Schuyler-Malcom family papers

id
10584
origination
N/A
date statement
1763-1867
key date
1763
identifier (local_mss)
23867
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 23867
b-number
b21009814
total components
69
total series
0
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2016-07-08 17:32:41 UTC
updated
2026-06-26 18:07:42 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 23867", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1763-1867", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1763/1867"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Schuyler-Malcom family papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".41 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box, 2 oversized folders", "unit"=>"containers"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span><div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"A small collection of letters and documents written or received by members of the family of Catherine V.R. Schuyler Malcom Cochran (1781-1857), the youngest daughter of General Philip Schuyler. Writers and recipients include Philip Schuyler, her sisters Angelica, Cornelia, and Elizabeth, her brother Philip, husbands Samuel B. Malcom and James Cochran, sons William and Alexander Malcolm, and others."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Schuyler-Malcom family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1781-1857) was the youngest daughter of General Philip Schuyler and Catherine Van Rensselaer. The Schuyler and Malcom (later Malcolm) families were united through Catherine's marriage to Samuel Bayard Malcom (1776-1814) in 1803. Malcom was a lawyer who served as personal secretary to John Adams before and during his presidency. The couple settled in Utica, New York and had two sons, William Schuyler Malcolm (1810-1890) and Alexander Hamilton Malcom. After Samuel Malcom's death Catherine married her first cousin, James Cochran (1769-1848).</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This small collection consists of personal letters and several documents written or received by members of the family of Catherine V.R. Schuyler Malcom Cochran, the youngest daughter of General Philip Schuyler. Writers and recipients include Philip Schuyler, her sisters Angelica, Cornelia, and Elizabeth, her brother Philip, husbands Samuel B. Malcom and James Cochran, sons William and Alexander Malcolm, and others.</p> <p>Philip Schuyler materials consist of nine letters written to his wife, 1789-1795, and eight to his children, 1799-1804 plus four documents relating to his lands and estate, 1763-1805. Of particular note is a letter from Philip Schuyler to his daughter Elizabeth shortly after the death of her husband Alexander Hamilton (July 22, 1804). Letters written by Samuel B. Malcom to his mother include his eyewitness account of the inauguration of President John Adams and Washington's farewell address (March 4, 1797). Other of his papers include legal licenses, documents relating to property inherited from Philip Schuyler and a letter to Aaron Burr concerning Malcom's share of the estate of Samuel Bayard. A letter from abolitionist Gerrit Smith to James Cochran (the second husband of Catherine Schuyler Malcom) is accompanied by a temperance revival broadside (May 13, 1841).</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Lone Star Autographs, 1985</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Melanie A. Yolles</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span></p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<span class=\"archref\">Philip Schuyler papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division</span>"}
note
{"type"=>"sponsor", "value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation."}
sponsor
{"value"=>"Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky\n Foundation."}
dsc_type
combined
date_start
1763
keydate
1763
date_end
1867
date_inclusive_start
1763
date_inclusive_end
1867

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