Papers, 1698-1881, 1744-1793 (bulk).

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Papers, 1698-1881, 1744-1793 (bulk).

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Includes photocopies of the map, field notes, and affidavit from the 1826 survey of Timothy Cortelyou's (1774-1829) land in New Utrecht, Brooklyn; four property conveyances for land in Brooklyn, 1706-1878; a receipt, a military discharge paper, and the treasurer's report from the Brooklyn Female Academy, 1848. In notebook, 1698-1824, are entries of surveying problems, birth records for the family of Isaac and Altie Cortelyou, a list of New Utrecht property holders in 1706, a 1698 census list, and a record of slave births, 1796-1811; nearly all entries are in Dutch. Also included is correspondence, 1846-1881, from P.L. Cortelyou to his father and letters from Cortelyou family members to Teunis G. Bergen as well as genealogical notes and a few legal documents.

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Cortelyou family.

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Cortelyou, Timothy, 1774-1829.

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Cortelyou, Altie.

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Brooklyn Female Academy

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The Packer Collegiate Institute was incorporated in 1845 as the Brooklyn Female Academy, an institution devoted solely to female education. The Academy opened in 1846 in a building on Joralemon Street between Court and Clinton Streets in the present-day neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. While it enjoyed consistently increasing enrollment over the years, the Academy was destroyed by fire on January 1, 1853. Shortly after the Academy's destruction, Harriet Putnam Packer, w...

Cortelyou, Isaac.

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Cortelyou, P. L.

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Bergen, Teunis G., 1806-1881

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Brooklyn historian, land surveyor, farmer, local politician. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1760-1870]. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155478172 Antiquarian, genealogist, and author. From the description of Papers, 1866-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155565565 Lanman was librarian of the District of Columbia. From the description of Letter, 1866 February 10, Washington, [D.C.], to Charles Lanman. (New E...