George Hyde Clarke family papers, 1705-1937.

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George Hyde Clarke family papers, 1705-1937.

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Business, land and family papers of eight generations of the George Hyde Clarke family. Business papers include correspondence, drafts, promissory notes, rent collection accounts, tax documents, legal papers pertaining to court cases, papers about railroad construction and funding, insurance policies, hops accounts, farm commodity documents, accounts, bills and receipts, account books, business diaries and checkbooks. Land papers include 18th and 19th century parchment and paper patents (royal land grants), leases, and releases; leases and deeds for individual farms and lots in the Clarke family holdings; bound tax assesment books, bound rent books, pamphlets of notes on various farms and transcribed deeds; land surveys; papers concerning family holdings in Wisconsin and St. Lawrence County, New York. Family papers include correspondence, primarily 1850-1920; invitations and calling cards; school papers; a scrapbook; photographs, wills, address books, poetry, prescriptions, recipes, and games; and papers concerning Mary Gale Clarke's involvement in the Springfield, New York D.A.R. Also, photocopies and transcripts of papers relating to the Swanswick and Hyde estates in Jamaica. Includes An Historic Structure Report prepared for the Friends of Hyde Hall by Kimberly Konrad and Stephanie Reinert in 1993.

50.2 cubic ft., 2 volumes.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908817

Cornell University Library

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Hyde Estate (Jamaica).

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New York (State). Dept. of Parks and Recreation.

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Swanswick Estate (Jamaica).

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Daughters of the American Revolution. Springfield, N.Y. Chapter.

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Friends of Hyde Hall.

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Clarke, George, -1768

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Reinert, Stephanie.

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Clarke, George Hyde, b. 1822.

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Konrad, Kimberly A.

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Hooker, Philip, 1766-1836

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Clarke, George Herbert

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Clarke, Mary Gale.

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Hyde Hall (Springfield, N.Y.)

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Clarke family.

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The first George Clarke of record was born in England in the early 17th century. His grandson, also named George, born 1676, was appointed Secretary of the Province of New York in 1703. In 1724, he and his wife, Anne Hyde, purchased land in Hempstead, Long Island and built an estate named Hyde Park. He was Acting Governor of New York from 1736-1743, and during this time acquired over 120,000 acres of land. George's children did not remain in New York; his eldest son returned to Engl...

Clarke, George, 1676-1760

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York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671

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First wife of James II. From the description of Document : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890509 From the description of Autograph letter signed : York, to Lady Henrietta (Boyle) Hyde, her sister-in-law, 1666 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, to Louis XIV, 1670 June 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270888220 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Tunbri...

Clarke, George Hyde, b. 1858.

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