{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of legal documents, personal papers and photographs and daguerreotypes of members of the Van Beuren family, such as Elizabeth Van Beuren, Josephine Van Beuren, Mary Spingler Van Beuren, Mary Spingler Fonerden Van Beuren and Col. Michael Murray Van Beuren. Also included is an account book (1799-1806), which belonged to Egbert Van Beuren of Charleston and military documents of Michael M. Van Beuren, who was a Colonel in the Washington Guard, 11th Regiment and his son Michael Murray Van Beuren, who server in the New York State Infantry. A highlight of this series is the original and a typed transcript of a diary kept by Mary Spingler Fonerden (who later married Michael Van Beuren), 1827-1828, which provides a look into the daily life of a wealthy 17-year old girl in nineteenth century New York..</p>"}