De Groot family papers, ca. 1837-1965.

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De Groot family papers, ca. 1837-1965.

ca. 1837-1965.

https://bobcat.library.nyu.edu/permalink/f/22u4kq/nyu_aleph000827723

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, stories, and miscellaneous papers, ca. 1837-1965, of various members of the De Groot and related Hawley family, their relations, and friends, especially Elizabeth King Hawley, who married William De Groot, and Adelaide Milton De Groot, the donor. Materials include 52 letters to William De Groot during 1838-180, when he was a student at Mr. E. Fairchild's school in Plainfield, New Jersey, including many from his friends, T. Howard Conway and Julius S. Hitchcock; ca. 15 letters from Elizabeth and Marianna Hawley to their family and friends, written from Washington, D.C., in 1852-1853, when they were staying with Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, and wrote of social life in Washington; correspondence and papers relating to claims against Madame Hedwige Zak of Gallerie Zak in Paris, concerning the authenticity of a Renoir, Cézanne, and Corot purchased by collector Adelaide Milton De Groot; extensive correspondence with persons in Nice, Cannes, San Remo, Paris, and elsewhere in Europe, usually friends or relatives on vacation or relocated there, particularly Mary and Grace De Groot who lived at the Hotel de Savoy in San Remo for many years. Frequent correspondents were: Emmeline Smith Hawley, Jane de Forest Windle of Tarrytown, Eliza H. Holly, Fanny De Groot, William De Groot, Elizabeth (Bessie) De Groot, wife of Giulio Caravadossi, Comte d'Aspremont, Francis E. Brantingham, Martha Coggeshall Brantingham, Fanny Bosworth, Rebecca Tappan, Alice E. Hawley, Fanny Baylis, Eleanor C. Mundé, F. S. Hastings, Charles Hawley, Michele de Zogheb, Frances Robinson, Anna De Groot, Mary Windle, Sophie Windle, and Frank Hawley.

7 linear ft.

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New-York Historical Society

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Hawley, Frank M.

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Hawley, Charles Caldwell, 1950-

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Hawley family.

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Zak, Hedwige.

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Robinson, Francis.

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Caravadossi, Elizabeth Hawley de Groot, 1874-1898.

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Hawley, Emmeline.

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De Groot, Fanny.

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Holly, Eliza Hamilton, 1799-1859

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Eliza Hamilton Holly, daughter of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. She married Sidney Augustus Holly. The couple lived with Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at The Grange and later Manhattan. With her mother Eliza moved to Washington, D.C. where she died in 1859. ...

Hastings, F. S.

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Gallerie Zak.

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Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854

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Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (b. August 9, 1757, Albany, NY–d. November 9, 1854, Washington, DC) was the daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, a Revolutionary War general, and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. The Van Rensselaers and Schuylers were some of the richest and most politically influential families in the state of New York. Elizabeth was described as very strong willed. She met Alexander Hamilton in 1780 and they married soon after. Elizabeth aided her husband dur...

Zogheb, Michele de.

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De Groot, Anna.

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Bosworth, Fanny.

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De Groot, Adelaide Milton, 1876-1967

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Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1976) was a prominent art collector and philanthropist. From the description of De Groot family genealogical research papers, 1934-1980. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 423075614 Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967) was the daughter of William de Groot, a ship owner employed in the China trade and his second wife Elizabeth King Hawley. A painter, art collector and philanthropist, Miss de Groot was born in New York City and moved ...

Brantingham, Martha Coggeshall.

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Windle, Sophie.

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Tappan, Rebecca.

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Mundé, Eleanor C.

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Conway, T. Howard.

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De Groot family.

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Family of New York City, with members also residing in France, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. From the description of De Groot family papers, ca. 1837-1965. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475924671 ...

Hawley, Elizabeth, 1923-

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Hawley, Alice E.

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Brantingham, Francis E.

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Baylis, Fanny.

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Hitchcock, Julius S.

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Windle, Mary.

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Windle, Jane de Forest.

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De Groot, William, 1825-1898.

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Hawley, Marianna.

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