Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Container
Contains 153 Collections and/or Records:
Catskill: Catskill Bank, 1819 - 1843
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 95
Scope and Contents
File contains correspondence and other documents concerning the creation and operation of the Catskill Bank. Included is the letter of resignation of Orrin Day as bank cashier with subsequent letters from the board, an annual report of 1843 for the bank, and a memorandum from 1826 concerning the account of Orrin Day.
Catskill: John H. Bagley, 1862 - 1885
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 96
Scope and Contents
File contains a selection of materials related to the career of Congressman John H. Bagley of Catskill. Included in the file is John Bagley's appointment as District Grand Master of Masonic Lodges in Greene, Delaware, Ulster, and Schoharie Counties, a petition signed by members of congress addressed to Grover Cleveland requesting John Bagley's appointment as Commissioner of Pensions, programs including the dedication Ceremony for the Washington Monument, and a speech in John Bagley's hand...
Catskill: George H. Beach, 1913 - 1919
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 97
Scope and Contents
File contains papers concerning the estate of George H. Beach, deceased in 1918, who was a prorpietor and part owner in the Catskill Mountain House and associated business ventures of the Beach family which were founded by his father Charles L. Beach. File contains correspondence concerning the settlement of the estate, summaries of George Beach's holdings when he passed, and a copy of his Last Will and Testament.
Catskill: Beach family miscellaneous, 1861/1917
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 98
Scope and Contents
File contains an indenture concerning the estate of Charles Beach, son of Charles L. Beach, a handwritten timeline history of the Catskill Mountain House, and an envelope holding some freight tickets from the Steamboat "Catskill" [1861] and the steamboat "Kaaterskill" [c. 1885].
Catskill: Sarah A. Beach, 1936 - 1939
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 101
Scope and Contents
File contains papers of the estate of Sarah A. Beach, deceased 1936, in which she names her heirs and gives detailed descriptions of the allocation of her belongings among her suriving relations.
Catskill: Frederick Becker, 1895 - 1912
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 102
Scope and Contents
File contains assorted papers of Frederick Becker, proprietor of the Summit Hill House at Catskill. Included in the file is the Last Will and Testament of Frederick Becker, a selection of miscellaneous business correspondence and receipts, some indentures for plots in the Spoor Cemetery at Greenville [Not to be confused with the Spoor Cemetery in Coxsackie], and a bond and mortgage for $8,000 from the Catskill Savings Bank.
Catskill: Harold W. Becker, 1900 - 1934
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 103
Scope and Contents
File contains miscellaneous papers of Harold W. Becker, former Postmaster in the Village of Catskill. Included in the file are a selection of miscellaneous receipts for automotive service and delivery of cars to a garage, a possible list of early car owners in Catskill, Draft materials of Harold Becker from 1918, and a selection of personal correspondence. One lengthy letter was written to him by his cousin Clifford who was an employee of the New York Central Railroad at Buffalo, and the letter...
Catskill: Milton H. Becker, 1853 - 1917
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 104
Scope and Contents
File contains miscellaneous papers of Milton Becker, a chevrolet automobile dealer from the Village of Catskill. Included in the file are an early mortgage and bond made out by John Wilbur and Humphrey Wilbur of Greenville with Justus Lobdell of Durham. It is unknown why these papers were in the posession of Mr. Becker. Also included is some corresopondence with Harold Becker, who may have been Milton's son, regarding the automotive business, and a selection of bonds made by Milton Becker with...
Catskill: Bradbury Bedell, 1895 - 1901
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 105
Scope and Contents
File contains the correspondence of Bradbury Bedell of Philadelphia with his uncle John concering the purchase of a property in Catskill. The files contain both business discussion and personal news.
Catskill: John Bell, 1828
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Three
Identifier: Folder 106
Scope and Contents
File contains papers concerning Thomas Bell, and insolvent debtor in the Town of Catskill. The papers list those to whom he was indebted.