Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: De Peyster, Frederic, 1796-1882
| title | Master's register, 1830-1834, 1837-1844 | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Registers kept by De Peyster for 1830-1834 and 1837-1844, recording brief notes on cases appearing before the First Circuit Court of Chancery in New York City. Notes include actions taken, fees, and settlements; includes clippings for some of the cases involving court-ordered sales of property, primarily in New York City. Volumes include indexes. Historical Note: Lawyer, Master in Chancery, president of The New-York Historical Society. Related Titles: For related material at The New-York Historical Society kept by De Peyster as Master in Chancery, see De Peyster, Frederic Chancery Papers Location New-York Historical Society Collection Mss Collection Call Number BV De Peyster, Frederic |
| extent | 2 v. |
| formats | Business Papers Legal Papers Financial Records Notes Clippings |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph001632264&vid=NYU&persistent |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:04 |
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| title | Frederic De Peyster Papers, [ca. 1829-1839]. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, affidavits, testimony, bills, orders of sale, etc. kept by De Peyster as Master in Chancery, New York (ca. 1829-ca. 1839). Parties represented in the collection include: Matthew Clarkson, Frederick De Peyster, Eagle Fire Company of New York, Merchants Fire Insurance Co., Gerard Morris, New York Bowery Fire Insurance Co., Henry Rankin, Daniel Robert, and the Union Insurance Company. Bio/Historic note Lawyer and Master in Chancery, New York; President of The New-York Historical Society. New-York Historical Society / Mss CollectionDe Peyster, Frederic Chancery Papers / Non-circulating |
| extent | 14 boxes (ca. 3,600 items) |
| formats | Business Papers Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Calendar available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Captains Frederick De Peyster, Sr. and Frederic De Peyster, Jr. papers, 1741-1836. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Papers of the De Peyster father and son primarily related to their military careers (1741-1836). Contains receipts, accounts related to forage, correspondence, an orderly book, and printed orders. The elder De Peyster served with loyalist troops during the American Revolution, including service in Nova Scotia, Georgia, and the area of New York City. His son's career was with the 115th Regiment of New York State Infantry of New York City. Also includes miscellaneous papers from various other members of the De Peyster family. Historical Note: Captain, New York Volunteers (British); and his son Frederic, an officer with the 115th Regiment, New York State Infantry. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection BV De Peyster, Captains Papers |
| extent | .4 linear ft. |
| formats | Financial Records Correspondence Printed Materials Legal Papers |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society; patrons must use microfilm when available. |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph001633556&vid=NYU&persistent |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Card catalog available in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | De Peyster collection, 1665-1887. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Collection consists of personal and business correspondence and records of various members of the De Peyster family, particularly Abraham (1657-1728), Frederick (1758-1834), and Frederic (1796-1886). Numerous other members of the De Peyster and related families, their friends, business associates, etc. are also represented. The materials reflect the De Peyster’s extensive activity in acquiring, managing, and selling property; a wide variety of business dealings and investments; estate settlements and other legal matters; and the life of a socially prominent New York family Historical Note: Of New York City and elsewhere. Related Titles: Indexes: Unpublished calendars and an index are available in repository. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection De Peyster Collection |
| extent | 19.75 linear ft. |
| formats | Personal Papers Business Papers Correspondence Financial Records Legal Papers |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu:1701/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?fn=display&doc=nyu_aleph001646006&vid=NYU&persistent |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Unpublished calendars and an index are available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | De Peyster family Papers, 1695-1896. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, deeds, wills, certificates, commissions, and other papers related to the De Peyster family (1695-1896). Among the persons represented in the collection are: Abraham, James, Frederick (Sr.), and Frederic (Jr.) De Peyster. Includes a letter from John Quincy Adams to Frederic (Jr.) thanking him for the receipt of five volumes of the Collections of the New-York Historical Society, dated July 31, 1832. Historical Note: Of New York City and elsewhere. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection De Peyster Papers (Hosmer) |
| extent | ca. 25 items. |
| formats | Correspondence Legal Papers Financial Records Ephemera |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Card catalog available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Home for Disabled Soldiers (New York, N.Y.) Minute book, 1863-1866. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Minutes of the Board of Trustees and copies of a few other documents concerning the beginnings of the Home for Disabled Soldiers in New York City (1863-1866). Trustees included Theodore Roosevelt, James Lenox, Benjamin H. Field, Frederic De Peyster, Andrew Warner, Frank Moore, Gen. Daniel Butterfield, and others. The final minutes in this volume report that a committee was being formed to look further into the feasability of the home after trustees heard discouraging news about similar projects. Inserted are several loose sheets with address and attendance information for the trustees. Historical Note: Incorporated 1865. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection BV Home for Disabled Soldiers |
| extent | 1 v. (40 p.). |
| formats | Administrative Records Subject Files |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Tontine Coffee-House Record of ships arriving at New York, 1812-1815. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Journal, May 4, 1812 - July 11, 1815, kept at the Tontine Coffee-House, listing the arrival of ships at New York, including the vessel's name, master, port of departure, number of days out, and destination when not New York. Sometimes the cargo and consignee are given. The journal also includes notes on the weather and the time of high water, as well as other relevant information, such as intelligence of sighting, captures, and losses of ships, and general news related to the progress of the war and the blockade of New York. There is a printed summons laid in, dated April 11, 1879, naming Frederic de Peyster and William T. Horn as plaintiffs, relating to their claim to the Tontine Coffee-House as sole survivors of the tontine. Historical Note: New York City consortium of subscribers to a tontine, engaged in business and insurance activities. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection BV Tontine Journal |
| extent | 1 v. (430 p.). |
| formats | Business Papers Ephemera Legal Papers |
| access | open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/tontine.html |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Tontine Coffee-House Records, 1791-1871. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Records, 1791-1871. They consist of one volume of minutes of meetings of the subscribers to the Tontine Coffee-House, 1791, 1793-1804, including the original proposal for the building and the tontine, the minutes of the organizing meeting, and the signatures of the original subscribers, as well as records of dividend payments, 1794-1803; one ledger, 1791-1816; one receipt book, 1792-1816; one account book detailing the expenses of building and furnishing the Tontine Coffee-House, 1791-1793; one account book, 1817-1871, of the Committee of the Tontine Coffee-House (after 1855, the Tontine Building); three volumes recording payments of annual dividends, 1805-1855; two volumes of copies of transfers of shares, usually on the death of the shareholder's nominee, 1797-1870; and three volumes of minutes of the Committee of the Tontine Coffee-House (after 1855, the Tontine Building), 1813-1871. The latest volumes document the winding up of the association in 1870, by Frederic de Peyster and William T. Horn. Historical Note: New York City consortium of subscribers to a tontine, engaged in business and insurance activities. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection (BV Tontine Non-circulating ) |
| extent | 13 v. (housed in 12 boxes). |
| formats | Business Papers Financial Records Legal Papers |
| access | open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/tontine.html |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | John James Audubon Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1809-1946. 1820-1840, 1862-1863 (bulk). | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | These manuscripts span the years 1807 to 1946 and are comprised of correspondence of the artist, his wife and descendants, and others; a subscription book for the double elephant folio and octavo editions of Birds of America, 1826-ca. 1845; and other miscellaneous papers. The correspondence is divided between John James Audubon and his wife, Lucy Bakewell Audubon. Topics covered in the artist's correspondence, 1807-1841, includes the collection of specimens, the engraving and publication of his work, descriptions of birds, and financial matters. The bulk of Lucy Bakewell Audubon's letters are dated 1862-1863 and deal with the sale of the original watercolors of the Birds of America to the New-York Historical Society; a few personal letters to her granddaughter are included. The remaining letters are family correspondence and assorted letters about Audubon and his work. Historical Note: Artist and ornithologist. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection (BV Audubon Non-circulating ) |
| extent | 1 linear foot |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Ephemera Engravings |
| access | The collection is open to qualified researchers. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Organized in two series: I. Subscription book; and II. Correspondence. Arranged chronologically. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Frederic De Peyster Papers, [ca. 1829-1839]. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Correspondence, affidavits, testimony, bills, orders of sale, etc. kept by De Peyster as Master in Chancery, New York (ca. 1829-ca. 1839). Parties represented in the collection include: Matthew Clarkson, Frederick De Peyster, Eagle Fire Company of New York, Merchants Fire Insurance Co., Gerard Morris, New York Bowery Fire Insurance Co., Henry Rankin, Daniel Robert, and the Union Insurance Company. Historical Note: Lawyer and Master in Chancery, New York; President of The New-York Historical Society. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection De Peyster, Frederic Chancery Papers |
| extent | 14 boxes |
| formats | Business Papers Legal Papers Financial Records Correspondence Ephemera |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | Calendar available in repository. Arranged alphabetically by plaintiff. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Aeronaut collection, 1820-1822, 1877-1878. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Biographical sketches, copies of poems originally written 1816-1832, translations of Classical poetry, and a few original manuscripts, 1820-1822 and 1877-1878, of the members of the Literary Confederacy of New York City. Most of the poems were originally bound and circulated in manuscript volumes entitled "Aeronaut," and deposited in the library of Columbia College. This material was subsequently gathered and transcribed by Frederick De Peyster, who, in the 1870s, with the approbation of William Cullen Bryant, intended to publish it along with an introduction and biographical sketches of the contributing authors. The members of the Society were: Rev. James Wallis Eastburn, Rev. Manton Eastburn, John Neilson, Jr., Robert Charles Sands, and Richard Ray Ward. In addition to an abundance of transcribed materials, the collection includes three original Aeronaut manuscripts, two dated 1822 and one undated, and a manuscript of the 1820 funeral sermon preached on the occasion of the death of James W. Eastburn by Benjamin B. Smith, Accomack County, Virginia. Also included is a small quantity of correspondence regarding De Peyster's biographical and literary research and his plans to publish the compiled writings of the Literary Confederacy. Historical Note: Literary club organized in New York City ca. 1816 by a circle of students at Columbia College. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection (Aeronaut collection Non-circulating ) |
| extent | 1 box (ca. 500 p.) |
| formats | Writings Manuscript Research Files Correspondence |
| access | open to qualified researchers at The New-York Historical Society. |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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| title | Tontine Coffee-House Records, 1738-1872. | repository | The New-York Historical Society |
| description | Records, 1738-1872. They include: deeds, leases, accounts, legal opinions (including one by Cadwallader Colden) and other documents relating to the Tontine Coffee-House and the land on which it stood; agreements with Ebenezer Storer and Edward Bardin, tenants of the coffee-house at different times; documents relating to the adjoining property, 120 Water Street; a sketch by John McComb of the Bar Room of the Tontine Coffee-House, and a section of the Coffee Room, with his estimate for proposed alterations; lists of nominees; assignments of shares; three copies of The Constitution and Nominations of the Subscribers to the Tontine Coffee-House (New-York: Printed in the Year 1796), one bearing the signature of Frederic de Peyster and annotated with dates of death of nominees; papers and accounts relating to the estate of George Bright; papers, accounts, and legal opinons (by Richard Harison, John Wells, William Slosson, and Peter Van Schaack) relating to the affairs of John Charlton, his widow Mary, and their respective estates, including some bills for her funeral expenses; an invitation card for a dinner held at the Tontine Coffee-House in 1796 by the Lieutenant Governor. Many of the papers were written by Frederick de Peyster or his son Frederic. Historical Note: New York City consortium of subscribers to a tontine, engaged in business and insurance activities. New-York Historical Society Mss Collection (Tontine papers Non-circulating ) |
| extent | 0.8 linear feet (2 boxes). |
| formats | Business Papers Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera Correspondence |
| access | open to qualified researchers at the New-York Historical Society. |
| record link | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/tontine.html |
| record source | http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu |
| finding aid | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/nyhs/tontine.html |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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