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Papers, 1812-1936, 1812-1861 (bulk)

Title: Papers, 1812-1936, 1812-1861 (bulk)

Primarily family correspondence, 1814-1861, including Edward to his father, William, about life in New York City, 1829; letters to William Fitch in Ohio from Sarah Hayden, Edmund Fitch, and other Schodack relatives, 1836-1852, concerning church news, Schodack legal cases where Fitch was justice of the peace, politics and Van Buren, railroads, and family news; and letters by Nancy Fitch Dawes, Ann Dawes, and Mary Dawes Donahue concerning visits to Fitch relatives in Schodack and religious meetings in cousin Sally's house, 1845-1861. Other letters include several Bryant family letters, 1809-1852; courtship letters between Mary Hanford of Norwalk, Conn., and Nathaniel Raymond of Troy, N.Y., 1815-1816, which also mention religious thoughts and Mary's brother's reluctance to sanction her marriage. Other items include wills, receipts, bills, promissory notes, agreements, and school memorabilia, 1811-1836, and clipping about the historical papers of the Bryant family given to the Historical Society of Granville, 1936.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155491821 View

Fitch, Luther. Correspondence of Judge Luther Fitch, 1850-1856 (bulk 1853)

Title: Correspondence of Judge Luther Fitch, 1850-1856 (bulk 1853)

The bulk of the collection consists of retained drafts of Luther Fitch's letters to his sons, written in the course of the year 1853: 16 letters to Luther, 13 letters to Edward, and 15 letters to Andrew. The letters inform of the brothers' affairs -- Luther's rather limited successes in California, Edward's effort to establish himself in Chicago and his marriage (of which his father heartily disapproved); and Andrew's search for a job; report on Portland news, including municipal and mayoral elections, "liquor subject," the Whigs and Free Soil Party, plans of establishing a medical school in Portland, local newspapers' coverage of California, emigration from Portland (with "some" going to Australia) and news of Portlanders in California; Canadian and Northern New England railroads (especially the Atlantic & St. Lawrence railroad), land speculation, investments, etc.

ArchivalResource: 54 pieces.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85257176 View

Fitch, Edward. Edward Fitch papers, 1852-1856.

Title: Edward Fitch papers, 1852-1856.

Correspondence between a young man seeking his way in the world and his aging father. Many of the father's letters refer to specific letters of the son. They tell about other children, including Luther Jr. (in California all during the period); son Andrew, apparently a physician in New York City (on Madison), Edwards marriage to Helen (of Chicago), their son Luther, etc. The son rarely fails to ask for clothing or money ($1000 to buy into a partnership. Abraham Lincoln sublet his house for a year for $90, when he went to Congress). The father tells his son that the son is extravagant, that he cannot send more money, etc. Yet he does send the money.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear feet (1 envelope)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21654201 View

York and Cumberland Railroad Company collection, 1840.

Title: York and Cumberland Railroad Company collection, 1840.

Manuscript items dealing with the York and Cumberland Railroad enterprise.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/768421838 View

York and Cumberland Railroad Company manuscripts, 1840-1854.

Title: York and Cumberland Railroad Company manuscripts, 1840-1854.

Manuscript items regarding the York and Cumberland Railroad enterprise.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773206959 View

Fitch, Edward. Edward Fitch collection. [2007].

Title: Edward Fitch collection. [2007].

The collection consists of a DVD of interviews and releases from 12 Jewish veterans and refugees.

ArchivalResource: 1 cm of textual records. -- DVD.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688600921 View

Van Alstyne, John J., 1778-1834. Business papers, 1800-1870.

Title: Business papers, 1800-1870.

A large collection containing business and personal materials from the Van Alstyne, Schemerhorn and Fitch families. The personal materials include family letters of Sarah Fitch, Van Alstyne family genealogical notes, letters to John Van Alstyne, and family items such as church bulletins, newspapers and various family land papers. The bulk of the collection consists of business materials relating to Van Alstyne's various mercantile operations. Included are correspondence from customers to the firm; receipts for items purchased; delivery notices; lists of items shipped via sloop; orders for goods; promissory notes; and a number of statements of account for persons doing business with the merchants. The collection includes over eighty individual books of account. These volumes include journals, ledgers, wastebooks, subsidiary journals and ledgers for commodities such as beef and corn, memoranda books and day books. The various account books contain information on items sold and purchased, the status of individual accounts, income and expenditures of the store and a variety of other data, including information on particular items purchased.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes.7 packages.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122573504 View