Found 2 collections related to New York (State). Governor

Gabriel P. Disosway was a merchant and politician in New York City. These letters from Disosway to John Anthon at New York discuss his efforts as a member of the New York State Assembly to secure the removal of quarantine and emigration facilities on Long Island to Sandy Hook, and to establish a marine hospital there. The letters which are written from Albany, New York, Trenton, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. describe his negotiations with members of the New York and New Jersey legislatures, the Governor of New York, the state land commissioners, members of Congress and of the federal government including President Fillmore. Disosway mentions bitter debate on the floor of the House of Representatives between William Duer of New York and Richard K. Meade of Virginia. The letters date from 1832 and 1849-1851 less

This collection consists of 16 letterpress copy books kept by various New York Governor's private secretaries, including David S. Lamont, secretary to Governor Grover Cleveland; William G. Rice, secretary to Governors David B Hill; and Ashley W. Cole, secretary to Governor Levi P. Morton. These volumes cover 1883-1889 and 1895 less