Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).

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Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122378731

Collection consists chiefly of papers of the Gansevoort, Lansing and Melville families and reflects the social, business and political interaction between family members and friends and associates of the families. Also included are some papers of members of the Sanford, Van Schaick and other related families. Subjects include business and financial matters, social events, family news, and current events. Melville family papers document the family of Herman Melville (1819-1891), author of Moby Dick and other works. The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence among three generations of both Melville and Gansevoort family members detailing the lives and daily activities of the writers who include Herman Melville and his father, Allan Melvill (1782-1835). Some manuscripts of Melville's writings also are in the collection.

212 linear feet (357 boxes).

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6695739

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

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Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832

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Allan Melvill, father of writer Herman Melville, was an American merchant who imported cloth and clothing and sold it in Albany (N.Y.) and New York City. His parents were Thomas Melvill and Maria Gansevoort; his grandfather was General Peter Gansevoort, hero of Fort Stan-wix in the American Revolution. ...

Sanford family.

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Gansevoort, Susan Lansing, 1843-1874.

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Lansing, Abraham, 1835-1899

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Van Schaick family.

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Lansing family.

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Gansevoort, Henry Sanford, 1835-1871

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Gansevoort family.

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Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862

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Politician, lawyer, banker. Lansing was born in Albany, N.Y. and graduated from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. in 1800. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1804. He served as a clerk in the New York State Assembly, as a judge in the court of probates, as a regent of the State University of New York and as chancellor of the State University of New York. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York State and was president of the Albany Savings Bank. Lansing died ...

Lansing, Christopher Yates, 1796-1872.

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Gansevoort, Peter, 1789-1876

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Melvill, Augusta, 1821-1876.

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Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1754-1844.

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Gansevoort, Mary Sanford, 1814-1841.

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Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812

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Officer in the Revolutionary War. Gansevoort commanded Fort Stanwix during it's seige in 1777 and was eventually promoted to brigadier general of the New York State Militia. He also served as a United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs and was a regent of the University of the State of New York. From the description of Letter, 1793 November 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536888 Revolutionary War officer and resident of Albany, New York. From the descrip...

Lansing, Catherine Gansevoort, 1838-1918.

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New York State, Supreme court

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Czolgosz fatally wounded President William McKinley at the Pan- American Exposition, 6 Sept. 1901. From the description of The People of the State of New York vs. Leon Czolgosz : transcript, 1901 Sept. 23-26. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33113709 Mr. Shaeffer, trader, lived in the village of Manlius, in the county Onondaga, New York. He was in debt (2,882 pounds or $7,205) to Leonard Ganswoort and Philip S[chuyler?] Van Rensselaer. From the descr...

Gansevoort, Herman, 1779-1862.

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Melvill, Maria Gansevoort, 1791-1872.

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Gansevoort, Catherine Van Schaick, 1751-1830.

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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Herman Melville (b. Aug. 1, 1819, NY, NY–d. Sept. 28, 1891, NY, NY) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. His best known works include Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851). His writing draws on his experience at sea as a common sailor, exploration of literature and philosophy, and engagement in the contradictions of American society in a period of rapid change. He developed a complex, baroque style; the vocabulary is rich and or...

Lansing, Barent Bleecker, 1801-1876.

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Melville family.

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