Document collection, 1736-1951.

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Document collection, 1736-1951.

Document collection, 1736-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155544450

Letters, deeds and indentures, bills, receipts, accounts, wills and estate papers, bonds, mortgages, agreements, military papers, certificates, memorabilia, and other items pertaining to the history of Yorktown. Subjects include art, businesses, churches, the Croton Water project, education, food, government, legal cases, wars, clubs and organizations, farms, medicine, roads and highways, schools, and social life. Family names include Griffen, Gregory, Hyatt, Purdy, Strang, Underhill, Weed, and Weeks. Items of note include the manuscript magazine of a literary club, 1859-1861; discourses by Randolph Lee on temperance and religion, ca. 1850; and a letter from James Heard, 1766, concerning his life and business prospects in Saint Georges Key (Bay of Honduras) with a request that his parents send some of their Negroes down to work for him.

ca. 5 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory