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Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (1838-1920) was an American businessman and financier.His papers consist of correspondence and legal papers generated by Randolph as executor and trustee of the Samuel J. Tilden estate and of the Tilden Trust Corporation. Correspondence, mainly between Randolph and other Tilden trustees, attorneys, and New York City officials, concerns the establishment of a monument to Tilden in New York and other estate matters. Legal papers include copies of petitions, orders, court decrees and judgments, last will and testament of Tilden, and balance sheet, 1895, of Tilden estate. Also, biographical information about Randolph. less

The Tilden Trust was incorporated in 1887 after the death in 1886 of Samuel J. Tilden, attorney, governor of New York in 1874 and 1875, and U.S. presidential candidate in 1876. Tilden's will stipulated that the bulk of his estate was to make up the Tilden Trust for the creation of a public library and reading room in New York City. The records include correspondence, financial and legal files, graphic material, and printed matter. The bulk of the material relates to the administration of the resources of the Estate and Trust, as well as the litigation attempt to break the will. less