Manuscript Shelves
Container
Contains 119 Collections and/or Records:
Ledger of Accounts between Percy W. Decker and others at Catskill
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1714
Scope and Contents
Ledger contain several different accounts held by Percy W. Decker, an attorney from Catskill. Of note in the first half of the ledger is an account of the boarding of Mr. Walton Van Loan and Wife at 11 Prospect Ave. as part of the terms of a Bond and Mortgage, as well as a description in part of the Van Loan's social itinerary. While the reason for such accounting is somewhat unclear it is possible that the Van Loans sold their home to Mr. Decker and as part of an agreement maintained rooms in...
Diary of Florence Delameter at Sandy Plains
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1715
Scope and Contents
The diary contains the daily recollections of Florence Delameter [age unknown] of Sandy Plains in Cairo, New York. Entries tend to be generally descriptive and include notes (in a standard order) on weather, well-being, and social interests.
Account Book of the Hudson and Athens Ferry
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1717
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of accounts of the "Horse Boat" and "Small Boat" operated as ferries between the Village of Athens and City of Hudson between 1820 and 1838. Included within are revenues from each boat as well as names of those compensated for operating the ferry and servicing it. The most notable aspect of this ledger is the level of detail included in the accounting of revenues and debts, and the vast list of names of those involved with supplying and operating the Hudson-Athens Ferry at this...
Minutes of the Greene County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1718
Scope and Contents
Item is the first minutes book of the Greene County Firemens Association, later known as the Greene County Volunteer Firemen's Association. The ledger comprises 54 pages filled front and back with minutes of the organization relating to the creation and activities of the organization including the planning of their annual convention. Ledger includes financial statements, lists of officers, program handbills, and resolutions and actions taken by the GCVFA during the first two decades of their...
Village of Athens Treasurer's Account Ledger
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1719
Scope and Contents
Ledger is the accounts of the Village of Athens compiled by Treasurer William C. Brady from 1901-1921 and Treasurer Frank Nichols from 1921-1931. Included within are lists of debts paid and recieved by the village from individuals and companies as well as occasional descriptions or itemizations of expenses.
Town of Athens Justice Court Civil Docket
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1720
Scope and Contents
Item is a ledger of civil cases not requiring a jury heard in the Town of Athens by Justice Claude B. Whiting from 1936 to 1939. The ledger comprises 299 pages front and back, of which only approximately 140 are filled out in any way.
Record Books of Justice of the Peace Stephen Platt
Collection — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MSS 2019.0017
Scope and Contents
Collection comprises two ledgers of cases heard and ruled on by Stephen Platt, Justice of the Peace for the Town of Freehold between 1792 and 1799. The cases within each ledger relate primarily to civil complaints, and the decisions rendered generally resulted in the payment of settlements. Both of the books are covered with a sheet of brown paper and bound with linen thread, though the first ledger has separated into two blocks.
Matthews Family Photographic Album
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: PA 2020.0002
Scope and Contents
Album contains a selection of portraits of members of the Matthews family, as well as portraits of members of their extended family with the surnames Hemingway, Hunt, Lane, Morehouse, Newcomb, Van Leuvan, Marquot, Parker, Delamater, and Reynolds. Several photos are of men from the Vicinity of Windham who may have died during the American Civil War.
Blakeslee Family Photographic Album
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: PA 2020.0003
Scope and Contents
Album contains a variety of portraits of various families ostensibly from the vicinity of Windham, New York. There are several images of members of the Blakeslee Family along with miscellaneous images of members of the Northrop, Collins, Matthews, Cunningham, Hull, Sagendorph, Reunfolds, Payne, Doolittel, Parks, Warner, Van Wagenor, Holdridge, Strong, Rider, Fenton, Fish, Smith, Dewell, Bascom, Bartholomew, Cole, Austin, Gordon, Baldwin, Avery, Booth, Humphrey, and Brandow families in that...
Albright/Matthews Photographic Album
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: PA 2020.0004
Scope and Contents
Album contains images of the Albright and Matthews Families, ostensibly from the vicinity of Windham, NY. Also included are images of members of the Cole, Carey, Steele, and Payne families.