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Peter DiGenova Collection Relating to Benjamin Spock, ##

4 linear ft.
Correspondence, transcripts, and moving image media relating to American pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock.

Sol Feinstone Manuscript Collection, 1473-1965, bulk 1850-1950

0.5 linear ft.
Collection of signed letters from notable individuals ranging from King Charles II to J. Robert Oppenheimer. Collection also includes two printed leaves (four pages) from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX (ca. 1473) and a print of an illustration of the siege of Yorktown (ca. 1862).

Mary, Queen of Scots Letter, 1565

1 item.
Letter from Mary, Queen of Scots, to a Lord Grey, concerning religious tolerance in her realm. Accompanied by several engravings of portraits of her, the earliest dated 1729.

Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham Letters, 1591-1609

1 folder (SC)
Two letters by the Elizabethan admiral.

Edith Wharton Letter, 15 Jan 1915

1 folder (SC)
Letter written by American novelist, Edith Wharton

Owen Mayfield Collection, 1658-1960, bulk 1953

0.25 linear ft.
Collection of material about Owen Mayfield, Mayor of Cambridge; built around a farthing token struck by him in 1658, probably for use in his tavern.

Spire American Revolutionary War Collection, 1667-1878, bulk 1748-1799

1 linear ft.
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.

O. T. Barck Collection, 1670-1949

5 linear ft.
Collection of printed engravings, bank drafts, receipts, correspondence, newspapers, and road commissions from the Revolutionary War period (1775-1783) and beyond focusing on New York State.

Christopher Yates Papers, 1677-1936

2.7 linear feet
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.

Wynkoop family Papers, 1684-1930

4.0 cubic ft.
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.

Leon J. Galloway Collection, 1711-1962

5 linear ft.
Collection created by Leon Galloway of Hicksville, New York, presumably based on his personal interests. Correspondence of military members of the Confederate States of America and Civil War currency. Contracts, land surveys, photo albums, and books about the Hicksite Quakers. Correspondence of the Saunders family.

Miller Family Collection, 1727-1798

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

Lawrence Family Papers, 1738-1876

0.5 linear ft.
aCorrespondence, legal papers, financial records of the Lawrence family, relating to their involvement in New York business, politics and law.

Salem (Mass.) Early Business Collection, 1755-1857

1 folder (SC)
Miscellaneous material pertaining to commercial activity in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Thomas Huntington Letters, 1769

1 folder (SC)
Letter and letter fragment from Thomas Huntington concerning his mission to the Oneida Indians.

John Hancock Letter, 1770

1 folder (SC)
Letter written by the American founding father to a lawyer in New London, Connecticut.
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Jacob Weber Correspondence, 1770-1889

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

Lorenzo Collection, 1771-1956

8.0 linear feet, 20 reels microfilm
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.

P. Geoffrey Noyes Papers, 1774-2005, 1930-1970

12 linear ft
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.

John Campbell Letter, 1775

1 folder (SC)
Letter written by a British man living in the Caribbean during the beginning of the American Revolution.
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Hezekiah Spencer Papers, 1777-1863

2.75 linear ft.
Papers of the Connecticut fur trader. Collection includes correspondence (1817-1863), incoming, with some outgoing, encompasses over 1000 letters about the regional, national, and international fur trade; financial records (1777-1861), including account books, bills and receipts, and ledger sheets; and legal documents (1827-1861).

Aaron Sakolski Collection, 1782-1862

1 folder (SC)
Assorted historical material collected by Syracuse University alumnus Aaron Sakolski. Collection includes Confederate money, a patent for land in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and other items.

William H. Sumner Correspondence, 1782-1867, bulk 1850-1855

1 folder (SC)
Incoming correspondence of the Massachusetts lawyer, justice of the peace and adjutant general in the Massachusetts militia. Also included are a few letters addressed to his father, Increase Sumner, and a few official documents.

Lancelot Baugh Letter, 1785

1 folder (SC)
Letter from Lt. Gen. Lancelot Baugh to an unidentified recipient, written from Dublin.

Egbert Benson Collection, 1786-1819

10 items (SC)
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.

DeWitt Family Papers, 1786-1850

4.75 linear ft.
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.

Alexandria, VA, Lawyers Papers, 1786-1865, bulk 1786-1834

2 linear feet (2 document boxes, 1 oversized box)
Formerly the George Deneale Papers. Correspondence and legal papers of three American attorneys from Alexandria, Virginia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Papers include warrants, property seizures, and property inventories.

Gumbes Family Correspondence, 1786-1869

1 folder (SC)
Bulk is correspondence between Rebecca Gumbes and her son, Samuel Wetherill Gumbes.

George Stafford and John Beddoe Business Records, 1788-1872

0.3 linear ft. (SC)
Business letters of two merchants in Geneva, New York; with some receipts and personal letters.

Frederick W. Harding Collection relating to the Garo People, 1788-1961

1 linear ft.
Correspondence, printed material, manuscript material, and hand-written notes relating to the Garo tribe of Assam and Meghalaya, India.

Phelps and Gorham Purchase Collection, 1789-1807

0.25 linear ft. (1 oversize flat box)
Account books and papers relating to the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in the Genesee Valley area of New York and Pennsylvania.

Stone Family Collection, 1789-1855

0.3 linear ft. (SC)
Letter to Stone from his godson requesting books, 1789; copy of Asaph Stone's will, 1853; legal correspondence of William, Frederick, and Michael Stone, attorneys; and an 1836 letter from Michael Stone to Mary E. Jenks of Boston. Also receipts and legal papers.

Asa Danforth Collection, 1790-1824

1 folder (SC)
Correspondence, legal, and financial miscellany pertaining to Asa Danforth, early resident of Onondaga County, New York.

Charles Henry Plummer Collection, 1790-1893

1 folder (SC)
Papers and correspondence of the clergyman and temperance reformer.

Onondaga County Early History Collection, 1790-1900

1 folder (SC)
Folder of manuscript and printed material chronicling the early development and history of Onondaga County, N.Y.

Archbold Family Collection, 1790-1916

24 linear ft.
Correspondence, photographs, family histories, scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries, address books and more, most relating to John Dustin Archbold and his daughter Anne Archbold.

Chester A. Smith Collection, 1792-1970

26.0 linear ft.
Papers of the American author, Peekskill civic leader and Methodist Church activist. Collection contains personal and business papers, correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, family material, and clippings.

Robert Burns Letter, 1793

1 folder (SC)
Draft of a love letter, written by the Scottish poet for a local farmer to a Miss Gordon
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Robert Beverley Papers, 1793-1824

1 folder (SC)
Miscellaneous papers, receipts, and letters, including one from his sister, Harriet Rittenhouse.

James Pike Papers, 1793-1842

0.2 linear ft.
Papers of the American educator, author. James Pike was a New England school teacher and compiler of textbooks. He wrote The Columbian Orthographer (1806) and The Little Reader (1814). Collection includes correspondence (1805-09); diaries (1793-1811); legal papers (1809-1849); school and teaching records (1798-1807); and an undated draft of a constitution for a 'School for Young Ladies.'

George Peck Papers, 1793-1878

4.0 linear ft.
Papers of the American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, author, and President of Cazenovia Seminary, a Methodist-supported school in Madison County, New York. Collection includes correspondence (1793-1878); financial records (1823-1876); an autbiographical essay; diaries (1852-1875); notebooks (1856-1868); sermons; and personal memorabilia, including clippings, financial records, and photographs.

Coleman Family Papers, 1794-1877

0.5 linear ft.
Correspondence.

Central New York Local History Collection, 1795-1952

.25 linear ft.
Letters, programs, photographs, posters, and other ephemera about and from towns and villages in Central New York. Includes clippings and printed material about Hill Top House (Pompey, N.Y.).

Spalding Family Papers, 1796-1901

2.0 linear ft.
Material relating to the Evans, Ellicott, and Spalding families of western New York, some of whom were Quakers. Members of these families were involved with the Holland Land Company, the Erie Canal, agriculture, and the temperance and anti-slavery movements. Correspondence (1804-1887) primarily of David E. Evans and his son, Ellicott Evans; legal and financial papers, including contracts, deeds, and wills; and 9 diary volumes (1832-1884) of Lyman A. Spalding of Lockport; photographs, and clippings.

Nicholas Low Letter, 1797

1 item (SC)
Letter from New York businessman Nicholas Low to the Bank of Albany regarding a withdrawal of funds.
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William Burn Letters, 1797-1799

1 folder (SC)
Letters from a British Army officer in India to James Miller, his stockbroker and friend, in Calcutta.

Collis Potter Huntington Papers, 1797-1904

120 linear ft.
Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.

Samuel S. Forman Correspondence, 1800

1 folder (SC)
Letter from Cazenovia merchant Samuel Forman, friend and business partner of John Lincklaen.

Woestina Dutch Reformed Church (Rotterdam, NY) Records, 1800-1893

0.5 linear ft.
Microfilm, xeroxed materials, bound volume, relating to the Woestina Dutch Reformed Church in Rotterdam, New York.

Rice Family Papers, 1800-1962

7.25 linear ft.
Papers of the three generations of the Rice and collateral Kingston and Winter families, mostly centered in Western New York State. Victor Moreau Rice (1818-1869), son of William Rice, was the State's first Superintendent of Public Instruction; other family members were also active in education. Collection includes Correspondence (1823-1960), mostly between family members; genealogical material, including research notes, charts, and scrapbooks; legal and financial material (1812-1953), including household ledgers and muster rolls of the New York Volunteer Militia (1812, 1814, 1838); memorabilia (1810-1957); photographs; and writings (1800-1965), including notebooks and diaries.

Smallwood Collection, 1801-1887

0.5 linear ft.
Correspondence and publications of various nineteenth-century naturalists and scientists, primarily Amos Eaton.

Central New York Transportation Collection, 1801-1906

0.25 linear ft.
Collection of ephemera relating to transportation in and around central New York (Erie Canal, railroads, etc)

Alice Rogers Hager Papers, 1801-1968

2.0 linear ft.
Papers of the American author, journalist, writer of young adult fiction. Collection includes correspondence, including family letters, as well as Hager's personal and business letters; articles, book manuscripts, and poems; and memorabilia, including book reviews, clippings, photographs, and press releases.

American Book Company Records, 1801-1971

3313 linear ft.
The American Book Company was formed in 1890 by consolidation of Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co., A.S. Barnes and Co., D. Appleton and Co., and Iveson, Blakeman and Co. The collection includes the records of the company which manufactured books and educational materials in several locations in the United States, with head offices in New York City; the book list embraced all subjects at all educational levels. The collection is primarily textbooks, including several editions as far back as 1840 of the McGuffey readers; also included are business records and illustrations.

John Wells Letters, 1803-1823

17 items (SC)
Papers of the New York State lawyer. Letters concerning land sales and legal actions in New York State.

P. B. Storer Correspondence, 1803-1843

1 folder (SC)
Minister in Syracuse, New York. Collection contains incoming correspondence.

New Hampshire Militia, 10th Regiment, Collection, 1804-1915

1 folder (SC)
Assorted items relating to the 10th Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia. Collection includes orderly book, printed ephemera, correspondence and several issues of local newspapers.

Arthur P. Gorman Papers, 1804-1935

3.0 linear ft.
Papers of the U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1881-1889 and 1903-1906. Collection includes correspondence (1838-1935); newspaper clippings (1884-1906); pamphlets, speech notes, Congressional printed material, and legal documents relating to Gorman's political career. Correspondents include Henry G. Davis and Thomas G. Hayes.

Fairfield Collection, 1804-1950

10 linear ft.
Records of Fairfield Academy and Fairfield Medical College, Herkimer County, New York, and the personal papers of Dr. William Mather, Alonzo C. Mather, Albert B. Watkins, and other families and individuals connected with the school and town.

Brockway family Papers, 1805-1962

1 linear ft.
Papers of the members of the Brockway family (of Central New York State, Syracuse, N.Y, and Fulton County, N.Y.). The collection consists of correspondence (largely incoming, to various family members), account books, church records, diaries, financial and legal papers, and memorabilia.

Central New York Cultural Ephemera Collection, 1805-2002

1.5 linear ft.
Miscellaneous printed material and correspondence relating to cultural life in Central New York. Theatres, clubs, musical performances, academic commencements, local politics, sporting events, etc.

Alexander J. Dallas Letter, 1806

1 folder (SC)
A letter enquiring about an abandoned ship, the Charming Sally.

Thomas Johnes Letters, 1806-1815

1 folder (SC)
Letters from T. Johnes, landowner, translator and printer, in Wales, to Charles Taylor of the Society of Arts, in London.

Luigi Cherubini Correspondence, 1806-1815

1 folder (SC)
Three letters written by the Italian composer Luigi Cherubini.

Thomas Pearsall & Son Correspondence, 1806-1816

1 folder (SC)
Letters from various merchants to Thomas Pearsall & Son, New York City.

David D. Porter Papers, 1806-1890

69 items.
Papers of the American naval officer. Correspondence (1806-1890), 35 outgoing letters, and a number of third party letters which illuninate Porter's promotion of the use of the Fowler Wheel as a propulsion system on torpedo boats. Also, an engraved portrait of Porter, and one of his father, David Porter (1780-1843).

Wyoming Conference United Methodist Church Records, 1806-1979

14 linear feet
Business files (minutes, financial records, hearing records, circuit records, school and missionary society records of individual churches of the Conference); correspondence; memorabilia; and printed material.

Alexandre Macdonald Letters, 1807-1840

2 folders (SC)
Letters from the French military leader and legislator to three generations of the Billacoys family.

David H. Sumner Papers, 1807-1845

0.25 linear ft.
Correspondence and manuscripts of the New Hampshire merchant, farmer, and possibly tavern owner. His wife, Wealthy Sumner, ran a school.

David Conner Correspondence, 1807-1889

0.3 linear ft. (SC)
Correspondence of an officer in the United States Navy with his wife, sister, and brother (who appears to have managed some of Conner's property).

William Ashton Letter, 1808

1 folder (SC)
Letter from Captain Henry Harvey of the brig Little George, to William Ashton, receipt for Ashton's wages, payable by the firm of Swartout, Dumont & Co.

Jedediah Commins Papers, 1808-1829

0.75 linear ft.
Papers, mostly financial, illustrating the business activities of Jedediah Commins (Commins) in Central New York.

Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Papers, 1808-1936

2.5 linear ft.
Papers of the American author, dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Collection includes typescript and holograph writings, including book manuscripts, essays, plays, poems, short stories, and notebooks. Also, some family material, such as writings, clippings, memorabilia, a scrapbook, and correspondence, including letters from Theodore Roosevelt to Judge and Mrs. Andrews.

Frederick S. Wildman Letters, 1810-1848

12 items (SC).
Papers of the Connecticut lawyer. Legal correspondence.

John Wilson Croker Correspondence, 1810-1855

1 folder (SC)
Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Irish politician and author, mostly on personal and financial topics.

Stephen Hill Papers, 1810-1898

3 folders (SC)
Legal and financial documents of a nineteenth-century resident of Madison County, New York.

New York State Printing and Publishing Collection, 1811-1927

1.5 linear ft.
Collection of material related to printers, publishers, and booksellers in New York State, including both printed (broadsides, catalogs, forms, etc.) and non-printed material (correspondence, invoices, etc.)

Charles R. Snyder Papers, 1811-1937

72 linear ft.
American lawyer, apparently specializing in railroads and utilities. Collection includes correspondence, corporate records, letterbooks, more.

John and Patty Daboll Letter, 1812

1 folder (SC)
Manuscript letter, signed, dated 30 July 1812 from John and Patty Daboll of Aurelius, N.Y., to Richardson Miner of Colraine, Mass., describing the settlement of the region around the Central New York towns of Aurelius, Auburn, and Union Springs in significant detail.

H. S. Drinker Letter, 1812

1 folder (SC)
A letter describing the writer's travels through New York and Pennsylvania shortly after the start of the War of 1812.
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Bank of Newburgh (N.Y.) Records, 1812-1836

1 folder (SC)
Checks, promissory notes and correspondence from the Bank of Newburgh located in Newburgh, New York.

Shark , Potomac , and Constitution Correspondence, 1812-1885

4 folders (SC)
Letters of officers including J.M. Nicholson, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Potomac; H. Paulding Lt. of the Schooner Shark to Commodore Daniel Patterson enclosing monthly crew reports, 1834-35; and I. Percival, Captain of the U.S. Frigate Constitution, to I.Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, requesting additional vessels for shallow water duty, 1844; also other reports and miscellany.

George Gordon, Lord Byron Collection, 1812-1948

0.25 linear ft.
Variety of material associated with Lord Byron (letters, autograph, portraits, etc), and John S. Mayfield correspondence relating to a translation by Byron of Petrarch's "Death of Margo."

Peter Smith Collection, 1814

1 folder (SC)
Artificial collection created by &scrc_name; to hold additional material related to Peter Smith.

James Monroe Correspondence, 1814-1820

1 folder (SC)
Two letters written by President James Monroe.

Charles Baldwin Sedgwick Papers, 1814-1891

1.75 linear ft.
Papers of the New York State lawyer, U.S. Congressman (1859-1863), abolitionist, born near Pompey, N.Y. Correspondence (1847-1891); genealogical material; legal and financial records (1814-1879); writings (1837-1884), including essays, speeches, and published letters; and memorabilia. Largely family correspondence with additional letters of Louis Agassiz, Samuel Bowles, Salmon P. Chase, F.J. Child, James Freeman Clarke, Roscoe Conkling, George W. Curtis, John A. Dahlgren, Richard H. Dana, H.L. Dawes, Daniel S. Dickinson, J.T. Fields, John M. Forbes, John C. Frémont, William Lloyd Garrison, George W. Geddes, George F. Hoar, John Jay, Thomas Starr King, Samuel J. May, Robert B. Minturn, Levi P. Morton, Charles Eliot Norton, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Wendell Phillips, William H. Seward, Gerrit Smith, Israel Washburn, R.S. Watson, Andrew D. White, and others.

Maria Snowden Mayor Papers, 1814-1934

2.5 linear ft.
Correspondence, personal documents, and published material. Correspondence includes that of Audella Hyatt, Alfred G. Mayor, and Harriet Hyatt Mayor.

First Dutch Reformed Church (West Glenville, N.Y.) Records, 1814-1953

2.5 linear ft.
Records from a church in West Glenville, New York. The collection includes administrative material, correspondence, financial records and legal papers. The collection is photocopies only, no original documents.

Edward Jones Letters, 1816-1818

1 linear ft.
Correspondence and legal documents of the American government official.

Eliakim Roberts Papers, 1816-1859

1 folder (SC)
Correspondence of the New York merchant. Incoming only.

Central New York Trade Catalogs and Business Ephemera, 1816-1962, 1865-1900

2 linear ft.
Collection of catalogs, trade cards, merchants' scrip, letterhead, photographs, and other ephemera from businesses in and around Syracuse, New York. Towns represented include Elbridge. Syracuse, Marcellus, Litchfield, Morristown, Scipio, and others. Also includes records and ledgers from some businesses, including L. C. Smith Typewriter (forerunner of Smith-Corona).

Schooner Seizure Letter, 1817

1 folder (SC)
Letter regarding the seizure of the schooner Laura of Genesee for smuggling.

William Hunter Papers, 1817-1825

3 folders (SC)
Account books, correspondence, and notes of the commanding officer of the USS Franklin.

DeWitt Clinton Correspondence, 1818

1 folder (SC)
Letter from New York Governor DeWitt Clinton.

Morris Family Papers, 1818-1858

0.25 linear ft.
Family of Sylvester Morris, 19th century Vermont tanner and farmer. Collection includes correspondence and legal papers.

Percy Bysshe Shelley Collection, 1818-1894

1 folder (SC)
British poet. One manuscript fragment in the poet's hand and three letters from his son and daughter-in-law about him.

George Cruikshank Collection, 1819-1866

0.25 linear ft.
Papers of the British artist, caricaturist, illustrator, engraver. The collection contains 4 letters and 9 pieces of artwork.

John and George Sawyer Papers, 1820-1901

1 folder (SC)
Correspondence, authorizations to preach in Methodist Episcopal Church, other documents.

Joshua Forman Letters, 1821

1 folder (SC)
Two letters sent to the Joshua Forman, a nineteenth-century politician and businessman, and one of the founders of Syracuse.

John Mennons Letters, 1821-1830

1 folder (SC)
Letters from printer and publisher John Mennons of Greenock, Scotland, to James Lawson of New York, regarding Mennon's publication of American literature in Scotland.