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Creator
Ruggles, Charles Herman, 1789-1865
Call number
MssCol 2641
Physical description
.4 linear feet (1 box)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Charles Herman Ruggles papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Charles Herman Ruggles (1789-1865), judge and congressman, was elected a representative from Poughkeepsie, New York, to the U.S. Congress, 1821-1823. He was a circuit judge and vice-chancellor of the Second Judicial District of New York, 1833-1846; and served as a judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1847 to 1855. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts and land papers of Ruggles. Correspondence, 1821-1855, includes letters from family members and general correspondence concerning business matters, politics, the purchase of law books from New York courts, and personal affairs. Accounts, 1826-1843, cover loans and household expenses. Land papers, 1835-1843, contain correspondence, deeds, bills, and receipts for properties in New York City.

Biographical/historical information

Charles H. Ruggles, judge and congressman, was born February 10, 1789 in New Milford, Connecticut. He began his law practice in Kingston, New York and lived in the state of New York throughout the rest of his life. Ruggles was a member of the State Assembly in 1820 and was elected to Congress (1821-1823) as a representative from Poughkeepsie. He was also a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1846. Ruggles served as circuit judge and vice-chancellor of the Second Judicial District of New York (1833-1846) and in 1847 he was elected a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a post he held from 1847 to 1855.

In 1827 Ruggles married Gertrude Beekman who died the following year. He was married again in 1850 to Mary C. Livingston. Ruggles died at Poughkeepsie on June 15, 1865.

Scope and arrangement

The Charles H. Ruggles Papers (1821-1855) include Correspondence, Accounts and Land Papers.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

May 1955, Received from Mrs. Colden Ruggles Florance via Mr. Eustace L. Florance; Howard

Processing information

FP, 1/17/89

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328