John Van Buren and Vanderpoel family correspondence, 1826-1861.

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John Van Buren and Vanderpoel family correspondence, 1826-1861.

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This collection consists of photocopies of fifty-four letters from the microfilmed collection, Vanderpoel-Treadwell Papers. These letters, dating from 1826 to 1861, are primarily addressed to John Van Buren or Susan (Foster) Vanderpoel. Correspondents include M.H. Duer, Eliza R. Yates, Abraham Van Buren, Edwin Croswell, Washington Irving, Charles E. Anderson, Aaron Vanderpoel, William C. Rives, J.B. Chapman, Roger B. Taney, Smith Thompson Van Buren, Delia T. Parnell, C. Frothingham, J. Howard March, D.C. Le Roy, Silas Wright, Thomas Farrington (writing to Silas Wright), George F. Thomson, A. Vanderpoel, Jr., Ellen A. (Foster) Tabb (sister of Susan Vanderpoel), Henry W. Tabb, Adams Foster (father of Susan Vanderpoel), Isaac Vanderpoel, Reverend Joseph R. Jones, Beverley Robinson, Jr., James Price, and some unidentified correspondents. Two of the letters are to Martin Van Buren. Also included are two codicils to wills of James Vanderpoel, signed by Moses Patten, Surrogate of Albany (John Van Buren is listed as an executor), a passport to John Van Buren as attache to the American Legation in French from A. Vail, a bank check to "J.S." and a note to the cashier at Manhattan Bank. Most of the correspondence deals with personal and family matters, John Van Buren's trips to Europe, the Anti-Rent War, and various legal topics.

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