Long Island miscellaneous collection, 1780-1960.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Long Island miscellaneous collection, 1780-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155566977

Account books, deeds, photographs, trade bills, receipts, broadsides, programs, pamphlets and other papers relating to individuals, businesses, towns and villages from around Long Island including Babylon, Smithtown, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, Yaphank, Brooklyn and Queens. Items of note include a letter to William Smith, Esq. from Lt. Thomas Jackson concerning the attack on Fort St. George at St. George's Manor, with reference to a Negro captured during the attack, 1780; minutes and tax lists of the Union School District of Sag Harbor, 1862-1865, and a census of school children, 1877-1879; assessment rolls of the Town of Brookhaven, 1836-1845; receipt book of Capt. Charles Gillette, Sayville, 1850-1861; a scrapbook of Frank J. O'Rourke of Whitestone, Queens, with photos, programs, letters, telegrams and other material on volunteer firemen tournaments and races, 1904, plus loose clippings to 1956; and deeds from Middle Village in the town of Newtown, Queens County, 1852-1906.

ca. 2 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6884642

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

Related Entities

There are 6 Entities related to this resource.

Museums at Stony Brook (Stony Brook, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc2w7m (corporateBody)

O'Rourke, Frank, 1916-1989

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60g5q41 (person)

Smith, Will

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w37txm (person)

William Smith was a Philadelphia general merchant. From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1775. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584914 Moses Greenleaf, Jr., was a surveyor, cartographer, writer, and pioneer Maine settler. William Smith was an agent for Eastern Lands. From the description of Autograph letter, signed, to Moses Greenleaf, 1815 Feb. 15. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 732317151 ...

Gillette, Charles F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6086bs9 (person)

Landscape architect. From the description of Drawing of the landscaping for Lochliel, 1921-1924. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50944988 Richmond, Virginia, landscape architect. From the description of Photographs from the files of Charles Freeman Gillette [manuscript],f1905-1970 (bulk 1932-1933). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647835711 From the description of Photographs from the files of Charles Freeman Gillette, 1905-197...

Jackson, Thomas, 1783-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk6cx9 (person)

Epithet: Rector of Blaxhall, county Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x000180 ...

Union School District of Sag Harbor (N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm21pr (corporateBody)