Scope and Contents From the Series: Series contains documents relating to three generations of intermarried families in Catskill beginning during the period immediately prior to the American Revolution and resolving itself roughly around 1900 with the death of members of the final generation. The bulk of this series centers around Samuel Barent DuBois [styled "S. Barent"] and Joseph Allen DuBois [brothers to Mary A. D. Stone] and follow backwards generationally through their father Samuel DuBois, mother Sarah Allen, and their...

Scope and Contents This folder contais an advertisement for survey services by Cornelius and James Dubois, with a poem and sketch by Cornelius Dubois.

Scope and Contents Series contains documents relating to three generations of intermarried families in Catskill beginning during the period immediately prior to the American Revolution and resolving itself roughly around 1900 with the death of members of the final generation. The bulk of this series centers around Samuel Barent DuBois [styled "S. Barent"] and Joseph Allen DuBois [brothers to Mary A. D. Stone] and follow backwards generationally through their father Samuel DuBois, mother Sarah Allen, and their...

Scope and Contents File contains a poem written by Theodore Cole, son of the artist Thomas Cole, and a photocopy of transcribed entries from his diaries. This needs to be returned to the correct box in the Katharine Decker Memorial Collection

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series contains documents relating to three generations of intermarried families in Catskill beginning during the period immediately prior to the American Revolution and resolving itself roughly around 1900 with the death of members of the final generation. The bulk of this series centers around Samuel Barent DuBois [styled "S. Barent"] and Joseph Allen DuBois [brothers to Mary A. D. Stone] and follow backwards generationally through their father Samuel DuBois, mother Sarah Allen, and their...

Scope and Contents This volume contains the handwritten compositions of Augusta Ann Hallock of Norton Hill in the town of Greenville, New York. Entries are ordered numerically rather than by date, and the first two pages of the book contain an index of composition titles. Compositions are in some cases possibly copied passages delivered by an instructor, and in other cases possibly original work of Augusta. The compositions are as follows: Valentines; Friends; Composition Day; Twilight; Nothing...

Scope and Contents File contains a copy of the Last Will and Testament of John L. Bronck, a brother of Judge Leonard Bronck of Coxsackie. Also included is an unsigned document titled "Our Country" which is a lengthy work of prose concerning the newly formed United States, its philosophical and historical merits as a new country, and speculations on its destiny.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains a small selection of documents related to the Straughan, Barlow, Prout, and Peck families historically of Windham, Hunter, Jewett, and Lextington on the Mountain Top in Greene County, NY. The earliest documents within are personal letters ostesibly written by ancestors of one of the above-mentioned families, and the majority of the other materials within are land papers for property purchased and sold by Thomas and John Straughan. Of particuar note within the collection...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes a range of materials, including legal records, property records, correspondence, business and household records, photographs, and memorabilia. Of particular note are the selections of family correspondence from the Civil War and song lyrics written by Levi Wood when he was a soldier. A colored tintype portrait of Levi is included in the collection. The collection also includes an account book, business receipts, and correspondence from Hezekiah’s shoemaking business. In...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series comprises a seleciton of papers relating to Orin Flint of Athens, NY who was a schoolteacher, attorney, and founding President of the Greene County Historical Society. The earliest documents in the series were materials collected by Mr. Flint ancillary to his personal studies and interest in local history. These materials include papers of Castle Seeley, an early copy of the Loonenburg Patent, and miscellaneous other regionally significant documents which remained in his personal...