Becker family papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18105", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18105", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Becker family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1687-1878", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1687/1878"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".25 linear feet (2 volumes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1687

date_inclusive_end

1878

origination

{"value"=>"Becker family", "type"=>"persname"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Alfred L. Becker to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1944.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Becker family papers consist of two scrapbooks containing papers of the Becker and related families from Saratoga, Rensselaerwyck, Albany, and elsewhere in New York State. The papers include accounts, receipts, bills and agreements, indentures, wills, other legal documents, and correspondence. Notable items include a 1753 legal document between Johannes Douw, Albertus Becker, and Storm Van Der Zee concerning their joint ownership of a mill on Norman's Kill, Volckert B. Douw's 1764 tavern license, and a letter from Cornelius Cuyler to Simon de Ridder dated 1747 asking him to grind a dozen bushels.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "accession_number"=>"MSS 2008M27"}

langmaterial_code

eng

dut

keydate

1687

prefercite

{"value"=>"Becker family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" The Becker family papers consist of two scrapbooks containing papers of the Becker and related families from Saratoga, Rensselaerwyck, Albany, and elsewhere in New York State. The papers include accounts, receipts, bills and agreements, indentures, wills, other legal documents, and correspondence. Notable items include a 1753 legal document between Johannes Douw, Albertus Becker, and Storm Van Der Zee concerning their joint ownership of a mill on Norman's Kill, Volckert B. Douw's 1764 tavern license, and a letter from Cornelius Cuyler to Simon de Ridder dated 1747 asking him to grind a dozen bushels.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.25 linear feet (2 volumes)

date_start

1687

date_end

1878

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