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Creator
Ruggles, James Francis, 1834-1895
Call number
MssCol 2642
Physical description
.6 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

James Francis Ruggles papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Access to materials
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James Francis Ruggles (1834-1895), attorney of New York City, was secretary to New York governor Washington Hunt, 1851-1852. Collection consists of correspondence, accounts, land papers, and unsorted papers of Ruggles. Correspondence, 1849-1895, mainly concerns business and political matters. Accounts, 1864-1885, cover his business affairs; land papers, 1848-1891, include deeds, indentures, titles, and maps for property in New York and Louisiana; and unsorted papers contain printed materials and papers relating to his family.

Biographical/historical information

James Francis Ruggles, attorney, was born in New York in 1807. He was the son of Samuel Bulkley Ruggles and Mary Rathbone Ruggles. Ruggles attended Columbia College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in New York City. In 1874 he married Grace Baldwin with whom he had two children: Burnet Rathbone Ruggles and Grace Rathbone Ruggles. James F. Ruggles died in 1895.

Scope and arrangement

The James Francis Ruggles Papers (1849-1895) consist of Correspondence, Accounts, Land Papers and Unsorted Papers.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

1935 & 1936, Received from M. Harzof (1935), Wormser's (purchase 1936)

Processing information

Accessioned FP, 2/8/89

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