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Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Manuscripts, records, and papers primarily related to businesses and people of New York and New England.
Chiefly 19th-century New York and New England local history manuscripts and business records, primarily for craftsmen and railroads; papers of children's book writer and illustrator Marcia J. Brown and two original manuscripts by Maud and Miska Petersham; papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy; papers of Anthony Ashley Cooper, the 19th century social reformer; and papers of Benito Perez Galdos, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Evengi Zamyatin, and other writers.

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Frederick Hendricks Papers, 1709-1891

0.25 cubic ft.
Frederick Hendricks worked for the Globe Insurance Company of London. During the years 1848-1890, Hendricks collected 164 autograph letters and holographic manuscripts of 18th and 19th century British actuaries, some of whom were also astronomers and mathematicians. This collection includes letters, manuscripts, printed materials, and portraits pertaining primarily to 18 British insurance companies and to the Institute of Actuaries.
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Frederick Hendricks Papers, 1709-1891 0.25 cubic ft.

Frederick Hendricks worked for the Globe Insurance Company of London. During the years 1848-1890, Hendricks collected 164 autograph letters and holographic manuscripts of 18th and 19th century British actuaries, some of whom were also astronomers and mathematicians. This collection includes letters, manuscripts, printed materials, and portraits pertaining primarily to 18 British insurance companies and to the Institute of Actuaries.
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

Freligh Family Papers, 1773-1955

0.9 cubic ft.
This collection documents the activities of the members of the Freligh family who lived primarily in the Niskayuna area during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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Galdos Benito Perez Papers, 1887-1898

0.25 cubic ft.
Galdos Benito Perez was born on May 10, 1843 and was a Spanish writer and realist novelist. This collection includes a series of 50 letters written by Perez to Manuel Tolosa Latour, a physician and writer. This collection also includes a photograph of the exterior and a pencil sketch of the interior of Perez Galdos's Villa San Quintin at Santander.
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Galdos Benito Perez Papers, 1887-1898 0.25 cubic ft.

Galdos Benito Perez was born on May 10, 1843 and was a Spanish writer and realist novelist. This collection includes a series of 50 letters written by Perez to Manuel Tolosa Latour, a physician and writer. This collection also includes a photograph of the exterior and a pencil sketch of the interior of Perez Galdos's Villa San Quintin at Santander.
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

George and Charles Meriam Papers, 1833-1863

68 Vol.
Letters, publisher's catalogs, book dealers' announcements, and stationer's circulars received by mid-19th century booksellers in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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George Cooper Papers, 1876-1880

1 Vol.
Account records of a saddle- and harness-maker in Burrillville, Rhode Island in the late 19th century.
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George Scheider Papers, 1940-1947

0.1 cubic ft.
The collection includes copies of Nazi documents with translations, 1940-1947, and photographs (with personal information) of 63 inmates at the Dachau and Ravensbruck concentration camps. Items were retained by George Scheider, a refugee from Czechoslovakia who served as a translator at the Nuremberg tribunals.
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George Scheider Papers, 1940-1947 0.1 cubic ft.

The collection includes copies of Nazi documents with translations, 1940-1947, and photographs (with personal information) of 63 inmates at the Dachau and Ravensbruck concentration camps. Items were retained by George Scheider, a refugee from Czechoslovakia who served as a translator at the Nuremberg tribunals.
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts
Business, Literary, and Local History Manuscripts

G.F. and A.E. Gay Papers, 1883-1896

1 Vol.
This collection contains the late 19th century financial records of building contractors in Killingly, Connecticut.
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Gilbert Bostwick Papers, 1834-1848

1 Vol.
An account book from a Port Henry, New York farmer and businessman.
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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Papers, 1954-1964

0.4 cubic ft.
This collection contains manuscripts and a journal written by the Spanish novelist Gonzalo Torrente Balleste.
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Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise Records, 1684-1764

1 Vol.
This collection contains an abstract of the Gross and Net- produce of the several Branches of his Majesty's Revenues under the Receipt and Management of the Commissioners of Excise from the respective Times of the Commencement together with their respective Appropriations. The volume covers tax revenues through November 6. 1762. The collection also contains the bookplate of William Dowdeswell who served as chancellor of the Exchequer from July 1765 to July 1766.
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Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise Records, 1684-1764 1 Vol.

This collection contains an abstract of the Gross and Net- produce of the several Branches of his Majesty's Revenues under the Receipt and Management of the Commissioners of Excise from the respective Times of the Commencement together with their respective Appropriations. The volume covers tax revenues through November 6. 1762. The collection also contains the bookplate of William Dowdeswell who served as chancellor of the Exchequer from July 1765 to July 1766.
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