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Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813. Letters, 1789-1801.

Title: Letters, 1789-1801.

Sixteen manuscript letters from Theodore Sedgwick, U.S. representative and senator from Mass., to Peter Van Schaack of Kinderhook, NY, 1789-1801. The letters were written from New York and Philadelphia where Sedgwick was serving in Congress, and from his home in Stockbridge. The bulk of the letters relate to pending legislation and Congressional business, in particular relations between the president and Congress and Jay's Treaty with Great Britain. The collection also includes one letter from Van Schaack to Sedgwick and a few miscellaneous fragments relating to legal cases.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder and 1 folder of photocopies.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33344473 View

Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832. Letter, 1795 February 9.

Title: Letter, 1795 February 9.

Letter to John E. Van Alen discussing political issues. Van Schaack discusses Jay's popularity, the demise of the anti-federalists, and the importance of public sentiment in government accountability. Jay was, at the time, negotiating a treaty of neutrality with Great Britain. Van Schaack felt that he was the second most popular man in the country, next to George Washington.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122487944 View

Duane, James, 1733-1797. Duane and Featherstonhaugh family papers, 1666-1900 (bulk 1756-1900).

Title: Duane and Featherstonhaugh family papers, 1666-1900 (bulk 1756-1900).

Correspondence and papers, 1666- ca. 1900 (mostly 1756 - ca. 1900), of various members of the Duane, Featherstonhaugh, and related families. The major part of the collection is the papers of the New York lawyer, patriot, and land developer James Duane. There are also a substantial number of papers of Duane's son, James Chatham Duane, a lawyer of Duanesburgh and Schenectady, and of his son-in-law George William Featherstonhaugh, a geologist and resident of Schenectady, as well as smaller groups pertaining to Abraham, Anthony, Cornelius, and Mary Duane (wife of James Duane and daughter of Robert Livingston, Jr., third lord of Livingston Manor); and to William North, Hannah E. North, William North Duane, and the latter's mother, Mrs. A.D. Duane. The James Duane papers, ca. 1756-1798, comprise letters, deeds and other land papers, a large group of legal papers, miscellaneous certificates, commissions, bills, memoranda, etc., and pertain to such matters as: his practice of law in New York and New Jersey; relations with Great Britain and political affairs in the colonies prior to the Revolution; New York State's controversy with Massachusetts over the New Hampshire grants, and Duane's own holdings in the disputed area; his activities and interests as New York delegate to the Continental Congress, as the first federal judge for the district of New York, as a New York State senator, and as mayor of New York City; the settling of Duanesburgh, Schenectady County, New York; affairs of the Livingston family and of Livingston Manor; the settlement of estates; his property holdings in the Hardenburgh, Schuyler, and Franklin patents, and in New York City, Otsego County, Ulster County, and Socialborough, New Hampshire (now Rutland, Vermont); New York State boundaries; military and political events during the Revolutionary War; Indian affairs during the war; etc. Some of his more frequent correspondents were George Clinton, Robert R. Livingston, Horatio Gates, Philip Schuyler, Richard Varick, Walter Livingston, William Cockburn, John Myers, James Chalmers of London, Goldsbrow Banyar, Jacob Cuyler, Isabella Graham, John Jay, Robert Livingston, Jr., John McFarland, John Munro, John Patterson, John Morin Scott, Isaac Vrooman, Peter Van Schaack, and George Washington. Duane's notebooks, 1765-1789, contain daily notes on his activities, land transactions, and improvements at Duanesburgh, his Albany law practice, his service as delegate to Congress, including his expenses, Livingston Manor, a trip with Lafayette to Albany, travelling with Luzerne from Morristown to Philadelphia, depreciation of money, costs of lands withheld by the Vermonters, public roads out of Duanesburgh, etc. His legal papers - briefs, notes, declarations, narratives, arguments, etc. - pertain to such cases as: Ryer Schermerhorn vs. Harmanus Brandt; Rev. Joshua Bloomer vs. Robert Hinckman and Philip Edsal, church wardens of the parish of Jamaica; Peter Du Bois ads.. James Jackson ex dem. Daniel Terboss et al.; James Downes vs. Francis Child; John Elam vs. Adam Fisher; Ryer Schermerhorn, John Glen, et al. vs. Jacob Fonda; William Janeway et al. vs. John Frederick Herring; Johannes Hardenburgh ads. James Jackson ex dem. Daniel Terboss; the Rector of Trinity Church and inhabitants of the City of New York ads. James Jackson ex dem. Cornelius Brower; Rex vs. John Van Rensselaer; John Doe ex dem. Philip Verplanck et al. vs. Ezekiel Griffin; and many others. Many of the Featherstonhaugh papers pertain to George W. Featherstonhaugh's interest in agriculture and husbandry (he was corresponding secretary of the New York State Board of Agriculture), and his business interests, particularly during the 1820s, including the purchase of Wade Hampton's horse, Janus. There are also some letters and papers of his son, James Duane Featherstonhaugh, including technical data probably kept by him while working as a surveyor on the 1843-1845 Maine-Quebec boundary survey. The collection includes six recipe or cookbooks belonging to various members of the Duane family, 1740-1874.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear feet (23 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476013900 View

Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832. Peter Van Schaack papers, 1776-1841.

Title: Peter Van Schaack papers, 1776-1841.

Chiefly letters received by Peter Van Schaack after his return to New York together with a few letters of Henry Van Schaack. Correspondents include Loring Andrews, Cadwallader Colden, Abraham Cuyler, James Duane, Edmund Fanning, Jacob Ford, Ezekiel Gilbert, Henry Glen, Richard Harrison, John Sloss Hobart, John Honeywood, Moses Kent, Peter Robert Livingston, George D. Ludlow, Hosea Moffitt, Roger Morris, Thomas Morris, William Powers, Caleb S. Riggs, Theodore Sedgwick, Philip Skene, Robert Troup, John E. Van Alen, John Van Rensselaer, John Watts, Oliver Wendell, and John C. Wynkoop.

ArchivalResource: 53 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981588 View

Van Schaack, Henry Cruger, 1802-1887. H.C. Van Schaack autograph letter signed to "Orpha, " Manlius, 1885 April 3.

Title: H.C. Van Schaack autograph letter signed to "Orpha, " Manlius, 1885 April 3.

The letter, to a grandchild, mentions how important it is for his children and grandchildren to read and learn from the biography.

ArchivalResource: 4 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754864938 View

[Peter Van Schaack, biographical materials]

Title: [Peter Van Schaack, biographical materials] 1890-

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21820178 View

Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832. Letter, 1788 March 19.

Title: Letter, 1788 March 19.

Letter to Robert R. Livingston discussing county politics. Discusses several county men and their political activities.

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122536964 View

Gansevoort, Leonard, 1751-1810. Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Peter Van Schaack, 1774 Oct. 24.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Albany, to Peter Van Schaack, 1774 Oct. 24.

On legal matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269563420 View

Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813. Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, to Peter Van Schaack, 1792 Oct. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Stockbridge, to Peter Van Schaack, 1792 Oct. 28.

Concerning sending out books and a future visit.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663748 View

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816. Gouverneur Morris autograph letter to Peter van Schaack, 1778 Sept. 8.

Title: Gouverneur Morris autograph letter to Peter van Schaack, 1778 Sept. 8.

Morris discusses his sentiments regarding the American Revolution. Van Schaak was apparently leaving America due to his Tory sympathies. Morris explains his own sympathies: "Could the American contest have been decided without Blood I should have been happy. While the appeal lay to reason, I reasoned; when it was made to the Sword I thought it my duty to join in the great issue. While Reconciliation appeared practicable I labored for Reconciliation. When the breach was so widened that no hope remained of cure I solemnly pledged my Faith to support the Independence of my Country which had then become essential to her Liberties..., I will continue in public life till the establishment of the Liberties of America ..."

ArchivalResource: 3 pages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/754872554 View

Tontine Coffee-House. Records, 1738-1872.

Title: Records, 1738-1872.

Records, 1738-1872. They include: deeds, leases, accounts, legal opinions (including one by Cadwallader Colden) and other documents relating to the Tontine Coffee-House and the land on which it stood; agreements with Ebenezer Storer and Edward Bardin, tenants of the coffee-house at different times; documents relating to the adjoining property, 120 Water Street; a sketch by John McComb of the Bar Room of the Tontine Coffee-House, and a section of the Coffee Room, with his estimate for proposed alterations; lists of nominees; assignments of shares; three copies of The Constitution and Nominations of the Subscribers to the Tontine Coffee-House (New-York: Printed in the Year 1796), one bearing the signature of Frederic de Peyster and annotated with dates of death of nominees; papers and accounts relating to the estate of George Bright; papers, accounts, and legal opinons (by Richard Harison, John Wells, William Slosson, and Peter Van Schaack) relating to the affairs of John Charlton, his widow Mary, and their respective estates, including some bills for her funeral expenses; an invitation card for a dinner held at the Tontine Coffee-House in 1796 by the Lieutenant Governor. Many of the papers were written by Frederick de Peyster or his son Frederic.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58774226 View

Van Schaack, Henry. Letters, 1793-1799.

Title: Letters, 1793-1799.

A small collection of letters from Henry and Peter Van Schaack to Loring Andrews and Stephen Van Rensselaer. The letters concern their views on the current political situation, including the Federalist and other parties, in the U.S. and in France; and publications issued by Andrews as a printer in Stockbridge, Mass. and later as editor of the Albany (N.Y.) Centinel.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27422944 View

Papers, 1767-1808.

Title: Papers, 1767-1808.

Papers of Dyckman and his wife Elizabeth Corne Dyckman, include letters, ledgers, diaries, accounts, bills, bonds, releases, mortgages, memoranda, agreements, inventories, and Dyckman's records from his service with the Quarter Master General of the British Army; many of the papers relate to his residence in England in 1779-1781, 1782-1788, and 1800-1803, where he was acting on behalf of Sir William Erskine, William Dalrymple, and others in the Quarter Master's office during a public investigation of their financial affairs, and to his efforts to obtain recompense for his work. Other subjects include quartering and supplying British troops during the Revolution in New York and South Carolina, problems of American loyalists after the Revolution, Dyckman's business and financial affairs, marital problems of his sister Catalina and her husband Daniel Hale, agriculture, affairs of the Dyckman family and relatives in Westchester County, and work on Boscobel. Also, sizable correspondence between Dyckman and his wife Elizabeth during his last trip to England, 1800-1803, discussing their feelings at being separated, his counsel and advice to her, their children, gifts he sent home, and the materials he purchased to outfit their home at Boscobel. Other correspondents include Stephen DeLancey, Abraham Cuyler, John Kortright, William Erskine and his son, John Wintle, Jr., George Pollock, William Adam (Treasurer of Ordnance in England), William Cobbett, and Peter Van Schaack.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cubic ft. (ca. 250 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155526859 View

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155492345 View

Tontine Coffee-House Records, 1738-1879 (bulk 1791-1871)

Title: Tontine Coffee-House Records 1738-1879 (bulk 1791-1871)

The Tontine Coffee-House Records consist of documentation of a business association that operated through the use of a tontine for over 80 years. The loose papers include correspondence, receipts, papers concerning the estates of Dr. John Charlton and his wife, accounting statements, records of unpaid dividends, sketches, the Tontine Constitution, lists of nominees and shareholders, wills, records of exchanges of shares, lease agreements, papers concerning heir claims to shares, property records, and declarations of trust. Bound volumes include records of minutes, accounts, share transfers, expenditures, dividend receipts, ship arrivals, and the original plan of the tontine arrangement.

ArchivalResource: 3.0 Linear feet; (2 boxes, 13 bound volumes)

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

Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833. Papers, 1772-1939.

Title: Papers, 1772-1939.

The collection consists of correspondence and papers, mostly 1772-1864, of various members of the Benson and related families, particularly of Egbert Benson (1746-1833), and Robert Benson (1739-1823), but including some of their father's, Robert Benson (d.1762), a New York brewer and merchant, as well as others of the younger Robert Benson's sons, Egbert (1789-1866) and Robert (1785-1872). The papers include deeds, releases, mortgages, most of which do not pertain to holdings of the Benson family, and accounts of Robert Benson when he was the city clerk during the 1780s and 1790s; briefs, memoranda, notes on trial, bills of costs, powers of attorney, and similar papers of Egbert Benson (1746-1833), relating to various cases in which he was concerned; account of mayoralty certificates issued from the clerk's office; and notebooks and compositions of Egbert Benson (1789-1866), Columbia College, 1803-1806.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476667464 View

Van Schaack, Henry C. (Henry Cruger), 1802-1887. Papers, 1725-1844.

Title: Papers, 1725-1844.

Correspondence of Henry and his father Peter regarding personal and business matters. A majority of Henry's correspondence is from other lawyers, including Daniel Cady, father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and concern legal matters. The correspondence of Peter Van Schaack is from a large variety of individuals statewide, discussing business and personal matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122434029 View

Banyar, Goldsbrow. Land papers, 1728-1868.

Title: Land papers, 1728-1868.

The collection consists of legal instruments for the acquisition and conveyance of real property, such as Letters Patent (civilian and military) and their supporting documents, deeds of many kinds (generally using the English procedure of Lease and Release), mortgages, bankruptcy indentures, a prenuptial agreement, and agreement settling an estate in new trustees but also intended to protect a woman's rights to her legacy, and a guardianship agreement by a Loyalist appointing trustees for his children. Various other papers relating to property and estates include tenant leases, bonds, surveys, maps, memoranda, lists, affidavits, powers of attorney, certificates, abstracts and exemplifications, indemnifications, and some correspondence. Encompassing the years 1728-1868, the documents were created primarily in two periods: 1761-1775 and the 1790's. There are only a few scattered items after 1829. Some dated after Banyar's death pertain to earlier proceedings; the remainder may be family papers.

ArchivalResource: 7.5 linear ft. (15 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476520397 View

Papers, 1773-1797.

Title: Papers, 1773-1797.

Papers of Abraham Van Gaasbeek and his son Peter Van Gaasbeek, consisting of letters, account books, bonds, receipts, and accounts. Letters concern the mercantile business, manufacture of potash, sloops, the Revolutionary War, Tories in Ulster County, political issues connected to Peter's terms as Kingston Town Supervisor, 1787-1793, and member of U.S. Congress, 1793-1795, electioneering, the disputed New York gubernatorial election of 1792, financial matters, slaves, and family concerns. Correspondents include Dirck Jansen, Peter Elting, Edward Ryan, John Bogart, William Swart, Aaron Burr, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Robert Troup, Robert Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Abraham Lansing, jacobus S. Bruyn, Severyn Bruyn, Cornelius Schoonmaker, Peter Wynkoop, Johannes Hardenbergh, Rufus King, Cornelius Roosevelt, Simon Schermerhorn, John Vanderlyn, and Peter Van Schaack.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155500197 View

De Peyster family. Papers, 1677-1881.

Title: Papers, 1677-1881.

Correspondence, deeds, accounts, leases, indentures, bills, powers of attorney, wills, releases, promissory notes, receipts, and bills of lading of the De Peyster and related families (15 v. in 8 boxes, 1677-1881), particularly Abraham (1774-1824), Eve, Robert G.L., James, Frederick (Sr.) and Frederick (Jr.) De Peyster.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477011062 View

Van Schaack family. Papers, 1686-1887.

Title: Papers, 1686-1887.

Correspondence and legal and business papers of Peter Van Schaack and his family. The collection includes letters to and from Egbert Benson, Henry Cruger, James Duane, William Laight, Theodore Sedgwick, Peter Silvester, John Vardill, and many others. The letters deal with such subjects as taxation, the siege of Boston, George Washington, Tories, the Jay Treaty, Shays' Rebellion, and the many prominent people with whom Van Schaack was acquainted, including the Jay family and Gouverneur Morris. There is a large number of letters to and from his brother, Henry Van Schaack (1733-1823). The correspondence contains many political and social opinions regarding America and England before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. Many of the legal documents concern the disputed claims to the Van Rensselaer properties in Claverack and Westenhook, N.Y. Henry Cruger Van Schaack added to the collection more letters from well-known people as well as legal and family papers. These are mostly dated in the mid-19th century, and deal in part with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, the Berkshire Iron Works, and similar business ventures. The majority of the documents are Indian and Colonial deeds, or those concerning early land disputes such as the New York-Massachusetts boundary dispute.

ArchivalResource: 687 items (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122622269 View

Meyers, Henry, 1895-1952. Henry Meyers correspondence, 1777-1940.

Title: Henry Meyers correspondence, 1777-1940.

Letter of U.S presidents and government officials.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/327655373 View

Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833. Letter, 1809.

Title: Letter, 1809.

Letter from Benson in New York to Peter Van Schaack, dealing with settlement of an estate between siblings.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787508 View

Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832. Peter van Schaack correspondence, 1786-1804.

Title: Peter van Schaack correspondence, 1786-1804.

Contains 1 letter from and 5 letters to van Schaack.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748581654 View

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)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36153081 View

Reynard, Michael,. Letters and documents, 1769-1974.

Title: Letters and documents, 1769-1974.

A collection of letters, documents, and a manuscript. Some of the items deal with medical matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft., (24 items in 1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309745297 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

Moot Club (New York, N.Y.). Minutes, 1770-1774.

Title: Minutes, 1770-1774.

Minutes, 1770-1774, of the Moot Club of New York City, recording the names of members present, the cases posed for discussion, the nature and progress of the legal debate among club members, authorities cited, and the opinions reached by the club upon the resolution of the informal moot court debate. Also included are extracts from the records of the New York Supreme Court, 1699-1783, relating to the rules of the court and establishment of the court calendar. Individual club members include: William Livingston, William Smith, James Duane, Samuel Jones, John Tabor Kempe, Peter Van Schaack, Rudolphus Ritzema, Benjamin Kissam, Gouverneur Morris, Stephen De Lancey, John Jay, et al.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58768595 View

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836. Aaron Burr papers, 1755-1833.

Title: Aaron Burr papers, 1755-1833.

The papers consist of nine items, mostly letters written by Aaron Burr (1756-1836), dating from 1755-1833. Burr's correspondence largely deals with business matters, particularly lawsuits he is involved in, his finances, and a railroad venture. It includes a letter written by Aaron Burr (1716-1757) referring to money for the College of New Jersey, a letter written by Joseph Shippen describing the college president's sudden marriage, and letters by Harman Blennerhassett, Burr's co-conspirator; George Hay, the man who prosecuted Burr for treason; and Matthew Livingston Davis, Burr's biographer. The papers also contain a cipher written or used by Aaron Burr (1756-1836) to encode messages during his western travels, and notes written by David A. Hayes on a portrait of Aaron Burr (1716-1757).

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52899217 View