Family papers, 1863-1905.

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Family papers, 1863-1905.

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Papers include personal letters written to family members by Jay Gould, his wife Mrs. Jay Gould, and their daughters Anna (later Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord) and Helen, 1874-1894; Jay Gould's ledger of family expenses, 1863; Helen Gould's drawing book, including renditions of Lyndhurst, 1883; school notebooks of Anna and Frank Gould; seed catalogs and plant lists of the Lyndhurst greenhouse, 1878-1905; and memorabilia of the Gould family.

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Gould, Jay, 1836-1892

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Jay Gould (1826-1892) was an American financier and railroad entrepreneur. Jason Gould was born May 27, 1836 in Roxbury, New York to Mary (Moore) and John Burr Gould. As a young man, Gould helped prepare maps of several counties in New York, Ohio and Michigan. In 1856, he wrote History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, a work which explored the local history of the region. Around 1857, Gould opened a tannery in northern Pennsylvania. He soon began speculating in small railways....

Lyndhurst (Tarrytown, N.Y.)

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Lyndhurst, also known as the Jay Gould estate, is a Gothic Revival country house in Tarrytown, New York. The home was designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis, and owned in succession by New York City mayor William Paulding Jr., merchant George Merritt, and railroad tycoon Jay Gould....

Gould, Helen Miller, d. 1889.

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Talleyrand-Périgord, Anna Gould, duchesse de, 1878-1961.

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Anna Gould, duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord, returned to the United States in 1939 after her sister Helen's death, and maintained Lyndhurst until her own death in 1961, when the estate passed to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. From the description of Papers, 1928-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155540405 ...

Gould, Frank Jay.

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Shepard, Helen Gould, 1870-1938.

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Eldest daughter of Jay Gould, Helen inherited Lyndhurst at his death. Some of her philanthropic works were carried out at Lyndhurst. She was married to Finley J. Shepard. From the description of Papers, 1892-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155540396 ...