Genet, Geo. Clinton (George Clinton)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22959
.15 linear feet (1 volume)
Cash book, 1860 January 1-1871 December 23, of George Clinton Genet (1824-1904), a prosperous American lawyer residing in New York City and Rensselaer County, New York. He was the son of Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), known as “Citizen Genet,”...
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Cash book, 1860 January 1-1871 December 23, of George Clinton Genet (1824-1904), a prosperous American lawyer residing in New York City and Rensselaer County, New York. He was the son of Edmond Charles Genet (1763-1834), known as “Citizen Genet,” first Minister of the French Republic to the United States, and his second wife, Martha Brandon Osgood. He married Augusta Georgia Kirtland (d. 1911) in 1863. Brief entries show cash disbursements and receipts for personal, family and business affairs in both locations. Income entries include payments for legal costs and fees, property rentals and livestock sales, loan repayments, investment returns, and salary payments from the City. Disbursements reflecting Genet's personal taste and wealth include entries for cigars, entertainment, purchases at Tiffany's, payments for books and household furnishings, and donations to charities, political clubs, and patriotic causes. Other payments include cash for his wife’s needs, costs relating to residences in Manhattan and East Greenbush, business and travel expenses, and payments of interest as a trustee. The volume also contains several entries for a trustee account dating 1913-1914.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23168
.2 linear feet (1 volume)
Account book kept by Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, showing receipts and disbursements mainly at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Monticello, Virginia; and Washington, D.C., 1791-1803. Daily entries in daybook form concern...
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Account book kept by Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, showing receipts and disbursements mainly at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Monticello, Virginia; and Washington, D.C., 1791-1803. Daily entries in daybook form concern family accounts, household costs, money paid to servants, slave labor, farming matters, taxes, loans, traveling expenses, and money donated to charity, as well as income from salary and crops. Tables show quarterly or annual analyses of expenditures by category, with income. Notable content includes travel itineraries with expenses for a trip with James Madison from Philadelphia to New York and New England, returning via Long Island, 1791 May 17-June 19, and from Philadelphia to Monticello, 1791 September 2-12. Accounts are paginated (odd numbers only, p. 1-173, [174]), with index. The volume also includes a table of weather data at Philadelphia and Monticello, 1791-1794; a list of wines provided at Washington, 1801-1808; and an inserted sheet noting how long some casks of madeira lasted from receipt to consumption.
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Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 23251
.1 linear feet (1 volume)
Accounts and transactions relative to the estate of Samuel Bayard consist of one volume that records the settlement of Bayard's estate from 1784 to 1803 by his executors Samuel Breese, William Malcom, and Aaron Burr. Bayard (1706-1784) was a...
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Accounts and transactions relative to the estate of Samuel Bayard consist of one volume that records the settlement of Bayard's estate from 1784 to 1803 by his executors Samuel Breese, William Malcom, and Aaron Burr. Bayard (1706-1784) was a resident of New York City. His estate included lands that were part of the New York City's "negro burying ground." After the African burial ground was closed in 1794, the land was partitioned and sold. The account book records the sale of these lots, including a description of how the land was partitioned and a "Distribution and Valuation" of the lots. The volume also contains accounts concerning the "Minisink lands, and lands part of the 5,000 acre tract near Ward's Bridge."
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Arcularius and Merrell (Firm)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 22285
.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Philip Jacob Arcularius and Andrew Merrell ran a leather-tanning business in New York City. Arcularius, a German immigrant, also held various civic positions and was appointed superintendent of the Alms House in 1805. The volume contains two sets...
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Philip Jacob Arcularius and Andrew Merrell ran a leather-tanning business in New York City. Arcularius, a German immigrant, also held various civic positions and was appointed superintendent of the Alms House in 1805. The volume contains two sets of entries for the periods 1787-1791 and 1788-1791, recording the number and type of hides turned, laid in bark, or placed in lime. The variety of animal hides treated includes goat, calf, horse, dog, seal and porpoise skins. Several pages list the "wht of Astor hides" purchased from Henry Astor, brother of fur-trader John Jacob Astor, with his signature acknowledging amount and receipt of payment. Also listed are quantities of bark received, 1791-1792, as well as payments to Tyle and Torit for leather inspections, 1790, and to named suppliers of bark, 1789. A loose voucher dated 1791 lists the number of hides short and their value.
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Artkraft Strauss Sign Corporation
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 17768
168.31 linear feet (307 boxes, 37 volumes, 18 oversized folders, 93 tubes); 11.76 gb (3613 computer files); 120 video files
The Arkraft Strauss Sign Corporation was New York City's preeminent sign designer and manufacturer in the 20th century, responsible for creating some of the great icons in American advertising. Particularly known for their "spectaculars"—giant...
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The Arkraft Strauss Sign Corporation was New York City's preeminent sign designer and manufacturer in the 20th century, responsible for creating some of the great icons in American advertising. Particularly known for their "spectaculars"—giant illuminated signs often incorporating special effects and moving parts—Artkraft Strauss' most famous works include the "smoking" Camel Cigarettes sign, the "flying" Anheuser-Busch eagle, and the Coca-Cola sign at 2 Times Square. The company was also responsible for the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, a tradition they began in 1907, until 1996. The records of Artkraft Strauss document over seventy years of operations of this family-owned and family-operated business. The records date primarily from the mid-1930s through 2005; little material pertaining to its early decades is present. The collection contains executive office files; management correspondence; electrical division records; ledgers; press and promotional material; photographs; and, most notably, job files, which document the creation of many of Artkraft Strauss' projects in New York City, Atlantic City, Boston, and elsewhere, from 1936 to 2007. Work represented includes numerous projects for the Anheuser-Busch Company, such as breweries, stadium signage, and multiple Budweiser spectaculars; a British Air spectacular in Times Square involving a half-size scale model of a Concorde jet; theater marquees; and movie signage.
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Brown Brothers & Company
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 410
45 linear feet (176 v.)
Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to...
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Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Brown, Shipley & Co. which was run by another brother, William Brown (1784-1864). In the early 1830s James Brown sold the dry goods portion of the company and concentrated on banking and trade. Thereafter, Brown Brothers & Co. became one of the most successful American banking houses. A 1930 merger created the present firm of Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co. Collection consists of accounting records of Brown Brothers & Co. and its allied enterprise, Brown, Shipley & Co. Most of the records cover the years when James Brown was a partner and include journals, 1828-1853, and ledgers, 1825-1880. There are also journals, 1837-1880, for Brown, Shipley & Co. Other records include letter books, consignments, custom house entries, records of sales, and accounts of New Orleans and Havana offices of Brown, Shipley & Co.
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Gaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1102
.2 linear feet (1 volume)
Hugh Gaine (1726 or 1727-1807) was a prominent American printer, bookseller and newspaper publisher who maintained a flourishing shop in New York City from 1752 to 1804. From 1752 to 1783 he printed and published the
New-York...
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Hugh Gaine (1726 or 1727-1807) was a prominent American printer, bookseller and newspaper publisher who maintained a flourishing shop in New York City from 1752 to 1804. From 1752 to 1783 he printed and published the
New-York Mercury, later the
New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercury. The Hugh Gaine receipt book, dated 1767 to 1799, contains entries written and signed by recipients of money from Hugh Gaine for expenses relating to his printing and bookselling business, his real estate holdings and, to a lesser extent, his personal and family life.
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Taunton Social Library (Taunton, Mass)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2951
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Record book of the Taunton Social Library, Taunton, Massachusetts, for the years 1837-1843. Includes library accounts, lists of books sent to the bindery, additions to the library, and lists of books borrowed by shareholders
Reade, Joseph, 1694-1771
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2412
.2 linear feet (1 volume)
Adolph Philipse (1665-1750) was a wealthy New York City merchant and politician with extensive landholdings in the lower Hudson River Valley. Baptised Adolphus, he was the second son of New York City merchant Frederick Philipse, first Lord of the...
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Adolph Philipse (1665-1750) was a wealthy New York City merchant and politician with extensive landholdings in the lower Hudson River Valley. Baptised Adolphus, he was the second son of New York City merchant Frederick Philipse, first Lord of the Manor of Philipsborough in Westchester County, known as Philipsburg Manor. Adolph Philipse held important positions in the provincial government, serving as a member of the Governor's Council and as Speaker of the General Assembly. He died intestate on January 20, 1749 (1750 New Style). Joseph Reade (1694-1771), the estate's administrator, was a merchant, a member of the Governor's Council, and the husband of Adolph Philipse's niece Anna French. The Adolph Philipse estate records, dated 1749 to 1767, consist of a bound notebook maintained by Joseph Reade as administrator of the estate of Adolph Philipse, from January 24, 1749 (1750 New Style) to August 19, 1763, comprising a detailed inventory of the estate at properties in Manhattan and at Philipsburg Manor, with related accounts. The inventory lists cash and other valuables, outstanding debts, household belongings, and other property. Individual slaves at both locations are identified. Reade attested the records in 1767.
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Phoenix, Daniel, 1761-1828
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2415
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Daniel Phoenix, Jr. (1761-1828) was a prosperous merchant, civic leader and militia officer who resided in Morristown, New Jersey for most of his life. He was the son of Alexander Phoenix of New York City, and the nephew of merchant Daniel Phoenix...
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Daniel Phoenix, Jr. (1761-1828) was a prosperous merchant, civic leader and militia officer who resided in Morristown, New Jersey for most of his life. He was the son of Alexander Phoenix of New York City, and the nephew of merchant Daniel Phoenix (1737-1812), for many years the Treasurer of New York City. After his father's death, Daniel was raised by his uncle, who removed to Morristown during the British occupation of New York. In his uncle's lifetime he was known as Daniel Phoenix, Jr. The receipt book of Daniel Phoenix, Jr., kept from 1784 to 1788 in New York City and Morristown, contains entries signed by recipients of money from Phoenix, either on Phoenix's own account or on behalf of others, with a few loose receipts. Payments are for financial notes, taxes, rent, the purchase of commodities such as flour and tobacco, and other items. A few New Jersey receipts are dated at places other than Morristown.
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Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1109
211 linear feet (368 boxes, 153 volumes, 12 oversized folders)
The collection consists chiefly of papers of members of the Gansevoort, Lansing and Melville families and reflects the social, business, and political interests of the families, their friends and associates. Also included are some papers of...
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The collection consists chiefly of papers of members of the Gansevoort, Lansing and Melville families and reflects the social, business, and political interests of the families, their friends and associates. Also included are some papers of members of the Sanford, Van Schaick and other prominent families of the Hudson and Mohawk Valley areas of New York State. The papers include accounts, correspondence, maps, and land, court, and military records, as well as personal collections of photographs and artifacts documenting the families' history. Notable individuals represented int the collection are Revolutionary War officer Peter Gansevoort, Jr. (1749-1812), his son Peter Gansevoort (1788-1876), a New York State Assemblyman, Senator, and Judge Advocate General, Henry Sanford Gansevoort (1835-1871), Union officer in the Civil War, and author Herman Melville.
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Gouverneur & Kemble
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 18816
.2 linear feet (1 box)
Gouverneur & Kemble was a prominent New York City mercantile firm established in the late 18th century. The Gouverneur & Kemble cash book is a record of cash transactions conducted by the firm from late November 1800 to early March 1805 as...
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Gouverneur & Kemble was a prominent New York City mercantile firm established in the late 18th century. The Gouverneur & Kemble cash book is a record of cash transactions conducted by the firm from late November 1800 to early March 1805 as shipping and commission merchants with domestic and international interests. Entries are for cash debits and credits, each in chronological order, allocated in columns by bank account. Transactions typically concern the importation and sale of goods, including tea, coffee, salt, sugar, wine, textiles and other commodities; shipping costs; insurance; interest on loans; and paying and collecting rent. Business was conducted with many of the prominent individuals and firms in New York at that time. Among the entries are transactions with Alexander Hamilton for legal services, 1803 March 14. Also noted are personal expenses of the Gouverneur and Kemble families, including the education of children and dancing lessons. The last few pages contain lists of important notes payable and due, grouped by name, for Isaac Moses & Sons, Samuel G. Ogden and others, with additional memoranda.
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Meeker, Ichabod, b. 1750
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3438
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Ichabod Meeker, a native of Fairfield, Connecticut, was a farmer who settled in Catherine, New York. Account book kept by Ichabod Meeker from 1773 to 1834, containing a 1788 entry from Fairfield and an 1802 entry from Catherine. Elijah Meeker also...
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Ichabod Meeker, a native of Fairfield, Connecticut, was a farmer who settled in Catherine, New York. Account book kept by Ichabod Meeker from 1773 to 1834, containing a 1788 entry from Fairfield and an 1802 entry from Catherine. Elijah Meeker also used this account book from 1841 to 1863
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Mathews, Increase, 1772-1856
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1913
.08 linear feet (1 volume)
Increase Matthews and John Matthews, early Ohio settlers, were merchants in Zanesville and Springfield, Ohio. The collection of Increase Matthews and John Matthews daybooks, 1801-1804, consists of two volumes (bound in one) recording transactions...
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Increase Matthews and John Matthews, early Ohio settlers, were merchants in Zanesville and Springfield, Ohio. The collection of Increase Matthews and John Matthews daybooks, 1801-1804, consists of two volumes (bound in one) recording transactions at Zanesville and Springfield, Ohio for sugar, coffee, tea, farm products, cloth, whiskey, gunpowder and lead, and general merchandise. Accounts for animal pelts and charges for cartage to and from Marietta, Ohio are also listed.
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Child, Isaac, 1734-1769
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 1894
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
A book of autograph receipts of Boston merchant Isaac Child's for dry goods, groceries, and farm and household implements (1800-1810). The receipts are pasted into a copy of Joseph Dana's 1824 Latin exercise book Liber Primus. The book includes an...
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A book of autograph receipts of Boston merchant Isaac Child's for dry goods, groceries, and farm and household implements (1800-1810). The receipts are pasted into a copy of Joseph Dana's 1824 Latin exercise book Liber Primus. The book includes an index of transactions between Child and 45 other local traders and laborers
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Wolcott, Frederick Henry, b. 1808
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 6378
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Frederick Henry Wolcott was a merchant in New York. Account book of Frederick Henry Wolcott, containing records of personal and family expenses from 1844 January through 1851 October
Paul, Peter, 1933-
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2355
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
An account book belonging to Peter Paul of Dighton, Massachusetts, listing payments received for day labor performed, 1826-1831
Schenck, Peter Teunis
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18224
.21 linear feet (1 box)
Peter Teunis Schenck (1752-1808) was a miller in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Upon his death, the mill was taken over by his son, Peter P. Schenck (1798-1832). The Schenck family descended from Jans Martense Schenck and his brother Roelof Martense Schenck,...
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Peter Teunis Schenck (1752-1808) was a miller in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Upon his death, the mill was taken over by his son, Peter P. Schenck (1798-1832). The Schenck family descended from Jans Martense Schenck and his brother Roelof Martense Schenck, early settlers in the Dutch town of Nieuw Amersfoort, now the Flatlands section of Brooklyn. The collection consists of a receipt book from a mill in Brooklyn owned by Peter Teunis Schenck and his son Peter P. Schenck. Later entries were added by Peter P. Schenck's widow, Jane Meserole Schenck
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Barrow, John, 1767-1838
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3926
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
New York City merchant company Byrd and Barrow kept this receipt book from April 25, 1801, to April 3, 1828. The volume documents transactions for freight, taxes, household expenditures for Joseph Byrd and John Barrow. Also present are receipts...
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New York City merchant company Byrd and Barrow kept this receipt book from April 25, 1801, to April 3, 1828. The volume documents transactions for freight, taxes, household expenditures for Joseph Byrd and John Barrow. Also present are receipts for the company John Barrow and Sons. This item is bound with the Lawrence Barrow Receipt Book
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Morgan, Caleb
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2058
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Caleb Morgan, merchant from Poughkeepsie, New York, kept this receipt book from July 22, 1839, to May 3, 1843. Morgan was a prominent Democrat and an active Methodist in Poughkeepsie
Evans, Samuel
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 957
.23 linear feet (2 volumes)
This collection is composed of two volumes: Captain Samuel Evans's letter book, dated 1815 to 1826, and boatswain's accounts from the U.S.S. Tom Bowline, dated 1815 to 1817. Correspondence to Commodore Isaac Chauncey of the U.S. Navy is included
Ferguson family
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18092
13.86 linear feet (33 boxes)
The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802. The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New...
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The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802. The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New York families, including the Walton, Morewood, Day, Ogden, Lyde, and Fisher families. The Ferguson family papers, 1727-1943, consist of 18th and 19th century correspondence, business records, financial and legal documents, diaries, and family miscellany of the Ferguson and allied families. Genealogical notes, charts, and clippings dating from the early- to mid-20th century reflect the research of Samuel Ferguson's great-granddaughter, Helen Ferguson on the family's history.
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Olympic Theatre, (New York, N.Y.)
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2294
.42 linear feet (2 volumes)
This collection contains two volumes of records for New York's Olympic Theatre. Volume one consists of the accounts of sales from September 5, 1864, to July 8, 1865, and volume two documents box office returns from August 31, 1868, to May 1, 1869....
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This collection contains two volumes of records for New York's Olympic Theatre. Volume one consists of the accounts of sales from September 5, 1864, to July 8, 1865, and volume two documents box office returns from August 31, 1868, to May 1, 1869. Present are records of daily tabulations of ticket sales, the numbers of tickets sold, cash taken in, names of the plays, competitive attractions, and weather conditions
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Pollikoff, Max
Music Division | JPB 86-1
11 boxes, 39 x 30 x 8 cm. or smaller; 11 boxes, 39 x 30 x 8 cm. or smaller
A violinist and conductor, Max Pollikoff was born in Newark, N.J., in 1904, and died in New York City in 1984. He organized Music in Our Time, a concert series which ran from 1954 to 1974 at the 92nd St. YMHA, New York. Published and unpublished...
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A violinist and conductor, Max Pollikoff was born in Newark, N.J., in 1904, and died in New York City in 1984. He organized Music in Our Time, a concert series which ran from 1954 to 1974 at the 92nd St. YMHA, New York. Published and unpublished music by various composers with markings by Pollikoff, scrapbook, programs, clippings, photographs, poster, receipts, checks, contracts, brochures, pamphlets, periodicals, address books, appointment books, memorabilia, and correspondence including letters relating to Music In Our Time.
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Barbour, Mordecai
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3593
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Account book of Mordecai Barbour, merchant of Fredericksburg, Virginia, containing accounts for barrels and general merchandise (1806-1807) and a lumber mill (1809-1812). Also includes a farm overseer's accounts (1841-1842) and memoranda kept by...
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Account book of Mordecai Barbour, merchant of Fredericksburg, Virginia, containing accounts for barrels and general merchandise (1806-1807) and a lumber mill (1809-1812). Also includes a farm overseer's accounts (1841-1842) and memoranda kept by Bartlett Burton
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Bouton, Nathan
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3546
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Account book kept by Nathan Bouton of Troy, New York, from 1811 to approximately 1829. Entries list deposits and withdrawals between St. Paul's Church and the Bank of Troy; it is possible that this account book was kept by Bouton while acting as...
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Account book kept by Nathan Bouton of Troy, New York, from 1811 to approximately 1829. Entries list deposits and withdrawals between St. Paul's Church and the Bank of Troy; it is possible that this account book was kept by Bouton while acting as treasurer for the church
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Cross, Stephen
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 699
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Account book of Stephen Cross of Monson, Massachusetts containing records of agricultural activities and lumber trade; also includes an inventory of Cross' estate. Entries date 1792-1834
Van Cortlandt, Stephen
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 3128
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
Stephen Van Cortlandt kept this receipt book at Newark, New Jersey, from October 11, 1827, to October 4, 1839
Stewart and Jones
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol 2884
1 linear foot (4 boxes)
Stewart and Jones were merchants and ship chandlers of New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous records of Stewart and Jones; correspondence and accounts of their predecessor firm, Jones and Ross; papers of...
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Stewart and Jones were merchants and ship chandlers of New York City. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and miscellaneous records of Stewart and Jones; correspondence and accounts of their predecessor firm, Jones and Ross; papers of Humphrey and Nicholas Jones; and records, 1789-1793, kept by John Jones while a member of the Committeee of Leases of Trinity Church in New York City.
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King, Rufus, 1838-1924
Manuscripts and Archives Division | MssCol NYGB 18162
4.83 linear feet (12 boxes)
Rufus King (1838-1924) was a banker by profession as well as a respected genealogist. The son of Rufus Sylvester and Phoebe Odell King, his New England ancestors included the revolutionary war veteran and New York State Senator Rufus King, after...
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Rufus King (1838-1924) was a banker by profession as well as a respected genealogist. The son of Rufus Sylvester and Phoebe Odell King, his New England ancestors included the revolutionary war veteran and New York State Senator Rufus King, after whom he was named. The Rufus King genealogical research papers consist primarily of the notes and correspondence generated and collected by King in the course of tracing his family's lineage, as well as an assortment of family papers dating from 1720 to 1866.
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