Slocum family genealogical research papers 1839-1848 1898-1967

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Slocum family genealogical research papers, 1839-1848, 1898-1967

Slocum family genealogical research papers 1839-1848 1898-1967

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18265

The Slocum family genealogical research papers, compiled by Margaret R. Slocum, include family papers and genealogical research files. The family papers include correspondence belonging to Margaret's grandmother, Laura Dean, and to her great-uncle, John Atticus Robertson. Genealogical research material includes correspondence relating to genealogical and estate matters, news clippings, and other ephemera documenting John Atticus Robertson, and the Lawrence, Lefferts, Meserole, Greene, Marshall, Brinkerhoff, and Schenk families of Brooklyn and Dutchess County, New York. Of note is correspondence with the National Portrait Gallery regarding family portraits painted by Daniel Huntington, as well as an 1887 letter to Mary Robertson from Huntington with instructions on how to clean the portraits; and correspondence with various institutions relating to the provenance of an antique spoon belonging to the Schenk family

.42 linear foot (1 box)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division