- Creator
- Jones family
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (3 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Jones family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, law papers, receipts, genealogical sketches, obituaries, and other papers of Samuel Jones (1734-1819) and of the Jones and related families of Long Island, N.Y., and New York City. Includes accounts, 1743-1767, of Cornelius Turck; papers, 1773-1787, concerning the estate of Elbert Haring of New York; biographical sketches of Rev. John Youngs and his descendants; and articles and poems of James M. Burtis. Other persons represented include David Jones, Elbert Haring Jones and his wife, Margery Fleet Youngs Jones, and Samuel Jones (1770-1853). Correspondents include Aaron Burr, John Jay, James Kent, and Philip Schuyler.
Key terms
Names
- Jones family
- Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
- Burtis, James M
- Haring, Elbert
- Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Jones, David
- Jones, Elbert Haring
- Jones, Margery Fleet Youngs
- Jones, Samuel, 1734-1819
- Jones, Samuel, 1770-1853
- Kent, James, 1763-1847
- Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
- Turck, Cornelius
- Youngs, John
- Young family
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Account against Augustus Van Cortland, 1760-1764, available on microfilm; New York Public Library