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Call Number: 1985.043 Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, in one folder Richard Prest was a teacher at the Gravesend School and was married to a member of the Van Brunt family. In this note, Prest estimates the number of barleycorns that would reach around the circumference of the Earth. The note is dated 1751. Names:
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Call Number: 1978.046 Extent: 0.4 Linear feet, in two folders and one bound volume The Gravesend history collection contains a charter for Gravesend, signed by Governor Dongan; a land deed and title searches for property in Gravesend; genealogies of prominent families; and a manuscript copy of William H. Stillwell’s Annals of the Town of Gravesend. Names:
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Call Number: 1978.034 Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, in one folder. English transcriptions of Dutch legal documents concerning the towns of Flatlands, Flatbush, and Gravesend. Some appear to have been copied from official records of the Dutch government of New Amsterdam (later New York City) and to have been written by Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor to lead New Amsterdam before the colony was seized by the British in 1664. The original documents date from 1656 to 1719, while the transcriptions were created circa 1850. The repository at which the original Dutch documents are housed is not known. Names:
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Call Number: 1985.053 Extent: 0.84 Linear feet, in two manuscript boxes The Town of Gravesend was one of the six original towns that comprised Kings County, N.Y., notable for being founded by a woman, Lady Deborah Moody, in 1645. The original town encompassed 7,000 acres of land in southern Kings County stretching to the coast, including the entirety of Coney Island, which was part of the town’s common lands. Gravesend was annexed to the City of Brooklyn in 1894, a few years prior to its consolidation with New York City in 1898. Thomas Ferguson (1845-1903) was a businessman and real estate investor who lived in Gravesend, N.Y. with his wife, Lizzie Ferguson. He was a member of the Town of Gravesend Board of Trustees of the Common Lands and was one of the town’s largest landowners. John Phillips, who is represented in the papers, was Thomas Ferguson’s uncle and business associate. The Fergusons’ relationship to Robert B. Hill and Elizabeth F. Hart, whose papers are also included in the collection, is unclear, though they are presumed to be family members. Names:
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Call Number: V1980.003 Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one lantern slide box, one folder, and one negative box. The Abbot Low Moffat collection of Brooklyn photography contains 160 items, including lantern slides, prints, film negatives, and glass negatives. Lantern slides and glass negatives date from the late 19th century while the prints and film negatives date from the early 20th century. Adrian Martense and John Jay Pierrepont appear to be the creators of several slides and negatives in the collection; some slides originate from commercial studios including A.D. Fisk and T.H. McAllister. Images in the collection primarily depict houses and street scenes in Brooklyn, N.Y. While many houses are unidentified, the collection also includes images of notable Brooklyn homes, such as the Cortelyou House, the Lefferts House, the Lott House, and the Duryea house. Street scenes are set in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, Coney Island, and Gravesend, and specifically on roads such as Columbia Heights, Fulton Street, and Kings Highway. Images of the Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Connecticut are included along with shots of boats and sailing. Photographs in the collection also show recreation at Prospect Park, monuments at Green-Wood Cemetery, home interiors, and informal portraits. Names:
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Call Number: 1973.188 Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder. One tax assessment book containing an alphabetical list of residents of the Town of Gravesend in Brooklyn, circa 1880, with assessments of each resident’s property. For each resident, the book notes the property location, number of acres assessed, building value, real estate value, personal estate value, aggregate value, and amount taxed. Entries toward the back of the volume devote several pages toward the assessment of individual estates, including the South Greenfield Estate and the estates of John Emmers and Daniel D. Stillwell. An assessment list of non-residents is also included. The compiler of the assessment book is unknown. The Town of Gravesend was one of the six original towns of Kings County. Founded by religious dissenter Lady Deborah Moody and her followers in 1643, it was the only one of the original towns to be founded by English settlers. Gravesend was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894. Places:
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Call Number: 1973.109 Extent: 0.02 Linear feet, in one folder. One document containing a summary of election returns for non-commissioned officers in the Company of Gravesend of the 241st Regiment of the New York State Militia. The document was penned by the Captain of the Company, Jacobus Voorhees. Names:
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Call Number: 1977.308 Extent: 3.0 items, in three folders The collection consists of transcriptions of early town records of Gravesend, dated 1646 to 1670, and a 100-page historical sketch of Gravesend. The transcribed records and the historical sketch were prepared by Works Progress Administration researchers of the Historical Records Survey, Service Division, New York, NY, in March of 1942. The transcribed records include town meeting minutes, dated 1646 to 1653, as well as property deeds and leases, dated 1653 to 1670. Gravesend was one of the six original towns of Kings County. Founded by religious dissenter Lady Deborah Moody and her followers in 1643, it was the only one of the original towns to be founded by English settlers. Gravesend was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894. Names:
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Call Number: 1977.309 Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder. One bound volume containing a typescript written by William Henry Stillwell in 1894 and titled A History of Gravesend, Kings County, N.Y.: From Its Settlement to the Close of the Dutch Government, 1673. The typescript also features illustrated maps of various regions of Gravesend, an engraving of Stillwell, and an index compiled by Edna Huntington, librarian at the Long Island Historical Society (later the Brooklyn Historical Society). Interfiled toward the end of the volume are copies of a 1797 map and a 1786 legal document regarding property transgressions committed by Albert Voorheis. Two letters from the Home Title Insurance Company, dated 1911 and 1915, indicating the Company’s intention to donate these two latter items, are also included. William Henry Stillwell (1858-1944) was the son of Stephen N. Stillwell (d. 1880). He was an attorney with offices on 177 Montague Street in Brooklyn and resided at 262 93rd Street at the time of his death. Stillwell was also a local historian who wrote several books on Brooklyn history, mostly focusing on the neighborhood of Gravesend. Names:
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Call Number: ARC.276 Extent: 1.46 linear feet, in three full manuscript boxes and one half manuscript box. This collection consists of papers gathered and, in many cases, written by author Saretta G. Hicks during the period 1963 to 1965. The material includes her notes and research for an unfinished book about Lady Deborah Moody titled Dangerous Woman: A Biography of Deborah, Lady Moody of Coney Island. Lady Moody is best known as the founder of the town of Gravesend in what was then New Amsterdam and later became a part of Brooklyn, N.Y. Of particular note is the inclusion of copies of original documents pertaining to Lady Moody’s family history. There is also a four-page typed transcript of Gravesend town meeting records from 1656. Names:
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