Archives & Library Special Collections
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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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Call Number: 1977.602
Extent: 1.0 item, 1 folder in box A0312
Photostat copy of a biographical sketch of George H. Fisher that appeared in an unidentified newspaper in 1908.
George Huntington Fisher (1832-1910) was admitted to the New York bar in 1854 and was a member of the Brooklyn law firm Fisher, Hurd & Voltz. He was a trustee, secretary, and counsel of the German Savings Bank of Brooklyn and director of the Broadway Bank of Brooklyn. He married Emma Chichester (d. 1888) in 1857, with whom he had one child, George C. Fisher (b. 1858). After Emma’s death, Fisher married Katharine Weeks. He resided until his death at 84 Broadway in Brooklyn.
Names:
- Fisher, George Huntington, 1832-1910
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Lawyers — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1980.018
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
The last will and testament of Cuyler B. and Cynthia E. Tuthill of Long Island, dated 1925.
Names:
- Tuthill, Cuyler B.
- Tuthill, Cynthia E.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.)
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.014
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in one folder and one oversize box
The Bretz family papers span the period 1873 to 1910 and measure 0.2 linear feet. The papers contain a certificate from Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute for G. Brewster Bretz; a certificate for admission to the New York State Bar; a notebook of a transcontinental trip by Margaret E. Bretz; and a guest book of a Yale University student.
Margaret E. Bretz and her family traveled from New York to Los Angeles in 1899. Her journal documents the trip, highlighting visits to Las Vegas, Portland, and Los Angeles.
Names:
- Bretz family
- Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute
- Bretz, G. Brewster
- Bretz, Margaret E.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Types of material:
- Certificates
- Journals (accounts)
- Notebooks
- Visitors’ books
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Call Number: 1991.012
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection includes 9 letters written by James and Rachel Fowler of Kings County, N.Y. to Silas Carpenter, dated 1789-1806. The letters primarily concern personal and family matters.
Names:
- Carpenter, Silas
- Fowler, James
- Fowler, Rachel
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.043
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection documents two Brooklyn families: the Matsons and Nettervilles, as well as Frederick Glover. Document types include a marriage certificate of Nathaniel Matson and Anna Glover, two biographies of Nathaniel Matson, notes on the Netterville family history, and the legal papers of Frederick Glover.
Names:
- Matson family
- Glover, Frederick
- Netterville family
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Families — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Biographies
- Legal documents
- Marriage certificates
- Notes
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Call Number: 1980.025
Extent: 0.2 Linear feet, in two folders
This collection contains personal papers of Mabel Donnison Myers, born on January 5, 1881. Documents include letters Myers received, receipts, genealogical notes, and papers concerning a piece of property at Huntington Beach, Long Island. The papers span the period 1912 to 1939 and measure 0.2 linear feet.
Names:
Places:
- Huntington (N.Y.)
- Long Island (N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Genealogy
- Real property — New York (State) — Suffolk County
Types of material:
- Correspondence
- Receipts (financial records)
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