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Ford, Roelker, Turle family papers, 1811-1984, 1850-1960

Title: Ford, Roelker, Turle family papers 1811-1984 1850-1960

The Ford, Roelker, and Turle families were united by intermarriage and resided in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. The members of these families include the descendants of Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), a prominent businessman and lawyer, and Emily Fowler Ford (1826-93), well-known poet, novelist, and granddaughter of lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1843).This collection spans multiple generations and consists of family papers, photographs, and genealogical research papers of the Fords, Roelkers, Turles and related families in the 19th and 20th centuries.

ArchivalResource: 2.35 linear feet; 8 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18248 View

P.T. Barnum papers, 1843-1890

Title: P.T. Barnum papers 1843-1890

Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) was an American showman. He originated the traveling circus, and in 1881 with his leading rival, James Bailey, formed the Barnum and Bailey Circus. Barnum also was active in Connecticut politics and served as mayor of Bridgeport from 1867 to 1869. Collection consists of letters written by P.T. Barnum to Moses Kimball, Gordon Lester Ford and others, 1846-1890; press clippings and newspapers containing references to Barnum's "Fiji Mermaid" exhibit in the southern United States, 1843; and autograph passes, a calling card and other miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/215 View

Gordon Lester Ford papers, 1830-1910, 1850-1869

Title: Gordon Lester Ford papers 1830-1910 1850-1869

Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891) was a businessman, lawyer and collector of Americana. He practiced law for much of his life but his main interests were business and real estate investment. He was president of the New London, Willimantic & Palmer Railroad from 1852 to 1856 and director or investor in several other railroads. He also served as U.S. Marshall in southern New York, collector of internal revenue for the third collection district, commissioner of deeds, and business manager of the New York Tribune. In 1863 he helped to found the Brooklyn Daily Union, a newspaper devoted to supporting the Union cause during the Civil War. He also was a founder of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and of the Brooklyn Art Association. He collected books and manuscripts and assembled what was regarded as one of the largest private collections of Americana. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, legal and business papers and account books. General correspondence, 1842-1893, which includes in-coming letters and drafts and letterbooks of out-going letters, reflects Ford's activities as a lawyer and businessman, his real estate and railroad investments, his government service, and his autograph collecting. Family correspondence, 1830-1910, contains Ford's correspondence with his parents, wife (Emily Ellsworth Ford), brothers and sisters, children, and various members of his mother's family, the Burnhams. Legal papers, 1837-1893, include case records, letterbook, law diaries, and law ledgers. Business papers, 1839-1891, include insurance papers, accounts, bills and receipts, promissory notes, and indentures. Account books, 1844-1892, consist of ledgers reflecting Ford's legal and business transactions and accounts with various people including family members. There are also papers, 1863-1871, concerning his internal revenue position and the Brooklyn Daily Union, in addition to miscellaneous papers which include membership certificates, invitations, calling cards, and printed ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (24 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1040 View

J. Cleaveland Cady letters, 1866-1888

Title: J. Cleaveland Cady letters 1866-1888

Primarily outgoing letters from New York architect J. Cleaveland Cady to Gordon Lester Ford, dated 1866 to 1888. Also includes letters from Cady to E.S. Mills and other individuals, a few invoices and receipts, and a letter from Cady's wife, Julia Cady, to Mrs. Ford

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4113 View

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872. Autograph letters signed (4) : to John Mullaly, Gordon L. Ford, and S.B. Grilion, 1843-1857.

Title: Autograph letters signed (4) : to John Mullaly, Gordon L. Ford, and S.B. Grilion, 1843-1857.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270613137 View

Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908. Autograph letter signed : [Brooklyn, New York], to Mr. Ford, 1890 Oct. 25.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Brooklyn, New York], to Mr. Ford, 1890 Oct. 25.

Making an appointment.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270498303 View

Booth, Mary Louise, 1831-1899. Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Mr. Ford, [18]79 Oct. 20.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to Mr. Ford, [18]79 Oct. 20.

Extending an invitation.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270525737 View

Ford, Emily Fowler, 1826-1893. Emily Fowler Ford papers, 1837-1898.

Title: Emily Fowler Ford papers, 1837-1898.

Collection consists of papers of Emily Fowler Ford and includes correspondence, writings, notes, memoranda, photographs, maps, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (18 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517612 View

Anna Harriette Leonowens papers, 1872-1888

Title: Anna Harriette Leonowens papers 1872-1888

Anna Leonowens (1831-1915), born Anna Harriett Emma Edwards, was an Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist. The papers consist mainly of letters from Leonowens to prominent businessman and lawyer Gordon Lester Ford and his daughter, Kathleen. Other items include announcements for lectures presented by Leonowens, announcements for the 1876 opening of Avis Leonowens' kindergarten and her marriage to Canadian banker Thomas Fyshe, and newspaper clippings

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3453 View

Sotheby & Co. Autograph letter signed for Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge : London, to Gordon L. Ford, 1885 Aug. 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed for Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge : London, to Gordon L. Ford, 1885 Aug. 14.

Concerning the purchase of the Pulteney Correspondence in Mr. Ouvry's sale.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270662576 View

Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890. Autograph letter signed : "Children's Aid Society," New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1868 May 15.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Children's Aid Society," New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1868 May 15.

Recommending the Misses Neilly.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270131492 View

John Quincy Adams letters, 1876-1877

Title: John Quincy Adams letters 1876-1877

American politician. Grandson of the 6th President John Quincy Adams. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1867 and 1871. . Two letters. One letter to Gordon L. Ford Esq.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6486 View

Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914

Title: Selden Huntington family papers 1762-1914

Correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal papers of three generations of the Selden Huntington family of Old Lyme and Middlesex County, Connecticut. The papers document Selden Huntington's business fortunes in East Coast shipping and land speculation in Maine, his relationship with his son Joseph Selden, breaking up of his marriage to his second wife Jeanette Stewart, and social and religious activities in the community. Joseph Selden Huntington's letters record his years at school in Kents Hill, Maine, his attempts to establish himself in business in New York City and Springfield, Massachusetts, and his travels in the South. Also included in the papers are Joseph Selden Huntington's diary, notebook, scrapbook, and love letters from his freshman to his junior year at Yale College.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear feet (3 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1064 View

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Gordon L. Ford, 1879 Jan. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Gordon L. Ford, 1879 Jan. 27.

Advising him as to the disposition of the papers of John Quincy Adams.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270129720 View

Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891. New York tribune records, 1858-1885, bulk (1870s).

Title: New York tribune records, 1858-1885, bulk (1870s).

Collection consists of the records of Gordon L. Ford as business manager of the New York Tribune from 1873 to 1881.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597960 View

Stock certificates, 1861-1869.

Title: Stock certificates, 1861-1869.

Two stock certificates issued to Henry A. Washburn, an engraver, and Samuel S. Powell, a clothier, and the transfer of these shares to Gordon L. Ford, a lawyer.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155460521 View

Tefft, Israel Keech, 1794-1862. Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1857 Jun. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Savannah, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1857 Jun. 6.

Concerning an exchange of autographs.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270575381 View

Brooklyn Academy of Music stock certificates, 1861

Title: Brooklyn Academy of Music stock certificates 1861

ArchivalResource: 0.01 Linear feet; in one folder.

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arms_1977_506_brooklyn_academy_music/arms_1977_506_brooklyn_academy_music.html View

Laura Winthrop Johnson papers, 1862-1889

Title: Laura Winthrop Johnson papers 1862-1889

Laura Winthrop Johnson (1825-1889) was an American author. Collection consists of Johnson's correspondence, poems and newsclippings. Correspondence concerns family affairs, literary matters, travel in Europe, and current events.

ArchivalResource: .2 linear foot (1 box)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1573 View

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon L. Ford, 1884 Dec. 8.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon L. Ford, 1884 Dec. 8.

Asking him to use his influence with the Art Association's Hanging Committee, to accept one painting from a promising girl in Plainfield, New Jersey.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270623308 View

Charles Gordon Atherton letters, 1842-1845

Title: Charles Gordon Atherton letters 1842-1845

American politician and laywer, U. S. Congressman from New Hampshire, 1837-43, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1843-49, 1852-53. Four letters.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6786 View

Allison, William B. (William Boyd), 1829-1908. William Boyd Allison letters, 1880-1895.

Title: William Boyd Allison letters, 1880-1895.

This folder contains six letters. Two letters are addressed to Worthington C. Ford and dated April 11, 1895 and April 23, 1895. One letter is addressed to Gordon L. Ford with a corresponding envelope. The other three items are letters to L. Parker, n.d., J.A. Beutley, and unidentified.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750236195 View

Woodbury, Levi, 1789-1851. Autograph letter signed : Portsmouth, N.H., to G.L. Ford, 1842 Oct. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Portsmouth, N.H., to G.L. Ford, 1842 Oct. 5.

Saying he has forwarded some letters for him but has no documents with his former official signature he can send.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270583910 View

Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. Autograph letter signed : [New York], to Gordon L. Ford, 1883 Apr. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [New York], to Gordon L. Ford, 1883 Apr. 19.

Recommending Carlton Joy for a position with the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270133515 View

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott letters, 1852

Title: Benjamin Vaughan Abbott letters 1852

American lawyer and author. Brother of Austin Abbott, and partner with him in the law firm, "Abbott Brothers.". Two letters.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6431 View

P.T. Barnum papers, 1843-1890.

Title: P.T. Barnum papers, 1843-1890.

Collection consists of letters written by P.T. Barnum to Moses Kimball, Gordon Lester Ford and others, 1846-1890; press clippings and newspapers containing references to Barnum's "Fiji Mermaid" exhibit in the southern United States, 1843; and autograph passes, a calling card and other miscellaneous items.

ArchivalResource: .3 linear foot (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122346187 View

Worden, John Lorimer, 1818-1897. Autograph letter signed : U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., to Gordon L. Ford, 1872 Mar. 6.

Title: Autograph letter signed : U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., to Gordon L. Ford, 1872 Mar. 6.

Accepting an invitation to his art reception.

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270584103 View

Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891. Ford autograph collection, 1589-1898, bulk (1750-1890).

Title: Ford autograph collection, 1589-1898, bulk (1750-1890).

Collection contains autograph letters of American presidents, heads of governmental agencies, congressmen, governors, generals, writers, and artists as well as those of European political, military and literary figures, dating from 1589 to 1898. Collection also includes some correspondence of the Ford family.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (55 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122580659 View

Brace, Charles Loring, 1826-1890. Autograph letter signed : "Children's Aid Society" New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1874 Nov. 23.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "Children's Aid Society" New York, to Gordon Lester Ford, 1874 Nov. 23.

Concerning an article on "City Charities" in the Tribune.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270131493 View

Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891. Gordon Lester Ford papers, 1830-1910, bulk (1850-1869).

Title: Gordon Lester Ford papers, 1830-1910, bulk (1850-1869).

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, legal and business papers and account books.

ArchivalResource: 11 linear feet (24 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122431443 View

John William Hill correspondence and miscellany, 1854-1879

Title: John William Hill correspondence and miscellany 1854-1879

Collection consists mainly of correspondence between British-born American painter John William (J.W.) Hill and various friends and family members, including Gordon Lester Ford and his wife, Emily Ellsworth (Fowler) Ford. Letters discuss social and family matters, as well as the creation and sale of his work. Also included are canceled checks, receipts, order slips from the Brooklyn Art Association, a biographical note, and clippings, largely related to Hill's death in 1879

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4447 View

Huntington, Selden, 1786-1846. Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914 (inclusive), 1831-1847, 1886-1889 (bulk).

Title: Selden Huntington family papers, 1762-1914 (inclusive), 1831-1847, 1886-1889 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal papers of three generations of the Selden Huntington family of Old Lyme and Middlesex County, Connecticut. The papers document Selden Huntington's business fortunes in East Coast shipping and land speculation in Maine, his relationship with his son Joseph Selden, breaking up of his marriage to his second wife Jeanette Stewart, and social and religious activities in the community. Joseph Selden Huntington's letters record his years at school in Kents Hill, Maine, his attempts to establish himself in business in New York City and Springfield, Massachusetts, and his travels in the South. Also included in the papers are Joseph Selden Huntington's diary, notebook, scrapbook, and love letters from his freshman to his junior year at Yale College.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165724 View

Henry C. Bowen papers, 1860-1889

Title: Henry C. Bowen papers 1860-1889

The papers consist of correspondence, circular letters, clippings, U.S. Customs accounts of distilled spirits, a sworn statement of Bowen's abolitionist beliefs, and other personal and professional papers belonging to Henry C. Bowen, a collector for the Internal Revenue Service. and founder of the Independent, an abolitionist magazine. Correspondence is predominantly outgoing and discusses both personal matters and professional issues relating to the Independent and his work for the Internal Revenue Service. Notable recipients include Gordon Lester Ford, and his wife, Emily Fowler Ford

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4064 View

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Gordon L. Ford, Esq., 1848 Nov. 14.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to Gordon L. Ford, Esq., 1848 Nov. 14.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270526173 View