- unitid
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{"value"=>"3130", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 3130", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1667/1912", "value"=>"1667-1912"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1667
- date_inclusive_end
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1912
- keydate
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1667
- date_start
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1667
- date_end
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1912
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 linear feet (7 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 microfilm reels"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"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
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{"value"=>"Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the 17th to the 19th century. The Van Wyck family was related to them by marriage. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, papers relating to land in New York owned by the Van Cortlandt family, estate papers, and wills. Correspondence, 1779-1912, concerns family, personal and real estate matters, the progress of the Revolutionary War, and political matters. There is a significant amount of correspondence between Pierre Van Cortlandt and his son Philip. Also, 1824 almanac with journal notes; manuscript of Philip Van Cortlandt's autobiography; sketch of seating arrangement in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, 1795; family documents; and documents, 1775-1813, concerning the Continental Army."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Van Cortlandt-Van Wyck family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Van Cortlandt family", "type"=>"famname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Members of the Van Cortlandt family were major Westchester County landowners and New York politicians from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, and Revolutionary War soldiers. The Van Wyck family was related to them by marriage.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Papers of the Van Cortlandt and Van Wyck families consist of correspondence, accounts, legal documents, papers relating to land in Westchester County and New York City owned by the Van Cortlandt family, estate papers, and wills.</p> <p>Correspondence, 1779-1912, concerns family, personal, and real estate matters, the progress of the Revolutionary War, and political matters. Much of the earlier letters are addressed to Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721-1814) and there is a significant amount of correspondence between Pierre and his son Philip (1749-1831). There are letters among other members of the Van Cortlandt family, as well as from members of the Beekman, Clinton (including DeWitt Clinton and George Clinton), Livingston, Van Rensselaer, Van Wyck, and other neighboring or related families.</p> <p>Some additional items include: an 1824 New York almanac containing some journal notes; a manuscript of Philip Van Cortlandt's autobiography; a sketch by Philip Van Cortlandt of the seating arrangement in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, 1795; the Columbia College diploma, 1807, of Philip G. Van Wyck; and a group of documents, 1775-1813, of or concerning the Continental Army, many of which contain the name of Philip Van Cortlandt, who was a colonel.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>1937, 1940, 1941, Received from Purchases.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by JM, December 7, 1988</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-433</p>"}
- extent_statement
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3 linear feet (7 boxes); 3 microfilm reels