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Onderdonk, Henry, 1804-1886. Papers, 1729-1895

Title: Henry Onderdonk papers 1729-1895

Henry Onderdonk (1804-1886) of Queens County, Long Island, New York, was an educator at Union Hall Academy, and an historian and author of many works based on his research among local records. The Onderdonk papers include manuscript versions of Onderdonk's historical works; notes and transcriptions taken by Onderdonk from private journals, church and local government records, and newspapers; correspondence from historians, genealogists and others often conveying information requested by Onderdonk; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings covering the 1820s to 1868, with some earlier and later dated material. The bulk of the material concerns the geographic area encompassing present day Queens and Nassau counties, though the other two counties on Long Island, Kings and Suffolk, are also represented. The historical manuscripts, notes and extensive correspondence in the collection tend to center around Onderdonk's research into the American Revolution, Quakers, churches, agriculture/animal husbandry, and genealogies, all with a focus on Long Island. Perhaps the most prominent correspondent is James Fenimore Cooper, whose three letters concern Loyalist Oliver de Lancey. Among the many other correspondents are historians George Bancroft, E. F. Ellet, E. B. O'Callaghan, Jeptha Root Simms, and Jared Sparks. The several scrapbooks in the collection, also with a Long Island focus, concern a number of subjects, principally electoral and partisan politics, agriculture, temperance, announcements and public notices for a wide variety of events, such as school openings, church dedications, auctions, cultural talks, etc., crimes and accidents, court proceedings, Civil War recruitments and drafts, and railroad developments, among other matters.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Linear feet; in 8 manuscript boxes and 4 flat boxes

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_045_henry_onderdonk/arc_045_henry_onderdonk.html View

Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752. Papers and deeds, 1639-1795.

Title: Papers and deeds, 1639-1795.

Papers and deeds, 1639-1795, relating to the property of Sir Peter Warren and his wife Susannah De Lancey Warren, and the settlement of their estates. The material includes deeds; indentures; business letters; maps of their landholdings in Greenwich (i.e. Greenwich Village) and Warrensburgh (i.e. Florida, Montgomery county, N.Y.); lists of their tenants; papers relating to Sir Peter Warren's promise to fund the education of Indian children at Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The papers and correspondence indicate business relationships with his brother-in-law Oliver De Lancey, his nephew Sir William Johnson, Phillip Van Cortlandt, Anthony Duane, John Glen, and John R. Bleecker, among others.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (ca. 145 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58671377 View

Great Britain. Army. Provincial Corps. De Lancey's Volunteers. Orderly book, 1777-1778.

Title: Orderly book, 1777-1778.

Orderly book, dated February 4, 1777 - June 30, 1778, from various places in Long Island; it also contains headquarters orders dated September 29, 1776, authorizing the formation of the brigade and appointing De Lancey brigadier general, as well as brigade orders dated November 23, 1776. Orders deal with courts-martial, uniforms, supplies of clothing, the care of soldiers who have been inoculated, and hygiene in camp; an order dated September 18, 1777 stops the pay of soldiers undergoing treatment for sexually transmitted diseases.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (192 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/475795742 View

Orderly book, 1758.

Title: Orderly book, 1758.

Orderly book of Capt. Hewlett.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155450404 View

Otis, James, 1725-1783. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Oliver De Lancy [sic], 1766 Oct. 21.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Oliver De Lancy [sic], 1766 Oct. 21.

Declining to take on alone the settlement of Lady Warren's affairs in America.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270609821 View

De Witt, William. Daybook, 1739-1753.

Title: Daybook, 1739-1753.

De Witt's daybook (1739-1753) records charges for shaving, making and selling wigs, as well as miscellaneous accounts and memoranda. Customers include Samuel Bayard, John Chambers, Oliver De Lancey, William Livingston, Samuel Miers, Robert More, Thomas More, Philip Van Horne, William Walton, and John Watts.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (108 p.) ; 8 x 13 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58663394 View

De Lancey, Oliver, 1718-1785. Letter to John Smith, 1768 August 25.

Title: Letter to John Smith, 1768 August 25.

Letter to John Smith in Albany, N.Y. to be delivered by David Forman, regarding an instruction to have Ezekiel Forman pay whatever is owed in order that the principal on his loan be reduced to £200. He also tells Smith that Solomon Boyle finally paid the sum he owed, and likewise did Samuel Ford. Written at New York, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 1 page.

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Archibald Hamilton and Oliver De Lancey Revolutionary War order book, 1779-1780

Title: Archibald Hamilton and Oliver De Lancey Revolutionary War order book 1779-1780

ArchivalResource: 0.06 Linear feet; in one folder.

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1974_049_hamilton_delancey/arms_1974_049_hamilton_delancey.html View

De Lancey, Oliver, 1718-1785. Oliver De Lancey petition, 1769.

Title: Oliver De Lancey petition, 1769.

Petition to the Governor of New York concerning land claim in Minisink Patent.

ArchivalResource: 1 wallet

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/314773813 View

Onderdonk, Henry, 1804-1886. The capture & death of Gen. Nath'l Woodhull : in a series of letters addressed to Jas. Fenimore Cooper, Esq. / by Henry Onderdonk, Jr. ; New York, 1848.

Title: The capture & death of Gen. Nath'l Woodhull : in a series of letters addressed to Jas. Fenimore Cooper, Esq. / by Henry Onderdonk, Jr. ; New York, 1848.

A series of articles clipped from an unknown publication, documenting an exchange between Onderdonk and Cooper in which they debate the slaying of Woodhull by the hand of De Lancey.

ArchivalResource: 49 p. ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61224190 View

New York (State). Commissary-General's Office. Account books, 1756-1757, 1760-1768.

Title: Account books, 1756-1757, 1760-1768.

Account books, 1756 and 1760-1766, kept by the commissaries of the Colony of New York and recording sums paid for clothing and equipping the colonial army and for pay given to officers and enlisted men and the estates of deceased soldiers.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. (2 slipcases)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58771706 View

Nicoll, Charles, 1722-1780. Account books, 1753-1781.

Title: Account books, 1753-1781.

Account books, ledgers, daybooks, invoices, and copies of commercial correspondence, 1758-1781, kept by merchant Charles Nicoll of New York City; including accounts for the wine selling firm of Nicoll Taylor & Co.

ArchivalResource: 17 v. (3 v., 8 slipcases)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476440447 View

Ballentine, Samuel, fl. 1783. Samuel Ballentine military discharge and A.L.S., 1783.

Title: Samuel Ballentine military discharge and A.L.S., 1783.

Discharge (Oct. 1783) at St. John, N.B., of Samuel Ballentine from the 2nd battalion, DeLancey's British American forces, signed by Lt. Col. Richard Hewlett and Maj. Gen. Augustine Prevost; together with A.L.S. from Elizabeth Ballentine to Samuel Ballentine, inquiring of his reasons for not writing and discussing family affairs.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225890899 View

De Lancey, Oliver, 1718-1785. Letter signed : New York, to Lieutenant-Governor James De Lancey, 1757 Sept. 13.

Title: Letter signed : New York, to Lieutenant-Governor James De Lancey, 1757 Sept. 13.

Asking him to issue his warrant for £3000 to pay soldiers in the New York Regiment.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (fol.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270537875 View

Survey map of Deer Park, Orange County and Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York.

Title: Survey map of Deer Park, Orange County and Shawangunk, Ulster County, New York.

A survey map of Deer Park, Orange County and Shawangunk, Ulster County, New york at the fork of the Shawangunk and the Paltz, showing land owners.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : manuscript, encapsulated ; 43 x 106 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122537058 View

Frederick Mackenzie papers 1760-1783 Mackenzie, Frederick papers

Title: Frederick Mackenzie papers 1760-1783 Mackenzie, Frederick papers

The Frederick Mackenzie papers contain military documents and several bound volumes relating to numerous aspects of British army administration in the American Revolutionary War. These include returns of casualties, provisions, vacancies, ordnance, and various regiments, as well as scattered orders and memoranda on army policies.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1066mac?rgn=main;view=text View

John Bradstreet papers, 1773-1795

Title: John Bradstreet papers 1773-1795

Papers dated 1773-1795 relating to the affairs of British Major General John Bradstreet and his lands near the Hudson River, including a certificate of indebtedness; a deed from Morgan Lewis; a letter to Colonel Oliver De Lancey; materials from Robert R. Livingston relative to the Indians; contemporary copies of proceedings of the Council of New York concerning lands and Indians, certified by Robert Harpur and Goldsborough Banyar; and a deed of Sir Charles Gould transferring the Bradstreet tract. One paper is endorsed with the initials of Alexander Hamilton

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4068 View

Niagara expedition collection.

Title: Niagara expedition collection.

Letters, ship inventories, and military records, pertaining to the provisioning of British forces assigned to attack Fort Niagara at the beginning of the French and Indian War.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70954930 View