Hendricks Family papers
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The Papers consist of material relating to the Hendricks family, pioneers in the American copper industry and prominent members of the Sepharidc Jewish community in New York, and related families. They begin with the import trade of Uriah Hendricks (1737-1798) and his son Harmon (1771-1838), continuing with the manufacture of copper at the mill begun by Harmon at Belleville, New Jersey, and carried on by their descendants under the name Hendricks Brothers. They include business and family papers, including loose correspondence and business records, ledgers and account books, letterbooks, indentures, mortgages, deeds, maps, blueprints, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera. Among later additions to the collection, the correspondence of Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892-1959), president (parnas) of Congregation Shearith Israel, reveals the daily operations of the oldest synagogue in the United States for the period 1927-1951.
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Chronology of the Hendricks Family Copper Business
Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted in the individual series' notes. Oversized materials have been removed to two oversize (OS) boxes noted in the container lists below.
The Collection is arranged in nine series:
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- Series I. Uriah Hendricks Papers (1758-1828)
- Series II. Harmon Hendricks Papers (1794-1863)
- Series III. Hendricks Family and Partnership Businesses (1794-1928)
- Series IV. Hendricks Property Records (1794-1911)
- Series V. Hendricks and Related Families' Papers (1713-1966)
- Series VI. Related Families' Business Records (1821-1869)
- Series VII. Printed Material (1796-1875)
- Series VIII. Manuscript Copper for America, by Maxwell Whiteman (1971)
- Series IX. Hendricks and Related Families Supplement (1790-1976)
Scope and Contents
The Hendricks Family Papers consist of material relating to the Hendricks family, pioneers in the American copper industry and prominent members of the Sephardic Jewish community in New York. The material spans over 250 years, beginning with the import trade of Uriah Hendricks (1737-1798) and his son Harmon (1771-1838), continuing with the manufacture of copper at the mill begun by Harmon at Belleville, New Jersey, and carried on by their descendants under the name Hendricks Brothers. It contains both business and family papers, including loose correspondence and business records, ledgers and account books, letterbooks, indentures, mortgages, deeds, maps, blueprints, journals, scrapbooks, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera. Among later additions to the collection is the correspondence of Henry Solomon Hendricks (1892-1959), president (parnas) of Congregation Shearith Israel, which highlights the day-to-day operations of the oldest synagogue in the United States for the period 1927-1951. Henry Solomon Hendricks married a cousin, Rosalie Gomez Nathan (1894-1986), and through her the collection extends to papers of various interrelations, among them the Gomez, Hays, Levy, Seixas, Solis, and Nathan families.
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Acquired by donation from Rosalie Nathan Hendricks (Mrs. Henry S. Hendricks) in 1965, other Hendricks family members, Maxwell Whiteman, and by purchase. The supplemental material in Series IX was donated by Ruth (Hendricks) Schulson (daughter of Rosalie Nathan Hendricks), circa 2001. The bills of lading in Sub-series III.B, Box 12, Folder 4, are the gift of Peter A. Rabinowitz, in memory of Ruth Hendricks Schulson, daughter of Rosalie Nathan Hendricks, December 2019 (accession no. MS.2019.055).