Collection of letters, journals, account books and other documents dating from or relating to the American Revolution. Also includes material relating to the Fisher, Rapalje and Wilkins families in New York State.

Christopher Yates was Quartermaster-General during the American Revolution. Collection includes correspondence, 1728-1848; financial records, 1732-1841; legal records, 1677-1898; military records, 1777-81; and miscellany. Correspondents include John De Lancey, Elizabeth De Lancey Yates, Joseph Yates, and Judge Robert Morris of New Jersey. Financial records of John Butler, Peter Van Benthuysen, and Christopher Yates family are included. Also includes a journal by Captain Thomas Butler, 1756.

Papers of a Kingston, New York family include correspondence (1740-1930); account books (1768-1770); a daybook (1758-1779); ledgers (1776, 1791-1808); journals, diaries, family Bibles, legal papers (1753-1804), and memorabilia. The bulk of the collection consists of business records of Cornelius Wynkoop and his sons, Cornelius C. Wynkoop and John C. Wynkoop.

Assorted documents relating to Matthias B. Miller, New York physician; Morris S. Miller of Utica, New York; and Rutger Bleecker of Albany, New York.

Letter and letter fragment from Thomas Huntington concerning his mission to the Oneida Indians.

Letters to and from Weber and several other men, relating to family and business affairs in Canajoharie and German Flatts, New York.

Correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and memorabilia concerning the Holland Land Company, Colonel John Lincklaen, Jonathan Denise Ledyard, Helen Ledyard Lincklaen, Jane Strawbridge Ledyard, other Ledyard and Lincklaen family members, and Lorenzo mansion in Cazenovia. Photocopies and microfilm only, no originals.

Genealogical and personal information on the Noyes family, founders of the Oneida Community; historical material concerning the Oneida Community and its commercial offspring, Oneida Community Ltd, manufacturer of silverware and china (among other things); and Noyes' correspondence with family and business associates.

Papers of the Congressman, jurist, and New York State Attorney General; includes outgoing letters to Samuel Bayard, Samuel M. Hopkins, Nicholas Low, William S. Shaw, and a single incoming item from John Jay.

Spanning 1786-1850, the DeWitt Family Papers includes correspondence, financial and legal records, memorabilia, surveying records, and writings of the New York State family whose involvement in political, military, and geographical affairs helped shape the development and growth of the state.