Case MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Container
Contains 97 Collections and/or Records:
Catskill: Merchants, Undated
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 74
Scope and Contents
File contains notes and receipts related to merchants in Catskill. Items of interest include a note regarding a fire at the shop of Capt. Fannings and an agreement of Catkill merchants to close their shops on Indendepence Day, 1889. Also includes various advertisements and bills of sale.
Catskill: Methodist Church, 1864
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 75
Scope and Contents
File contains a reciept of $20 donated for the building of a Methodist Church in Catskill.
Catskill: Miscellaneous, Undated
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 76
Scope and Contents
File contains a letter Quaker style letter written by a "Grandmother N s Robinson" to her granddaughter Hannah, living away from Catskill. Also includes the records of the receipt of the letter from the Camden Archives and Museum in Camden, South Carolina.
Catskill: John Morrison, 1811
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 77
Scope and Contents
File contains record of the proceedings of a suit against John Morrison, an insolvent debtor.
Catskill Newspapers, 1832 - 1875
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 78
Scope and Contents
File contains three receipts for subscriptions for papers published in Catskill. Receipts are for the following papers: Van Dyck and Bronk for the Catskill Recorder; Clinton DeWitt subscribing to the Catskill Messenger; J. Story subscribing to The Examiner.
Catskill: Letter of Charles (unknown) to Samuel Noyes Esq., 1836
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 79
Scope and Contents
File contains: A letter from Charles (last name perhaps Healy) in Catskill to a cousin, Samuel Noyes, a lawyer in New Haven, Connecticut. Charles is a student preparing for college at Williams College. Charles urges his cousin to stay in touch and visit. He describes the creation of the Catskill and Canajoharie R.R. and encourages his cousin to send professionals and tradesmen to Catskill to take advantage of the opportunities.
Catskill: Gilbert Oakley, 1812
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 80
Scope and Contents
File contains papers concerning the insolvency proceedings of Gilbert Oakley.
Catskill: Thomas O'Hara Croswell, 1797 - 1843
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 81
Scope and Contents
File contains papers of Thomas O'Hara Croswell of Catskill including the 1797 certificate certifying him to practice as a physician and surgeon in the State of New York as well as a loan agreement and a personal letter to a Mrs ? Stephen K. Grosvenor of Buffalo, NY.
Catskill: Henry F. Olmstead, 1902
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 82
Scope and Contents
File contains the last will and testament of Henry F. Olmstead of Catskill, bequeathing his property and possessions to his daughter, Mary H. Olmstead.
Catskill: Henry Oouthoudt, 1801
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer Four
Identifier: Folder 83
Scope and Contents
File contains documents related to a Chancery Court proceeding against John Person, Samuel Haight and Catherine Bancroft regarding the estate of Henry Oothoudt of Catskill. This includes the last will and testament of Oothoudt, which contains an article stipulating that a "negro wench woman" be bequeathed to his daughter Catherine, along with her choice of other enslaved peoples. File also contains the affadavits of Rachel Merkle, Sarah Demarest, Lawrence Merkle, Henry O. Demarest, James Brown,...