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Guide to the Terhune and Wyckoff families papers
ARC.279
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Terhune family |
| Creator:
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Wyckoff family |
| Title: |
Terhune and Wyckoff families papers |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1747-1932 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1800-1852 |
| Abstract:
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The Terhune and Wyckoff families papers (1747-1932) include documents of two prominent
families, affiliated through marriage, from Gravesend in Kings County, New York (part
of the New York City borough of Brooklyn after 1898). John Terhune (1767-1842) played
a significant role in the early development of Coney Island as a resort location,
and the collection includes some documents on that subject and on a dispute over whether
to incorporate the town of Gravesend. The bulk of the collection, dating from the
first half of the nineteenth century and likely compiled principally in connection
with the administration of the estates of various Terhunes and Wyckoffs, includes
bills, receipts, promissory notes, inventories, deeds, indentures, court filings,
and other financial and legal documents. The collection holds several individual items
of interest, including two letters commenting on the use of personal slanders as a
tactic in political campaigns, a document related to the founding of the Agricultural
Society of Kings County, six cartes-de-visite, bills of sale and a will referring
to enslaved African-Americans, indentured servitude agreements, and a promissory note
(1796) from Aaron Burr to Albert Terhune. Other names of Gravesend residents appearing
frequently in the collection include Bennet, Emmans, Lake, Lott, Ryder, and Stillwell.
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| Quantity: |
0.8 Linear feet in two manuscript boxes. |
| Language of Materials:
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Materials are in English. |
| Call Phrase: |
ARC.279 |
