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Map of the Lots of Ralph Barker near Reed's Landing in Coxsackie
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 21
Identifier: MAP 2020.0007-LOB 6.139
Scope and Contents
Map is a survey showing color-coded lots owned by Ralph Barker along the Coxsackie Turnpike near the modern intersection of Reed and Mansion Streets in Coxsackie. Each lot is numbered with the following description: No. 1 is the House Lot, Garden, and Orchard of Ralph Barker, Nos. 2 and 3 are the Old Stone House Lot on which is now erected a large Double-Brick House covering the width of both lots, No. is the alley ajoining Jason Mapes, Nos. 5 and 6 back lots attached to lots 2 and 3, No. 7 is...
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Vedder Research Library
Map of the Public Road leading from Henry Van Orden's to the Catskill Bridge
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0003-7E.12
Scope and Contents
This map is a selection of various size sheets of paper put together with sealing wax with its contents drawn with ink. The full title of the map is as follows: "A map and survey of the public road from Henry Van Orden's to the Catskill Bridge showing the private roads that have been in use for the different farms." Included are the various farms of the Overbaugh, Van Orden, Winne, Wynkoop, Sax, and Trumpbour families. The location of creeks, roads, survey boundaries, and homes are shown....
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Vedder Research Library
Map of the Village of Catskill
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0014-7C.7
Scope and Contents
This map is an interesting survey of the lower portion of the east side of the Village of Catskill. The map is made from a 1795 survey completed by William Cockburn and shows the section of Catskill creek from the Hop-o-Nose to Femmen hook prior to the contruction of the Long Dock. Included in the map are the surveyed village lots along Main Street, surveyed lots under water north of the mouth of the creek, and the names of some property owners. Of particular note on the map is that the homes...
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Vedder Research Library
Map of Two Tracts of Land Granted to McLean, Treat, and McLean
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 6
Identifier: MAP 2022.0003
Scope and Contents
This map is a period copy of a survey prepared by William Cockburn for Donald McLean, Malacky Treat, and Lieutenant Niel McLean showing two tracts of land granted to them by the King of England in 1768. The full title of the map is as follows: "A Map of Two Tracts of Land on the West Side of Hudson's River Granted in Nov. 1768 by his Majesty's Letters Patent to Drs. Donald McLean, Malachy Treat, and Lieut. Niel McLean."The first parcel, which sits against the northern edge of the...
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Vedder Research Library
Map of Water Lots of the Knickerbocker Ice Company at Athens
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 11
Identifier: MAP 2020.0002-LOB 6.84
Scope and Contents
This map is a survey probably conducted in the late 1880s or early 1890s showing the lands under water owned by the Knickerbocker Ice Company at Athens. The survey shows the shoreline of the river with names of lot owners given between the corners of modern Market Street and Route 385 northward to Wheat Street and the alley now known as South Street. The location of one ice house is given and drawn to scale.
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Vedder Research Library
Map of Water Street, Catskill
Item — Case: Flat File Drawer 14
Identifier: MAP 2019.0013-7G.5
Scope and Contents
Map is a survey of Water Street in Catskill completed by John Van Vechten in 1838. Survey shows the blocks between Water Street and Main Street westward from Bridge Street to where Main and Water converge. The map is not particularly descriptive, but has an interesting rendering of the original bridge that crossed Catskill Creek at the foot of Main Street. Some property owners are named, but no buildings are shown.
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Vedder Research Library
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.
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Vedder Research Library
Minutes Book of the Schoharie Kill Bridge Company
Item — Container: Manuscript Shelves
Identifier: MV 1732
Scope and Contents
Ledger contains the handwritten minutes of the Schoharie Kill Bridge Company from its incorporation in 1810 to the dissolution of the business in 1903. Each meeting lists the location of the meeting, officers present, and detailed resultions concerning the governance and maintenance of the turnpike road and its toll houses.
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Vedder Research Library
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...
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Vedder Research Library
Municipal Assessment Rolls of Greene County
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2020.0007
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a large selection of assessment rolls, both mass-printed and otherwise, covering almost two centuries of municipal recordkeeping focused on real property in Greene County. The bulk of the collection comprises the assessment rolls of the Town of Coxsackie from roughly 1940 to 1980, and are the original bound rolls kept by the Town Clerk. In addition to these original rolls, two bankers boxes contain scattered various printed assessment rolls of the type that was printed...
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Vedder Research Library
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