Small Sketches: Prattsville, c. 1875
File — Carton: MSS Box 44
Identifier: 44.28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises a vast array of materials broken into series by family groups, and sorted roughly by generation in chronological order. The greater share of materials deal directly with four generations of the DuBois/Allen/Stone/Decker family of Catskill. Appearing within are diaries, personal letters, estate documents, literary works in prose and verse, and a considerable selection of landscape sketches and studies by Benjamin Bellows Grant Stone.
A lesser portion of the collection, comprising roughly 1.5 cubic feet, deals with the Meserole Family and allied families of Brooklyn and Bushwick dating from the early 18th century through the death of Adrian Meserole in 1913. Includued within the collection is a vast array of deeds and business papers along with a small but representative selection of personal correspondence and miscellaneous documents of interest. Of particular note is an indenture for land of one William Creed at Jamaica, Queens County, from 1693, being the oldest document in this collection.
A lesser portion of the collection, comprising roughly 1.5 cubic feet, deals with the Meserole Family and allied families of Brooklyn and Bushwick dating from the early 18th century through the death of Adrian Meserole in 1913. Includued within the collection is a vast array of deeds and business papers along with a small but representative selection of personal correspondence and miscellaneous documents of interest. Of particular note is an indenture for land of one William Creed at Jamaica, Queens County, from 1693, being the oldest document in this collection.
Dates
- Other: c. 1875
Extent
From the Collection: 8.5 Cubic Feet (Fifteen legal size document boxes, four small oversize boxes, five large oversize boxes, two flat file folders. ) : Handrwitten documents, pencil sketches, oil-on-board and oil on panel studies. ; Various
Repository Details
Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository