Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd papers, 1775-1917 (bulk 1840-1917).

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Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd papers, 1775-1917 (bulk 1840-1917).

Correspondence, account books, deeds, commissions, bills & receipts, misc. papers, photographs, and printed material, 1647-1909, of various members of the related Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd, and allied families, particularly Gerardus Stuyvesant (d.1777), Nicholas William Stuyvesant (d.1780), Peter Stuyvesant (d.1805), Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769-1833), Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847), Walter Rutherfurd (1723-1804), John Rutherfurd (1760-1840), Robert Walter Rutherfurd (1788-1852), Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892), and Rutherfurd Stuyvesant (18431̲909). --The following is included: correspondence & papers, 50 items 1647-1700, and almost entirely in Dutch, concerning Govert Loockermans (d.1671), a N.Y. official; business papers, 1740's, and fabric samples of Mary Alexander; 78 p. log book of several voyages between Perth Amboy, N.J. and the West Indies, 1750-52; 14 letters, 1781-85, to Peter Stuyvesant from Loyalist Myles Cooper (1737-1785) in London and Edinburgh; 2 family account books, 1789-99, of Walter and Catherine Rutherfurd; 2 account books, 1797-1829, concerning Peter Stuyvesant and his estate; 5 letters, 1812-13, from John Jay to his son, Peter Augustus Jay; much correspondence, 1840's-60's, between Lewis Morris Rutherfurd and his son, Rutherfurd Stuyvesant; 18 pocket diaries of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, 1869-89; and in the later period, correspondence & papers of Rutherfurd Stuyvesant relating to the operation of his Tranquillity Farm in Warren Co., N.J., his interest in arms and armor, and yacht "Arcturus".

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Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Rutherfurd, John, 1760-1840

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Prominent landowner, New York and New Jersey. From the description of John Rutherfurd papers, 1726-1835 (bulk 1775-1835). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58776374 ...

Stuyvesant, Peter, d. 1805.

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Rutherfurd, Walter, 1723-1804

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Rutherfurd, Robert Walter, 1788-1852.

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Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892

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Stuyvesant, Gerardus, d.1777.

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Stuyvesant, Peter Gerard, 1778-1847

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Property owner, New York City. From the description of Letter book, 1843-1850. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775431 ...

Stuyvesant family.

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Prominent in New York and New Jersey. From the description of Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd papers, 1775-1917 (bulk 1840-1917). (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 476439914 ...

Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, d. 1780.

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Stuyvesant, Rutherfurd, 1843-1909

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Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, 1769-1833.

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Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843

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Rutherfurd family.

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Cooper, Myles, 1737-1785

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Loockermans, Govert, d. 1671.

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Alexander, Mary, -1760

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