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Egbert R. Beardsley Memorial Collection, 1796-1870

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 27

Scope and Contents

File is an assortment of Documents donated by Jane and Aaron Schultis of Kingston which the family collected over time. Documents are inventoried below and are comprised of materials not specifically related to any family group or sole creator. Of particular note is a mortgage for the Grant House Hotel, an early indenture, and some stock certificates for the Mountain Turnpike.

Dates

  • Majority of material found in 1796-1870

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)

Mortgage of the Grant House Hotel, 1870
Killian Miller and Justus McKinstry v. Anthony R. Livingston, Supreme Court at Hudson, NY, 1844
Lease of John Prudden and Samuel Chichester to Andrew Brosnahan for land in the Town of Cats' Kill.
Stock Certificate of the Mountain Turnpike Road, 1811 [Two certificates]
Rice Paper used by the Catskill Bank to print early paper currency.
Contract for a private right-of-way between Orrin Day, Thomas O'Hara Croswell, and Henry McKinstry, 1845
Billhead of David B. Dunham's Paint Store, 1859
Typewritten recollections of the water cisterns on Main Street in Catskill and Henry Hebler who filled them by cart, also included is a recollection of using horses to tow the Canajoharie and Catskill Railway Locomotive up a grade.

Repository Details

Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository

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Coxsackie New York 12051 United States