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Papers, 1768-1885.

Title: Papers, 1768-1885.

Volumes kept by Peter Van Schaack include registers of Supreme Court cases, 1790-1820; accounts concerning family estates, 1785-1816; ledger concerning legal services with estate records for Isaac Vanderpoel, 1769-1818; and "Collection of Cases and Opinions Thereon" consisting of notes and copies of wills, letters, and other legal papers, 1768-1807. Volumes of David Van Schaack include accounts from the Kinderhook Boarding House, 1849-1869; records of notes, bonds, mortgages, 1866-1872, with record of court cases kept by George Van Santvoord, 1846-1849; and estate records of Peter I. Hoes, 1846-1852. Volumes relating to Cornelius Van Schaack include his diary from trips to Cherry Valley, Cooperstown, and Cobleskill relating to land purchases, 1788-1797; and legal and estate records, 1776-1793. Other items include letters from Peter Van Schaack to his brother David concerning business and legal matters and to his son Henry concerning his law studies and living expenses, 1784-1789; petition of thanks to Peter Van Schaack from settlers at New Canaan, Conn., 1772; letter from Gouveneur Morris to Peter Van Schaack discussing political theory and the American system, 1784; letter by Henry C. Van Schaack on family history, 1885; and pamphlet on Capt. Thomas Morris in Illinois by Henry C. Van Schaack, 1882.

ArchivalResource: 10 v., 17 items.

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Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823. Henry Van Schaack papers, 1734-1896, bulk 1756-1809.

Title: Henry Van Schaack papers, 1734-1896, bulk 1756-1809.

Mainly correspondence, with a few receipts, appointments, petitions, and other documents, dating primarily from 1756-1809, regarding Henry Van Schaack's Indian trade operations, Seven Years' War service, colonial political activities and opinions, Revolutionary War banishment, concern with post-war loyalist emigration, connection with Shay's Rebellion, advocacy of the U.S. Constitution, anti-church tax campaign, and party politics.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (3 oversize boxes)

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