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Townsend family. Papers, 1799-1902, bulk (1812-1871)

Title: Papers, 1799-1902, bulk (1812-1871)

Collection consists of correspondence, business, legal and land papers, and other materials that document the business activities of the Townsend family.

ArchivalResource: 55 linear feet (58 boxes, 12 v.)

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Townsend family. Papers, 1707-1964, 1815-1887 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1707-1964, 1815-1887 (bulk)

Papers of the Townsend family of Oyster Bay and Albany, N.Y., particularly of Isaiah Townsend, and of Solomon Townsend II and his sons. Documents include letters, deeds, wills, inventories, surveys, maps, military papers, accounts, address books, genealogical records, clippings, poems, photographs and sketches. Deeds and other land records pertain to Oyster Bay and Albany, also Brookhaven, Brooklyn, Queens and Orange County, N.Y. Letters concern business, political and family matters. Other named in the papers include Jacob Townsend, Robert Townsend, Sarah (Sally) Townsend, Phebe Townsend and her husband Ebenezer Seely, Helene DeKay Townsend (wife of Solomon II), Maurice Townsend; also Andrew Cocks, James Farley, William Winder and members of related families, including the Underhills. Included are a letter from Aaron Burr about a case before the Supreme Court, 1791; and miscellaneous documents relating to Daniel Webster and Millard Fillmore.

ArchivalResource: ca. 275 items

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Townsend family. Townsend family papers, 1793-1912.

Title: Townsend family papers, 1793-1912.

Correspondence and papers, 1793-1912, of the Townsend family of Albany (N.Y.). Most of the papers relate to Dr. Howard Townsend, his wife, Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, and their son Howard Townsend. There are also smaller groups of letters to and from other Townsends, including Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Harriet, Samuel, Solomon, and two Isaiah Townsends, father and brother of Dr. Howard Townsend. Most of the letters deal with family matters, but there are significant groups dealing with Dr. Howard Townsend's time as a schoolboy at Union College, 1839-1844, his travels in Europe in 1847-1848 and 1852, and with the younger Howard Townsend's travels in the West Indies, Egypt and Europe in the 1890s, as well as a group of letter he wrote to his mother while attending school in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1870-1871. A group of civil war letters from Dr. Howard Townsend describe the battle of Big Bethel and visits to his brother, General Frederick Townsend; there is also a pass allowing him within the lines at Washington. Letters of introduction to acquaintances in Paris, written for him by his brother Isaiah, include a letter to Alexis de Tocqueville commenting on U.S. politics. Letters to Dr. Howard Townsend from Thomas Dockerty, a steward on the steamer Wachusett, describe sailing to the West Indies and Rio de Janeiro, en route to China in 1865. There are also two diaries, one dated 1816 and one 1818, by unidentified members of the Townsend family, apparently both young men. The 1816 diary describes travel in upstate New York and a vist to Pittsfield (Mass.) and social life there; there is also some description of Shaker communities at Niskayuna (i.e. Watervliet, N.Y.), Hancock (Mass.) and New Lebanon (N.Y.). The 1818 diary describes business and social life in Albany, travel between Albany and New York City, and a visit to the Niskayuna Shaker community. There are a few other miscellaneous ephemera, such as visiting cards.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

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Townsend family. Townsend family papers, 1807-1842.

Title: Townsend family papers, 1807-1842.

Letters to Isaiah and John Townsend of Albany from prominent Syracuse residents Moses D. Burnet, Harvey Baldwin, and Thomas Spencer regarding the salt industry and other business matters in Syracuse; also includes a letter from Asa Danforth to Timothy Green of New York City.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

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Townsend, Solomon, 1746-1811. Townsend family papers, 1746-1864.

Title: Townsend family papers, 1746-1864.

Papers, 1746-1874, consisting of correspondence, accounts, journals, financial documents, and school exercises created by various members of the Townsend family. The first two boxes contain business and personal correspondence, bonds, indentures, accounts, bills, etc., ca. 1750-1864, including 69 import certificates, 1827-1832, for the import of brandy and gin into the Port of New York. Members of the family represented include Jacob, Robert, Solomon (father and son), Ann, William, Peter S., David, Elizabeth, Isaiah, Maurice E., Phebe, Sarah, Anna Townsend Lawrence, and Mary Townsend Nicoll. There is also a pen and ink caricature of Lieutenant William Seton Ogden, U.S. Navy, dated 1838. Several documents relate to trade with the West Indies during the 1750s. Another large group of documents consists of letters from merchants in New Orleans to Townsend & Stanton, New York City, during 1834-1836. Some papers have annotations in a later hand. The third box contains nineteenth-century transcripts of deeds and other documents relating to Townsend family property. The fourth box contains 36 letters to and from various members of the Townsend family, mostly about family matters, although there are five letters dated 1847, from D. Stoddard of Boston to Solomon Townsend, dealing with Stoddard's efforts to sell Townsend's tea cargo. It also contains a folder of miscellaneous letters, telegrams and notes, including two volumes of penmanship exercises by the younger Solomon Townsend, dated 1820; a business notebook belonging to Samuel Townsend, dated 1746-1752; a daybook of his, dated 1761-1762; a fragment of a daybook dated 1761-1762, with "Negro Ledger" written on the cover, which records small sales at Oyster Bay to African American slaves; a journal of a voyage from Boston to Jamaica and London on the ship Glasgow, by the elder Solomon Townsend, dated 1776, mostly technical notes on wind conditions, etc.; a letter from the younger Solomon Townsend to his brother Samuel, dated Canton, 1825, and describing the voyage from Java to Canton; accounts of the estate of the elder Samuel Townsend, in account with Robert Townsend, covering the period 1791-1806; a cash book, dated 1781-1784; a book of estray records, dated 1762-1775, listing strayed livestock in the Oyster Bay area and describing their earmarks; and a list of ships out of various ports in Connecticut and Rhode Island, dated 1820; and two wrap cases, each containing two notebooks. One contains a manuscript dealing with trigonometry, probably the one mentioned in Peter S. Townsend's diary as having been written by his grandfather, Samuel Townsend, in 1736, and a receipt book, dated 1806-1810. The other wrap case contains two notebooks dated 1844, containing material on family history, much of it notes made on a visit to Rhode Island.

ArchivalResource: 1.6 linear feet (4 boxes)

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Townsend family. Papers, 1799-1902, bulk (1812-1871)

Title: Papers, 1799-1902, bulk (1812-1871)

Collection consists of correspondence, business, legal and land papers, and other materials that document the business activities of the Townsend family.

ArchivalResource: 55 linear feet (58 boxes, 12 v.)

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Thomas Cole papers

Title: Thomas Cole papers

Notebooks; sketchbooks; drawings; letters; manuscript poems; catalogs; paintbrushes. Ca. 575 drawings. Letters, manuscript poems, catalogs and a sketchbook dated March 10, 1832. 2 v. of notebooks; 1825, and 18 v. of sketchbooks, 1827-1847. Cole sketches mainly in New York State, The White Mountains, England, Italy, and Catskill, N.Y. Correspondence with Cole, including letters from friends, family, artists, and others; journals; notes; essays; lectures; poetry; clippings; and financial records. Correspondents include: William Althorpe Adams, Samuel James Ainsley, Francis Alexander, Theodore Allen, Washington Allston, Thomas B. Ashton, Edwin T. Bennet, Simeon D. Bloodgood, William C. Bryant, Edward L. Carey, Cephas G. Childs, Lewis G. Clark, Thomas S. Cummings, Franklin Dexter, William Dunlap, Asher B. Durand, Robert Gilmor, George W. Greene, Charles C. Ingham, Charles R. Leslie, Jonathan Mason, Samuel F.B. Morse, John L. Morton, Henry C. Pratt, Luman Reed, John P. Ridner, Jonathan Sturges, Ithiel Town, Isaiah Townsend, Charles B. Trego, William P. Van Rensselaer, Cornelius Ver Bryck, Daniel Wadsworth, Samuel Ward, Robert W. Weir, Ambrose Wright, and others.

ArchivalResource: 7 microfilm reels

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Townsend, Isaiah, 1777-1838. Letters of Isaiah Townsend and Isaiah Townsend, Jr., 1813 and 1847.

Title: Letters of Isaiah Townsend and Isaiah Townsend, Jr., 1813 and 1847.

Letter from Isaiah Townsend (1777-1838), Albany, to James Thorne, 24 Oct. 1813, regarding contracts for beef, pork, and cattle to be driven to the harbor and there slaughtered; and a letter from Isaiah Townsend (1812 or 13-1859) to his uncle John Townsend, 25 Nov. 1847, concerning a petition to pardon William W. Pollock (Millard Fillmore served as his counsel), estimates for steam pipes and gas, his need for women to work in a cotton factory, and other business matters.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

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Townsend, Isaiah. Papers, 1795-1882.

Title: Papers, 1795-1882.

Correspondence, 1808-1852, including instructions to agents concerning the slaughtering and packing of cattle and making a tallow for the northern army of the United States as the Townsends were contractors for supplies; bills and receipts, 1806-1854; leases, 1795-1815; promissory notes, 1821-1837; accounts 1815-1826; receipts for repairs on Schuyler Mansion, 1806-1810; correspondence, 1829-1833, of John Townsend as Mayor of Albany including bids and plans for the construction of a new City Hall; papers concerning the Albany and Bath Ferry Company, 1821-1825; papers relating to the Watervliet Turnpike Company, 1820-1831; and stock certificates for the Albany Basin Stock. Correspondence of Franklin Townsend, 1807-1855, and of John Townsend, 1808-1853, including letters from Allen Munroe, 1847-1853; correspondence concerning iron business of I. ? business letters, bills, statements, receipts and vouchers relating to the Troy Iron ? letters, orders and receipts of John Townsend, 1815-1861; papers regarding Ambrose, Charles, Fred, Hanna, Howard, Josiah, Peter and Theodore Townsend. Letters to John and I. Townsend from John Canfield Spencer, 1821-1847; letters to John Townsend from Lewis Benedict, Henry Morris, William A. Spencer, Robert E. Temple and John Wilkinson, 1839-1852, concerning such topics as the Utica Schenectady railroad, Southern Mohawk Railroad tracks on Utica Streets.

ArchivalResource: DC10441 5 boxes.SC14831 45 boxes.DC13209 41 items.

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Townsend family. Townsend family papers, 1793-1912.

Title: Townsend family papers, 1793-1912.

Correspondence and papers, 1793-1912, of the Townsend family of Albany (N.Y.). Most of the papers relate to Dr. Howard Townsend, his wife, Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, and their son Howard Townsend. There are also smaller groups of letters to and from other Townsends, including Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Harriet, Samuel, Solomon, and two Isaiah Townsends, father and brother of Dr. Howard Townsend. Most of the letters deal with family matters, but there are significant groups dealing with Dr. Howard Townsend's time as a schoolboy at Union College, 1839-1844, his travels in Europe in 1847-1848 and 1852, and with the younger Howard Townsend's travels in the West Indies, Egypt and Europe in the 1890s, as well as a group of letter he wrote to his mother while attending school in Geneva (Switzerland) in 1870-1871. A group of civil war letters from Dr. Howard Townsend describe the battle of Big Bethel and visits to his brother, General Frederick Townsend; there is also a pass allowing him within the lines at Washington. Letters of introduction to acquaintances in Paris, written for him by his brother Isaiah, include a letter to Alexis de Tocqueville commenting on U.S. politics. Letters to Dr. Howard Townsend from Thomas Dockerty, a steward on the steamer Wachusett, describe sailing to the West Indies and Rio de Janeiro, en route to China in 1865. There are also two diaries, one dated 1816 and one 1818, by unidentified members of the Townsend family, apparently both young men. The 1816 diary describes travel in upstate New York and a vist to Pittsfield (Mass.) and social life there; there is also some description of Shaker communities at Niskayuna (i.e. Watervliet, N.Y.), Hancock (Mass.) and New Lebanon (N.Y.). The 1818 diary describes business and social life in Albany, travel between Albany and New York City, and a visit to the Niskayuna Shaker community. There are a few other miscellaneous ephemera, such as visiting cards.

ArchivalResource: 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

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United States. Army. Papers : concerning provisions issued to the U. S. Army in New York state : manuscript, 1812-1815.

Title: Papers : concerning provisions issued to the U. S. Army in New York state : manuscript, 1812-1815.

Letters; accounts of purchases, stores, and disbursements; and other items, concerning goods, such as barrels of pork, flour, salt, and whiskey, purchased by and for the U.S. Army. The letters are from various correspondents, all addressed to Isaiah Townsend in Albany, N.Y.

ArchivalResource: 26 items ; 34 cm. or smaller.

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Isaiah Townsend diary, 1840-1841

Title: Isaiah Townsend diary 1840-1841

Diary belonging to Isaiah Townsend of Albany, NY., Nov. 26 1840-Feb. 18, 1841. Describes a voyage on board the sailing ship Roscius from New York to Liverpool, thence through England, France, and Italy, with descriptions of his fellow voyagers, places visited, etc. Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Corning, Mr. and Mrs. Ives, and Rev. and Mrs. Paige were passengers on the ship. Transcript

ArchivalResource: .13 linear foot (1 volume)

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Townsend, Isaiah, 1777-1838. Northern Army War of 1812 collection, 1813-1815.

Title: Northern Army War of 1812 collection, 1813-1815.

Collection of papers related to the provisioning of the U.S Army in northern New York State by New York merchants and army contractors from 1813-1815. The collection consists of about 30 letters dealing with acquisition or delivery of provisions; abstracts of commuted rations; about 60 receipts for provisions delived to Army units; abstracts of provisions; contracts; and about 150 notes ordering Isaiah Townsend of Albany to pay various persons for services, etc. The names which appear most often are Isaiah Townsend, James Tracy, Elbert Anderson, William D. Cheever, Timothy Burr, Nathaniel Allen, and James Thorn.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)

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Goodwin-Haines Collection. I. Townsend Writing J. Thorne of French Mills Concerning the Attack on Newark by Gen. Mcclure Albany U.S.A., Dec. 24, 1813.

Title: I. Townsend Writing J. Thorne of French Mills Concerning the Attack on Newark by Gen. Mcclure Albany U.S.A., Dec. 24, 1813. 1813.

ArchivalResource: 1 file.

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Thorne, James W. Papers, 1813-1837.

Title: Papers, 1813-1837.

Papers of Thorne, merchant of New York state, and Isaiah Townsend of Albany, a contractor for the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. The collection largely concerns the supplying of U.S. troops during that war.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

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Townsend family papers, 1799-1902, 1812-1871

Title: Townsend family papers 1799-1902 1812-1871

Isaiah Townsend (1777-1838) and John Townsend (1783-1854) were merchants in Albany, N.Y. The brothers and their heirs, Franklin, Theodore and Rufus, were active in business and political developments of the day. Their business interests began and were concentrated in the iron trade but also included salt production, railroads, steamboats, real estate in New York and other states, banking, and insurance. Collection consists of correspondence, business, legal and land papers, and other materials that document the business activities of the Townsend family. Correspondence, 1799-1897, mainly concerns business interests but also contains references to political issues and family and personal matters. Business correspondence relates to orders for manufacture of parts, accounts, and purchase and sale of iron primarily in New York. Accounts, 1801-1896, are included for the various companies set up by the Townsend family and other companies in which they had shares and/or interests. These records consist of items such as bills, receipts, orders, notes and drafts, invoices, money and labor lists, weigher's returns, statements, and cancelled checks. Legal papers, 1805-1845, contain papers relating to debts, estate matters, land disputes, and receipts for family expenditures. Also, land papers, 1799-1854; insurance papers, 1821-1880; and miscellaneous papers, 1802-1902, which include a variety of business-related documents; a diary, 1840-1841, of Isaiah Townsend; lectures, 1860-1865, given by Howard Townsend; and mechanical drawings.

ArchivalResource: 55 linear feet (58 boxes, 12 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3015 View

Carpenter, Isaac R. Isaac R. Carpenter letter to John and Isaiah Townsend, 1828.

Title: Isaac R. Carpenter letter to John and Isaiah Townsend, 1828.

Autograph letter, signed, from Isaac R. Carpenter to John and Isaiah Townsend of Albany, requesting information on the practicality of using a steam engine on the Newburgh ferry. Letter is dated Newburgh, June 3, 1828.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706460120 View