, whale oil, and bone; output of his sugar mill during 1796-1797; his hostility toward the British government due to privateering and seizure and condemnation of American vessels, including his own; the embargo; apprehension of war between France and England; and the failure of Comfort Sands in his claim in 1797.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (418 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477028549 View

Pintard, John, 1759-1844. John Pintard papers, 1779-1880.

Title: John Pintard papers, 1779-1880.

Papers and correspondence, 1779-1880. Pintard's correspondence, 1780-1840, deals with such matters as his business activities, his financial difficulties and bankruptcy in the 1790s, the election of 1812, politics throughout the period, family matters, death or illness of friends, and his interest in various academic, cultural, philanthropic, and religious organizations. Some of his more frequent correspondents were John Wakefield Francis, Walter Livingston, De Witt Clinton, James Henry Clinton (serving aboard U.S.S. Constellation), Dr. Richard Davidson of New Orleans and other members of the Davidson family, Samuel Bayard of Princeton (N.J.), Fitch Hall of Boston, Elias Boudinot, Samuel Farmar Jarvis, and Lewis Pintard. There is also a large group of letters to his daughter, Eliza Noel Pintard (Mrs. Richard Davidson), of Pinckneyville, Mississippi Territory, and New Orleans, 1816-1833. The collection contains a diary of New York weather kept in 1779, and nine other diaries kept at various times between 1783 and 1807, including a diary of his reading while in debtors' prison. Some of the other material relates to Pintard's own interests, some to the affairs of various organizations in which he was active. It includes two commonplace books; an analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries, written by Pintard in 1799; reminiscences of his early life, probably either dictated to his daughter Louise Servoss or copied by her; notes on the Mississippi River and New Orleans, dated 1801; a manuscript article on the trade of New Orleans; a scrapbook of clippings, manuscripts and a broadside about the Erie Canal celebration in 1823; and miscellaneous papers. The material related to organizations includes indexes to volumes 10, 14 and 15 of the manuscript minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York (1790-1793, 1803-1804, and 1804-1806); papers pertaining to the financial affairs of the New-York Historical Society, ca. 1809-1828, and corrrespondence and papers about the Jacob Serred legacy to the General Theological Seminary, including Pintard's account of his involvement in the rise and progress of the seminary. There is also a large group of papers related to Pintard's son in law, Thomas L. Servoss, and his family, much of it correspondence, 1850-1880, about the family's claim under the French spoliation claims.

ArchivalResource: 6.4 linear feet (17 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475888555 View

Egbert Benson Collection, 1786-1819

Title: Egbert Benson Collection 1786-1819

Papers of the Congressman, jurist, and New York State Attorney General; includes outgoing letters to Samuel Bayard, Samuel M. Hopkins, Nicholas Low, William S. Shaw, and a single incoming item from John Jay.

ArchivalResource: 10 items (SC)

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