Philipse - Gouverneur family papers, [ca. 1653]-1874.

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Philipse - Gouverneur family papers, [ca. 1653]-1874.

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Documents having to do with land holding in and around Yonkers and Westchester and Dutchess Counties, N.Y. The documents relate to the holdings of the Philipse, Gouverneur, Verplanck, Livingston, and other allied families. Included are grants, patents, deeds, indentures, transfers, wills, leases, accounts, maps, and records of civil and chancery court actions. Many of the documents bear the signature of Roger Morris, Sir Henry Clinton, General Sir William Howe, General William Tryon, Edward Viscount Cornbury (later, 3rd Earl of Clarendon), John Jacob Astor, and various members of the landholding families of the area. There is also a small group of reproductions of the Philipse and Gouverneur family portraits.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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