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5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Commerce--New York (State).

  1. George Redington papers, 1804-1907

    5,000 items. 18 containers plus 1 oversize. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Legislator, judge, lawyer, businessman and land agent. Correspondence, legal documents, and business records of George Redington, his brother James, and other family members documenting their business and legal activities in New York state.

  2. Herman K. Crofoot collection of Francis Elias Spinner papers, 1792-1908

    750 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Merchant, banker, United States representative from New York, and United States treasurer. Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, autographs, printed matter, and clippings relating to Spinner's political, financial, and personal activities. Includes a diary of John Peter Spinner.

  3. Lovering-Taylor family papers, 1727-1926

    2,000 items. 11 containers plus 2 oversize. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    The Lovering-Taylor families of Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.; and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, business records, legal papers, biographical and genealogical material, clippings, printed material, and other papers chiefly of Joseph Taylor (1745(?)-1816), merchant and Loyalist, relating to business and trade during the Revolution, the Loyalist cause, mercantile insurance, and French spoliation claims. Other family members represented include William Taylor (1714-1789), Abigail Taylor Amory (born 1739), Charles Taylor (died 1837), Hannah Jones Welles Taylor (1776-1845), Mary Taylor Lovering (born 1813), Charles T. Lovering (born 1846), and members of the allied Amory (Emery) and Welles (Wells) families.

  4. Horsford-Tryon families papers, 1800-2000

    3,300 items. 10 containers. 3.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Mainly correspondence among family members primarily in central New York. Includes letters written by the chemist and women's education advocate, Eben Horsford, and by Maria Charity Horsford to her adult children from Washington, D.C., 1850-1853, during her husband Jerediah Horsford's service in the U. S. House of Representatives.

  5. Lawrence Van Buren family papers, 1721-1938

    600 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Family of Lawrence Van Buren, farmer and civic leader of Kinderhook, New York, and brother of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States. Correspondence, deeds, indentures, photographs, newspapers, news clippings, notes, agreements, and genealogical material documenting the Van Buren, Dodge, and Woolfolk families from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. Of special interest are papers concerning land and financial transactions among the Van Buren family, and the 1817 last will and testament of Abraham Van Buren.