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Call Number: ARC.145
Extent: 14.25 Linear feet, in 2 record cartons, 7 document boxes, and 14 oversize or odd-size boxes
The Lefferts family papers contain documents created and collected by members of the Lefferts family, a Brooklyn family of Dutch origin that played a prominent role in the city’s politics, society, and development. The collection also contains records created and collected by the stewards of the Lefferts Historic House Museum in relation to the Lefferts family and the house’s history. The documents span from the 1650s to the 1970s and include those created by members of the Lefferts family in Brooklyn (particularly in the town of Flatbush) as well as members of the family that branched out into other parts of America including Ohio and Illinois. The collection covers a variety of subjects including the development of Flatbush, the Lefferts family role in the political, economic, religious, and social life of Flatbush and Brooklyn, colonial life, slavery, and more. The documents include personal papers and correspondence of the family members, papers related to maintenance of their farm and businesses, genealogical records of the family, and photographs and other graphic materials of family members and the Lefferts house. The collection also contains related clippings, some maps, and an assortment of books either owned by or related to the Lefferts family and Flatbush. There are some documents related to the maintenance of the Lefferts Historic House and some documents and graphic materials collected over time by the stewards of the house.
Names:
- Lefferts family
- Cortelyou, John, 1772-1855
- Hegeman family
- Lefferts, Eliza, 1831-1865
- Lefferts, Femmetie Hegemann, 1760-1847
- Lefferts, Jacobus L.
- Lefferts, James, 1800-1862
- Lefferts, John, 1719-1776
- Lefferts, John, 1785-1829
- Lefferts, John, 1814-1877
- Lefferts, John, 1826-1893
- Lefferts, Leffert, 1774-1847
- Lefferts, Maria Lott, 1786-1865
- Lefferts, Peter
- Lott family
- Schenck, Sarah Lefferts
- Vanderbilt, Gertrude Lefferts, b. 1824.
- Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway Company
- Brooklyn, Jamaica, and Flatbush Turnpike Company
- Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church (Flatbush, New York, N.Y.)
- Flatbush Plank Road Company
- Gravesend and Coney Island Bridge and Road Company
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Maps
- Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
- Kings County (N.Y.) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- Long Island (N.Y.) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- New York (N.Y.) — Maps.
Subjects:
- Deeds — New York (State) — Kings County
- Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
- Farms — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
- Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
- Real property — New York (State) — New York — Maps
- Roads — New York (State) — Kings County
- Slavery — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Account books
- Bible
- Birth records
- Cadastral maps
- Cookbooks
- Daguerreotypes (photographs)
- Death records
- Engravings
- Financial records
- Genealogies
- Indentures
- Land titles — New York (State) — Kings County
- Manuscript maps
- Marriage records
- Photographs
- Picture postcards
- Receipts (financial records)
- Slave bills of sale
- Tintypes (prints)
- Wills
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View An American Family Grows in Brooklyn, an online exhibit of materials from the Lefferts family papers made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation
Call Number: 1977.025
Extent: 2.5 Linear feet, in 5 manuscript boxes
The Landon family papers relate principally to Jared Landon (died circa 1815) and to Henry Landon (died 1866) in their capacities as county judges, estate executors, and landholders. The Landons were residents of Cutchogue, part of the town of Southold in Suffolk County on the eastern end of Long Island, and the bulk of the collection concerns that area. Other Landons, such as Jared’s father Samuel (circa 1700-1782), and other New York areas are represented in the collection, though to a much lesser extent.
The collection is rich with legal and financial documents that can provide insight into social, economic, cultural, and political aspects of Suffolk County in the late eigtheenth century and first half of the nineteenth century. Document types include inventories, vendue (auction) accounts, day books, ledgers, promissory notes, court orders, trespasses and other court-related documents, land indentures and transfers, town meeting notices and resolutions, and more. The collection also holds substantive correspondence on legal, financial, personal, and political matters, including those related to the Democratic Party in Southold in the late 1820s-1840s. Documents concerning the American Revolution and the British occupation of New York, including the imprisonment of Jared Landon, are in the collection. References to African-Americans appear throughout the collection, including in account books and court cases.
Names:
- Conkling, David, d. 1787?
- Floyd, C. A., 1791-1873
- Huntington, Abel, 1777-1858
- Landon family
- Landon, Henry
- Landon, Jared
- Landon, Samuel, ca. 1700-1782?
- Sage, Ebenezer, 1755-1834
- Democratic Party (New York, N.Y.)
- Long Island Railroad Company
- Seaflower (Sloop : ca. 1786)
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865)
Places:
- Cutchogue (N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.) — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
- Southold (N.Y.)
- Suffolk County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- African Americans — New York (State) — Suffolk County
- Commerce
- County courts — New York (State) — Suffolk County
- Genealogy
- Indians of North America — Treaties.
- Judges — New York (State) — Suffolk County
- Liquor laws — New York (State) — Suffolk County
- Politics, Practical — New York (State) — Suffolk County
Types of material:
- Accounts
- Articles of incorporation.
- Correspondence
- Daybooks
- Deeds
- Diaries
- Estate inventories.
- Indentures
- Ledgers (account books)
- Legal documents
- legal instruments
- Petitions
- Promissory notes
- Receipts (financial records)
- Warrants
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Long Island Historical Society Quarterly, 1939-1942; The Journal of Long Island History, 1961-1969 and 1973-1982
From 1939-1942, 1961-1969, and 1973-1982, the Brooklyn Historical Society (known then as the Long Island Historical Society) published a periodic journal, called the Long Island Historical Society Quarterly in 1939-42 and, in the later years, The Journal of Long Island History. The journals include articles on historical topics concerning Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. Many of the articles, especially in the 1939-1942 volumes, include full or partial transcriptions of account books, correspondence, deeds, tombstone inscriptions, and other manuscripts from the BHS collection and elsewhere. While there is a wide range of subject matter, perhaps best-represented in the journal are articles concerning the colonial period through the 19th century, American Revolution, Civil War, and African-American history. No appointment is necessary to use the journals in the BHS library.
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