Papers, 1773-1797.

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Papers, 1773-1797.

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Papers of Abraham Van Gaasbeek and his son Peter Van Gaasbeek, consisting of letters, account books, bonds, receipts, and accounts. Letters concern the mercantile business, manufacture of potash, sloops, the Revolutionary War, Tories in Ulster County, political issues connected to Peter's terms as Kingston Town Supervisor, 1787-1793, and member of U.S. Congress, 1793-1795, electioneering, the disputed New York gubernatorial election of 1792, financial matters, slaves, and family concerns. Correspondents include Dirck Jansen, Peter Elting, Edward Ryan, John Bogart, William Swart, Aaron Burr, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Robert Troup, Robert Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Abraham Lansing, jacobus S. Bruyn, Severyn Bruyn, Cornelius Schoonmaker, Peter Wynkoop, Johannes Hardenbergh, Rufus King, Cornelius Roosevelt, Simon Schermerhorn, John Vanderlyn, and Peter Van Schaack.

ca. 4 cubic ft.

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King, Rufus, 1755-1827

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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Bogart, John, active 1776-1782

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Van Gaasbeek family.

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The Van Gaasbeek family includes Abraham Van Gaasbeek (1718-1797), businessman and Trustee of Kingston Academy, who married Sarah Ten Broeck; their son Peter Van Gaasbeek (1754-1798), merchant, Revolutionary War soldier, and politician, who married Sarah DuMont. The Van Gaasbeek home was the meeting place for the first New York Senate in 1777. From the description of Papers, 1773-1797. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155500197 ...

Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852

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John Vanderlyn was born in Kingston, New York, where he worked for a print shop; he displayed an early aptitude for art, and was able to study with Archibald Robinson and Gilbert Stuart. Under the patronage of Aaron Burr, Vanderlyn became the first American artist to study in France. He exhibited paintings to popular and critical acclaim in America, France, England, and Italy, returning to America in 1815. He painted portraits of several presidents, and created and exhibited panoramas, including...

Swart, William W.

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Elting, Peter.

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Van Gaasbeek, Peter, 1754-1797

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Merchant, Kingston, New York. From the description of Papers, 1773-1795. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852625 Peter Van Gaasbeek (1754-1797) was born in Ulster Co., N.Y., on 27 September 1754. He was a man of prominence in the state, engaging in mercantile pursuits in Kingston, N.Y. During the American Revolution, he was a captain and major in the Ulster County Militia. Van Gaasbeek was elected, as an Anti-Federalist, to the Third Congress. He died in ...

Van Gaasbeek, Sarah Ten Broeck.

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Herdenbergh, Johannes.

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Lansing, Abraham, 1793-1874

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Van Gaasbeek, Sara DuMont.

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Schoonmaker, Cornelius Marius, 1839-1889

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Naval officer. From the description of Cornelius Marius Schoonmaker papers, 1833-1931 (bulk 1860-1890). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979802 Biographical Note 1839, Feb. 2 Born, Kingston, N.Y. 1859 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...

Kingston (N.Y.). Town Supervisor.

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Van Gaasbeek, Abraham, 1718-1797.

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Troup, Robert, 1757-1832

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Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

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Van Cortlandt, Philip, 1749-1831

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Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack, 1794-1871

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Bruyn, Severyn, 1785-1856.

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Wynkoop, Peter Silvester, 1818-1888

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Bruyn, Jacobus Severyn, 1751-1825.

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Ryan, Edward, 1839-

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Van Schaack, Peter, 1747-1832

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Schermerhorn, Simon, 1748-1818

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Jansen, Dirck.

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Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813

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First chancellor of New York State; agriculturalist and ambassador to France. From the description of Robert R. Livingston papers, 1707-1862. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779437 Continental Congressman, diplomat, member of the New York Provincial Covention, the Continental Congress and served as U.S. Minister to France. From the description of Letter, 1802. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407295 Robert R. Livingston ser...

United States. Congress

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