Archives & Library Special Collections
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Call Number: 1978.185
Extent: 0.25 linear feet, in four folders
The Southold, N.Y. register book spans the period 1683 to 1850 and measures 0.25 linear feet. Entries in the register cover genealogical information, indenture, bond and deed information, records of town information, manumission of slaves notices, town meeting minutes, and voting records with results. Also included are the Southhold Academy bylaws and constitution, First Universalist Church in Southold bylaws and constitution, and records of the Commissioner of the highway of the town of Southold. The register book includes an index and was prepared by successive town historians throughout the mid-20th century.
Names:
- Southold (N.Y.)
- First Unitarian Church (Southold, N.Y.)
- Southold Academy
Places:
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- Southold (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Genealogy
- Slavery — New York (State) — Long Island
- Unitarian Churches — New York (State) — Long Island
Types of material:
- Bonds (legal records)
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Constitutions
- Deeds
- Indentures
- Indexes (reference sources)
- Minutes
- Registers (lists)
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Call Number: 1992.016
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in one folder
A bound volume containing handwritten inscriptions of headstones located in cemeteries in Kings County, N.Y. The cemeteries where the headstones were located are not specified in the volume, nor is the creator of the volume. In the back of the volume is an index organized alphabetically by surname.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Cemeteries — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Indexes (reference sources)
- Inscriptions
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Call Number: 1985.068
Extent: 0.6 Linear feet, in three bound volumes
Three scrapbooks of clippings from the Long Island Traveler newspaper on the genealogy of numerous Long Island families. The scrapbook is dated 1897 to 1911 and its compiler is unknown.
Places:
Subjects:
- Long Island traveler (Newspaper)
- Families — New York (State) — Long Island
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Scrapbooks
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Call Number: 1977.623
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection pertains to a Village of Brooklyn, N.Y. Municipal Court case invovling Alexander William Marr and Elias Taylor against Joseph Sprague and Andrew Demarest, administrators of the estate of Aaron S. Robbins. Included is an account against the estate by Marr and Taylor for debt incurred by Robbins from August 1825 through July 1826.
Aaron S. Robbins (d. 1826) was a farmer in Brooklyn. The last of his land, on the south side of Lenox Road between East 35th Street and Brooklyn Avenue, was sold in 1939 and became the site of apartment houses.
Names:
- Village of Brooklyn. Municipal Court
- Demarest, Andrew
- Marr, Alexander William
- Robbins, Aaron S.
- Sprague, Joseph, 1783-1854
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Court records — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1985.033
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, in one folder in one oversize box.
This collection contains a May 25, 1929 copy of the weekly popular magazine Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society featuring an article by Cornelia Henshaw on the history of the Prentice family. Also included are photostat and typescript copies of an 1816 letter written by Jemima Parmele describing her journey with her husband from Alstead, N.H. to Canton, N.Y., which is quoted in Henshaw’s article. Additional materials include copies of the Prentice family coat of arms and a silhouette drawing of Deacon Davis, John H. Prentice’s father-in-law, both of which are also featured in Henshaw’s article.
Names:
- Henshaw, Cornelia
- Prentice family
- Prentice, Jemima Parmele
- Prentice, John H.
- Prentice, Sartell
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (State) — Description and travel
Subjects:
- Businessmen — New York (State) — Kings County
- Families — New York (State) — Albany
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Articles
- Coats of arms
- Correspondence
- Drawings (visual works)
- Magazines (periodicals)
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Call Number: 1978.075
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
A letter from Lanier Eason to Kitty and Hank Terjen discussing the author’s memories of members of the Roebling family, dated 1976. The Roeblings designed and built the Brooklyn Bridge. Eason’s mother (not named) appears from the letter to have known or married into the Roebling family.
Names:
- Eason, Lanier
- Roebling family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1979.007
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection contains the papers of the Stock and Rettberg families who rented a house at 61 Court Street, Brooklyn around 1872. Documents include legal documentation (leases, deeds, bonds, and receipts), the death certificate of Ernst Rettberg, the inventory of the estate of Ernst Rettberg, and a certificate of copyright for Lina Rettberg. The papers span the period 1866 to 1906.
Names:
- Rettberg family
- Stock family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Bonds (legal records)
- Death certificates
- Deeds
- Estate inventories.
- Leases
- Receipts (financial records)
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Call Number: 1990.006
Extent: 0.8 Linear feet, in two manuscript boxes
The Morgan-Parry family papers include the official and personal papers of Henry C. Morgan and Augusta Parry. Materials of an official nature include documents and correspondence of Henry C. Morgan relating to his work as a 1st Lieutenant in the 12th infantry of the U.S. Army, and later as Captain in the 30th Regiment of the Infantry. Personal materials include correspondence and letters relating to Henry and Augusta, as well as their daughter Mary and Augusta’s father, Edward O. Parry. The collection also contains a contract for Henry and Augusta’s residence on Clinton Street dating from December 1870.
Henry C. Morgan was born in Brooklyn in 1842, was the son of N.D. Morgan, President of the North America Life Insurance Company in New York, and the nephew of Edwin Denison Morgan, who served as Governor of New York and later was a United States Senator. Henry worked as clerk for the Manhattan Life Insurance Company before being enlisted to serve in the Civil War as a Recruiting Officer on October of 1861.
While recruiting service in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Henry met his future wife, Augusta “Gussie” Parry. After being wounded in Virginia in 1864, requiring amputation of his left leg above the knee, Henry left service, and he and Augusta were married in April of 1865. The couple had three daughters and settled in Brooklyn on Clinton Street, later moving to Connecticut.
Names:
- Morgan, Henry C.
- Mogan-Parry family
- United States. Army
- Morgan-Parry family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Equipment and supplies
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1985.050
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one record carton.
The Hart family papers include correspondence, certificates, obituary notices, wedding invitations, genealogy notes and papers, deeds, insurance records, and securities account books. Also included are a number of photographs, including images of the interior of the Hart residence at 494 Jamaica Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatlands, an image of Edith Linton Hart with her mother and sisters circa 1865, a tintype of the opening of the Union Elevated Railroad in 1888, and images of members of the Hart and Packard families, including Frank and Edith Hart’s son, Ronald Hart, in World War I uniform.
Edith Linton married Frank Elsworth Hart in Plymouth Church in 1889 or 1890. He died in 1895, leaving her with two small boys. His father, Frederick D. Hart, was chief engineer of Ridgewood Water Works. Edith then became a music teacher in the public schools and retired in 1921.
Names:
- Hart family
- Linton family
- Packard family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
- Genealogy
Types of material:
- Account books
- Certificates
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Family papers
- Genealogies
- Insurance records
- Obituaries
- Photographs
- Wedding announcements
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Call Number: 1978.092
Extent: 0.03 Linear feet, in one folder.
Abstract of title for New York City property owned by Samuel B. Ruggles, tracing the ownership of the land from 1674 to circa 1832. Included are copies of several wills, testaments, and maps of the property, which comprised the area between 15th Street on the south and 28th Street on the north, and the Bloomingdale and Old Post Roads on the west and First Avenue on the east.
Samuel Bulkley Ruggles (1800-1881) graduated from Yale College in 1814 and was a New York City lawyer. He was also a member of the New York State Legislature and a trustee of Columbia College.
Names:
- Ruggles, Samuel B., 1800-1881
Places:
Subjects:
- Decedents’ estates — New York (State) — New York
- Land titles — New York (State) — New York
- Real property — Ownership — New York (State) — New York
- Real property — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
- Abstracts (summaries)
- Maps
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