Ulster County collection, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800).

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Ulster County collection, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781224

Compilation, 1666-1893 (bulk 1700-1800) of a number of miscellaneous manuscript collections relating to the early history of Ulster County (N.Y.). It consists mainly of land conveyances and material related to boundary disputes, but there are also other legal documents, maps, military papers, financial papers, and some correspondence. Some court documents include an appeal from Thomas Cumming to the court in Kingston, dated 1779, against a conviction of treason, and an indictment against an unmarried woman for the murder of her child. The collection includes material related to James Alexander, Sir Edmund Andros, Cadwallader Colden, Abraham De Peyster, John De Peyster, Peter Schuyler, William Smith, as well as material related to other members of these families and to the Harrison, Provoost, Beekman, and Van Cortlandt families.

1.25 linear feet (9 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771302

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Van Cortlandt (Family)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rp41t7 (family)

Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, and Revolutionary War soldiers. ...

De Peyster, Abraham, 1657-1728.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bm0zvx (person)

Merchant, Mayor of New York City (1691-1693), later member of the council of Governor Richard Coote, the Earl of Bellomont. From the description of Papers, 1690-1709 (bulk 1699-1703). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663490 ...

Provoost family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf4cp9 (family)

Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6br8rmq (person)

De Peyster, John, 1666-1711.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60672gn (person)

Cumming, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ws9nzn (person)

Smith, William, 1697-1769

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tj2tcd (person)

Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr5hj6 (person)

Colonial governor of New York (1674-1681); president of the Dominion of New England (1686-1689); and governor of Virginia (1692-1697). From the description of Original patent to Samuel Willis, 1675 Apr. 02. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986011 British colonial governor. From the description of Sir Edmund Andros deed, 1696. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449113 John Underhill (circa 1597-1672) was a colonial military lead...

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6np23ff (person)

Scientist, New York colonial official. From the description of Cadwallader Colden Papers, 1677-1832 (bulk 1711-1775). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476912237 Governor of New York (Colony) and scientist. From the description of Cadwallader Colden family papers, 1686-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453882 Colonial New York philosopher and scientist, and political official. From the description of Letter : New York, [N.Y.], t...

Alexander, James, 1691-1756

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68913wp (person)

James Alexander was a lawyer in New Jersey and New York during the eighteenth century. Born in Scotland in 1691, Alexander fought in the Rebellion of 1715, which resulted in the exile of the Stuarts from England. That year, he moved to the United States and became the surveyor general of the Province of New Jersey. He served on both the Council of New York, from 1721 to 1732, and the Council of New Jersey, from 1723 to 1735. From 1723 to 1727, he also served as New Jersey's attorney general. Ale...

Beekman family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s95bq (family)