Container List
Series I. Notable Correspondents, 1805-2018. 0.42 Linear feet in one document box
Processing Information NoteThis series was processed perhaps circa 2000, with documents transferred from original folders to archival containers. In 2015, archivist Brynn White refined the arrangement, integrated a few additional documents found, and provided description in a finding aid for the series and individual items.
Arrangement NoteThe series is arranged in chronological order.
Scope and Contents NoteThe Notable Correspondents series consists of letters removed from the General Correspondence files (see Series III) by prior N-YHS staff based on their perceived value and importance. Correspondents include former American presidents and significant scholars, authors, politicans, journalists, historians, and other figures. A bulk of the letters are acknowledgments of election as an Honorary Member or responses to invitations to deliver a lecture or attend an N-YHS event. The content for every letter in this series is noted in the container list, with the exception of three files arranged and described based on common event or correspondent. Highlights of the series include correspondence documenting the N-YHS acquisition of John Jay Audubon's original Birds of America watercolor portfolios from his widow Lucy and a letter from Thomas Jefferson Randolph discussing the condition of Thomas Jefferson during the year leading up to his death. Substantive manuscripts include an account by John R. Bartlett of his mid-19th-century travels through Mexico, the American Southwest, and California; report by Amos Kendall on the death of Tecumseh; extrapolation by Orasmus Holmes Marshall of research into the site of La Salle's 1679 shipyard; and contestations by George Gibbs of recent claims on the island discoveries of Christopher Columbus. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | N-YHS to John Henry
Scope and Contents NoteConstitution sent with notice of election as a member of N-YHS. |
1805-1806 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | Samuel L. Mitchill to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying donation of public and original national documents, praising Pintard's ability to gather, preserve, and arrange. |
1807 May 25 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | F.B. Winthrop to Samuel Miller
Scope and Contents NoteInventory of 21 historical books dated 1609-1725 and a 1630 manuscript of "A Modell of Christian Charity, written on Board the Ship Arrabella by John Winthrop" sent to Miller. |
1809 June 30 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | M.S. Willets(?) to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to dine at N-YHS and attend with ladies a lecture of Dr. Miller. |
1809 September 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | Academy of Arts to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteCopy of resolution appropriating the North East Room of the second story of the Government House to N-YHS and its amendment changing the locale to the North West Room. |
1809 September | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | Representative of Samuel L. Mitchill to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteInventory of coins and metallic tokens donated by Mitchill to N-YHS. |
1809 October 16 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 1 | Toasts
Scope and Contents NoteDraft of toasts for delivery at unspecified N-YHS function. |
circa 1804-1809 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 2 | Gouverneur Morris to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of election to First-Vice President of N-YHS. |
1810 January 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 2 | DeWitt Clinton to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteReport of the passage of the bill for endowment of N-YHS in the New York Senate. |
1810 March 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 2 | C.C. Moore(?) to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteDeclaration of intention to send books to N-YHS. |
1813 July 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 2 | Thomas Jefferson to John Pintard
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1814 January 9 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 2 | John Quincy Adams to Samuel Miller
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1814 July 31 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 3 | Lewis, Rogers for John Pintard to Ogden Hoffman
Scope and Contents NoteReceipt for payment of annual dues. |
1821 April | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 3 | John Quincy Adams to David Hosack
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of N-YHS resolutions to honor the memory of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. |
1826 July 26 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 3 | [Thomas Jefferson] Randolph to David Hosack
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment from Monticello of condolences for the death of Thomas Jefferson and personal account of Jefferson's health deterioration over the final year of his life. |
1826 August 13 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 3 | Edward P. Livingston to John Delafield
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of receipt of N-YHS circular and inquiry into its probable indication that Delafield has been elected a member of N-YHS. |
1828 November 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 3 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1829 January 19 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Isaiah Thomas to James Swords
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of appreciation for Swords' donation to American Antiquarian Society and discussion of health problems. |
1830 June 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | M. Thomas to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteExecutor of the estate of Isaiah Thomas informing N-YHS of a $300 bequest. |
1831 May 24 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | John Delafield to Executor of the Will of the Late Isaiah Thomas
Scope and Contents NoteFollow-up to Isaiah Thomas estate regarding the bequest to N-YHS. |
1832 March 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Chris C. Baldwin to James Swords
Scope and Contents NoteRequest to N-YHS for use of its influence in the American Antiquarian Society's attempts to develop their historic newspaper collection. |
1832 April 19 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Levi Lincoln to Robert Sedgwick
Scope and Contents NoteLetter of introduction for Chris C. Baldwin, Librarian of the Antiquarian Society. |
1833 September 21 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Edward Everett to John C. Jay
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1839 March 16 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | John Quincy Adams to N-YHS Committee on Lectures
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to present series of lectures at N-YHS due to busy schedule. |
1839 February 23 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | John Quincy Adams to Joseph Blunt
Scope and Contents NoteInquiry into the time and other logistics of Adams's April 30 lecture at N-YHS. A notation in the folder indicates this letter was presented to N-YHS by B.H. Field on March 4, 1884. |
1839 April 13 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Henry Clay to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to distance. |
1839 April 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Edward Everett to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to competing obligations. |
1839 April 24 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | Martin Van Buren to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington due to competing obligations. |
1839 April 26 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | John Quincy Adams to John C. Jay
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying submitted manuscript of discourse delivered at the N-YHS celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington. |
1839 May 7 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 4 | George Bancroft to Frederic De Peyster
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Member of N-YHS. Asks if the N-YHS library will accept a work of his in American history. |
1839 July 6 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | John Tyler to Frederick De Peyster
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1842 February 25 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5B | Letters of Watson and Cochrane Relating to the Journals of the British House of Commons
Scope and Contents NoteIncludes two letters commenting on the 16 volume set dating from 1650 to 1676, with gaps, held by N-YHS. These letters were formerly held in the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. They were transfered to the N-YHS institutional archive correspondence record group in 2016. |
1843, 1844 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | John Jay to John Wakefield Francis
Scope and Contents NotePrinted invitation to November 5, 1844 meeting of N-YHS. |
1844 November 1 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Albert Gallatin to E.H. Benedict
Scope and Contents NoteReport on circular invitations sent; recipients listed include Hon. John Pickering and George Ord of the American Philosophical Society. [typescript only; note to see original IN ARCHIVES] |
1844 November 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Millard Fillmore to Erastus C. Benedict
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations. |
1844 November 13 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | John Quincy Adams to Erastus C. Benedict
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration. |
1844 November 12 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Martin Van Buren to Albert Gallatin & His Associates of the Executive Committee
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend the N-YHS 40th Anniversary celebration. |
1844 November 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | John Quincy Adams to Albert Gallatin
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying James Fenimore Cooper commemorative medal, presented to N-YHS on behalf of Commodore Jesse D. Elliott. |
1845 March 17 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Henry O'Reilly to Prosper M. Wetmore
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Corresponding Member of N-YHS (under the new regulations); detailed description of O'Reilly's private scholarship on the history and westward expansion of New York since the Revolutionary period, and his manuscript collection assembled in support thereof, which he believes of interest to N-YHS. |
1845 May 4 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Henry Clay to John Jay
Scope and Contents NoteResponse to the N-YHS report on the country's adoption of a new national name. |
1845 May 7 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Albert Gallatin to John Jay
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying letter from Charles J. Smith and his transmitted copy of General Nathaniel Woodhull's journal of General Amherst's expedition in 1760. [typescript only; note to see original IN ARCHIVES] |
1846 July 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | John F.W. Herschel to Albert Gallatin
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1846 December 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Martin Van Buren to John Russell Bartlett
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of an unnamed honor (likley Honorary Membership) bestowed by N-YHS. |
1847 September 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 5A | Martin Van Buren to John Jay
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to special meeting of N-YHS following the death of Andrew Jackson. |
1849 June 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 6 | Zachary Taylor to Luther Bradish
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1849 May 17 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 6 | Zachary Taylor membership certificate
Scope and Contents NoteSigned by all N-YHS officials. |
1849 April 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteIntroductory letter and accompanying notes on the surrender of General Burgoyne. |
1851 January 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDescriptive note accompanying three Revolutionary War relics to be presented for inspection by N-YHS members at upcoming meeting. |
1851 April 1 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Henry R. Schoolcraft to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteIntroductory note accompanying extensive August 20, 1850 letter from Amos Kendall on the death of Tecumseh. |
1851 October 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Jared Sparks to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS due to poor health. |
1852 March 16 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | John R. Bartlett to "dear Friend"
Scope and Contents NoteExtensive dispatch from San Diego, recounting Bartlett's travels through Mexico, southwestern America, and California; details his study of indigenous languages and interviews with native tribes about mistreatment by white settlers and invaders. The letter appears to be dated 1832, but notations on an enclosed typescript indicate prior readers have taken it to be 1852 because of references to the discovery of gold. |
1832 [1852?] May 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Ogden Hoffman to Frederic De Peyster
Scope and Contents NoteLetter accompanying donation of papers of Lieutenant Governor Cadwallader Colden to N-YHS. |
1852 June 9 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | William Gilmore Simms to Rev. Francis L. Hawks
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS. |
1852 October 8 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Edward Everett to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteConfirmation of lecture to be delivered at N-YHS on December 2. |
1852 October 14 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Edward Everett to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteRequest to postpone December 2 lecture at N-YHS until the adjournment of Congress. |
1852 November 1 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | [Unidentified] to George Moore
Scope and Contents NoteConfirms to Moore the subject of his upcoming paper on hieroglyphics of Mexico and Central America. |
1852 November 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Hamilton Fish to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying donation of eight volumes of the American Archives published by order of Congress. |
1852 November 30 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | James Buchanan to Augustus Schell and George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS. |
1852 December 31 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Orsamus Holmes Marshall to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteIntroductory note and manuscript detailing Marshall's investigation into the site of La Salle's shipyard, settled in 1679 for the construction of Le Griffon; hand-drawn map also included. |
1853 May 25 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Lyman C. Draper to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteRequest from Wisconsin Historical Society for N-YHS publications. |
1854 March 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Donald Grant Mitchell to George Moore
Scope and Contents NoteUpdate on Mitchell's progress on a lecture to be delivered at N-YHS, tentatively titled "How to Look at Pictures." |
1854 January 24 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | William H. Seward to Luther Bradish, George Bancroft & Others
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations. |
1854 October 21 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | George Grote to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations. |
1854 November 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | James Buchanan to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteConfirmation of distribution of unspecified materials sent from N-YHS to their designated recipients. |
1854 October 31 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | William Gilmore Simms to Luther Bradish
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration, offering high praise to N-YHS. |
1854 November 9 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | William Cullen Bryant to John Romeyn Brodhead
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to write ode for N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration. |
1854 November 14 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Winfield Scott to Luther Bradish
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations. |
1854 November 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Edward Everett to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration due to competing obligations; includes reflection on the past half-century of American history. |
1854 November 17 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 7 | Fitz-Greene Halleck to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend N-YHS 50th Anniversary celebration. |
1854 November 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Edward Everett to Luther Bradish
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of receipt of invitation to repeat lecture on the character of George Washington. |
1856 March 8 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | John Jay to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteDescription of the house in Lower Salem, or Lewisboro, Winchester County, where British spy Major John Andre was confined following his capture and wrote a famous letter to George Washington, and of which Jay has prevented the destruction and hopes N-YHS will assume the preservation. |
1857 October 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | John Gibson to E. Ferry [Terry?]
Scope and Contents NoteAssemblage of copies of letters, news clippings, resolutions, and research excerpts relating to movement to honor the late sculptor Thomas Crawford through a bronze cast of his famous Indian statue. The original letters were dated 1857, but these are copies, possibly from 1879 or later. |
1857 November 5 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Fitz-Greene Halleck to Samuel Osgood
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of gratitude to N-YHS for unspecified favor. |
1858 January 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | George Morris to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteProvision of the issue numbers for the Home Journal. |
1858 April 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | George Gibbs to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteIntroductory letter and accompanying manuscript contesting claims that Columbus discovered Watling's Island and Cat Island; copy of letter to claimant, author of Landfall of Columbus, Captain A.B. Becher R.N.; original letter to Moore lists original drawings and survey of Grand Turk Island by George Judson Gibbs as enclosed. |
1858 April 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Fitz-Greene Halleck to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to dinner. |
1858 May 17 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Rich Varrick De Witt to Frederic de Peyster
Scope and Contents NoteLetter accompanying transmittal of watercolor of Fulton's original experimental steamboat The Clermont, which navigated the North River, including extensive description and sketches as recalled by De Witt. |
1858 October 28 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Trustees of Columbia College to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteFormal signed and sealed contract for Columbia to host Lectures in Post-Graduate Instruction in the lecture hall of the new N-YHS building. OVERSIZE |
1858 October 30 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Oliver Wendell Holmes to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS due to competing obligations. |
1858 December 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Edward Everett to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to repeat his lecture at N-YHS on Thomas Dowse, due to his opinion it is of local and personal interest only, and request to postpone lecture on Benjamin Franklin. |
1858 December 29 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Fitz-Greene Halleck to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Corresponding Member of N-YHS. |
1859 April 23 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Samuel F.B. Morse to Luther Bradish
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1859 May 28 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Hamilton Fish to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteLetter accompanying donation of Dictionnaire Universel des Contemporaries, on behalf of M. Hachette and M. Vattermare. |
1859 October 24 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 8 | Hamilton Fish to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1859 December 29 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 9 | Correspondence. 1860. Washington Irving Celebration
Scope and Contents NoteLetters relating to the April 3, 1860 N-YHS and Lenox Library event celebrating the anniversary of the birth of the "Patriarch of American Literature," Washington Irving, featuring an address on Irving's "Life, Character and Genius" by William Cullen Bryant. Correspondents in addition to Bryant are John Russell Bartlett, Vincenzo Botta, Mathew Brady (discussing an Irving portrait recently produced from an original daguerreotype), Lewis Cass, Joseph Greene Cogswell, Richard H. D(?) of Boston, Edward Everett, Isaac Ferris, Millard Fillmore, Salma Hale, Charles Gayarré, Fitz-Greene Halleck, John Hughes, Washington Hunt, Ebenezer Irving, John P. Kennedy, O.(?) King of Columbia College, H.(?) Lenox, Wadsworth Longfellow, George P. Marsh, Brantz Meyer, George Putnam, Samuel B. Ruggles, Henry R. Schoolcraft, Winfield Scott, William H. Seward, Benjamin Silliman, William Gilmore Simms, Jared Sparks, J.G. Thea(?), George Ticknor, J. Hammond Trumbull, Martin Van Buren, and Fernando Wood. Letters generally focus on acceptance or decline of the invitation and logistics of attendance; Gayarré, Marsh, Mayer, Schoolcraft, Seward, and Simms write more expansively on the legacy of Irving. 49 items |
1860 March-April | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 10 | Correspondence. 1862-1863. Lucy Audubon
Scope and Contents NoteSeries of correspondence from Lucy Audubon, widow of John Jay Audubon, documenting the sale to N-YHS of portfolios of original Birds of America watercolors and volumes of his Ornithological Biography; also includes original letter of introduction from William A. Wheelock and copies of two letters addressed to L. Audubon from N-YHS president Frederic De Peyster. 17 items. 1 package of original envelopes |
1862-1863 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 11 | Correspondence. 1869-1870. George Catlin
Scope and Contents NoteSeries of proposals from artist George Catlin for the N-YHS purchase of his collections of artworks documenting North and South American native tribes; includes extensive descriptions, copies of letters of recommendation and press notices, and notice indicating shipment of materials to Librarian George H. Moore for viewing. (Further attempts by Catlin's children following his death, in 1874-1875, located and noted in Series II.) |
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Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | William Cullen Bryant to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS commemoration of William Bradford. |
1863 May 14 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | George B. McClellan to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1863 June 2 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Alexander Anderson to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to attend unspecified N-YHS celebration. |
[1863] | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Millard Fillmore to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAnnouncement of attendance, along with delegates of the Buffalo Historical Society, at the October 12 commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the transfer of jurisdiction over New York from the Netherlands to England. |
1864 September 26 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Benson J. Lossing to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteLetter of introduction for San Antonio lawyer W.H. Cleveland(?). |
1865 September 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | N-YHS to general public
Scope and Contents NoteRecommendation of the Historical Magazine signed by officers Frederic de Peyster, Thomas De Witt, Isaac Ferris, George H. Moore, Benjamin H. Field, Benjamin R. Winthrop, Andrew Warner, and John Romeyn Brodhead. |
1866 September | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Daniel Huntington to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteRequest for N-YHS gallery admittance to bearer of note. |
1872 March 17 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Alexander Jackson Davis to George H. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteFlorid announcement of intent to donate collection of historical works, books, pictures, prints and manuscripts to N-YHS. |
1873 August | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 12 | Alexander Jackson Davis to Frederick de Peyster
Scope and Contents NoteFollow-up letter aiming to inspire N-YHS to broaden its approach to collection development; includes illustration of N-YHS Library. |
[1874] | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | George Bancroft to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of well wishes from N-YHS upon Bancroft's 80th birthday. |
1880 October 7 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | John Jay to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to deliver address at N-YHS seventy-ninth anniversary celebration, with extended discussion of research on the intended topic, the history of the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain; copy of original invitation sent February 6, 1883, by N-YHS officers. |
1883 February 14 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Chester Arthur to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration. |
1883 November 13 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Ulysses S. Grant to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to attend the N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration. |
1883 November 22 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Henry O'Reilly to Jacob B. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteUpdate on writing progress and request to direct mail to O'Reilly's address in Rochester. |
1883 November 19 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Martha J. Lamb to Jacob B. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteRequest for special accommodations during attendance at N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration due to illness. |
1883 November 23 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Harvey B. Dodworth to Jacob B. Moore
Scope and Contents NoteRequest for payment of band services, presumably for N-YHS 79th anniversary celebration. |
1883 November 30 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance of invitation to deliver lecture at N-YHS on "Gouverneur Morris and his Times." |
1888 February | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham
Scope and Contents NoteRequest for postponement of N-YHS lecture due to alternate obligations. |
1888 March 12 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Isham
Scope and Contents NoteConfirmation of unavailability to deliver lecture on April 3. |
1888 March 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Woodrow Wilson to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteRequest to view N-YHS collections with accompanying party. |
1888 September 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to John A. King
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of appointment as N-YHS delegate to the Patent Convention; but unable to confirm acceptance at time. |
1891 April 8 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteInquiry into the availability of a N-YHS member to replace him as lecturer for the Society for the Extension of University Teaching on August 7. |
1894 April 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Warner
Scope and Contents NoteNotification of presence of old Peter Stuyvesant pear tree in the New York Police Department and intent, if given the authority, to donate it to N-YHS. |
1895 September 13 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | John Addison Porter to John A. King
Scope and Contents NoteAcceptance, on behalf of President William McKinley, of Honorary Membership in N-YHS. |
1897 April 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Fred W. Carpenter to John A. Weekes
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment, on behalf of President William S. Taft, of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1909 April 8 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | William H. Taft to John A. Weekes
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to deliver address at N-YHS 110th Anniversary celebration. |
1914 January 12 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 13 | Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Weekes
Scope and Contents NoteApologetic decline of unspecified invitation. |
1918 September 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 14 | Correspondence. 1923-1931. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Scope and Contents NoteIncoming and outgoing correspondence with N-YHS Librarian Alexander J. Wall, chiefly tracing the N-YHS reprinting and distribution of a volume of Minutes of the New York Council of Appointments (4/2/1777-3/4/1779) owned by FDR. Also includes research inquiries into seventeeth-century land grant Great Nine Partners Patent and other Dutchess County history; FDR's campaign to create a naval and marine museum in conjunction with N-YHS; and 1931 requests for support of FDR while he is serving as governor. Two letters addressed to N-YHS President John A. Weekes, a cousin of Roosevelt, decline his invitation to serve on the Executive Committee, due to health, and accept election as Honorary Member. Three letters from Roosevelt in regard to FDR sitting for a portrait prior to, and following, his election and inauguration as Governor to be painted by DeWitt M. Lockman for the Society. Portraits were to be exhibited at the Society once completed (see also Box 157 F 7). 34 items [17 originals from Roosevelt] |
1923-1924; 1930-1931 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Poultney Bigelow to Alexander J. Wall
Scope and Contents NoteCritique of U.S. government and involvement in the War; marked as "Confidential -- at least until you see my body completely burned." |
1941 July 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Dwight D. Eisenhower to R.W.G. Vail
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgement of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1947 October 28 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Lyndon B. Johnson to Frederick B. Adams
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgement of election as Honorary Member of N-YHS. |
1964 January 30 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Lady Bird Johnson to James J. Heslin
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of gratitude for personal tour of N-YHS, emphasizing appreciation of the Audubons and Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson. |
1964 March 23 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | James J. Heslin to Lady Bird Johnson
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of request for loan of Rembrandt Peale portrait of Thomas Jefferson due to terms of the original deed of gift. |
1964 April 1 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Lady Bird Johnson to James J. Heslin
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of decline of Jefferson portrait loan. |
1964 April 7 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Johnson Family to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NotePrinted appreciation for sympathies following the death of Lyndon B. Johnson. |
1973 February 23 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | Ella Grasso to Charlotte Rowell
Scope and Contents NoteDecline of invitation to opening reception for N-YHS exhibition "Remember the Ladies." |
1977 May 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | James J. Heslin to N-YHS Staff
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of gratitude for gifts, presumably upon Heslin's retirement from position of Director. |
1982 September | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | George Bush to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of gratitude for gift of book New York and the China Trade. |
1984 April 3 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 15 | James B. Bell to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteNote accompanying donation of books. |
1988 November 24 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Bill Clinton to Margaret Heilbrun
Scope and Contents NotePrinted portrait and expression of appreciation for support and friendship during administration. |
1990s | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton to Margaret Heilbrun
Scope and Contents NotePrinted portrait and expression of appreciation for support for the Democratic party. |
1994 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16B | Rudy Giuliani, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, John V. Lindsay, Edward I. Koch, David N.
Dinkins, Abraham D. Beame, Mario Cuomo
Scope and Contents NoteIncludes letters donated to N-YHS, apparently for a possible fundraising auction, by various New York political figures apparently in response to a request from Executive Director Betsy Gotbaum for their recollections of the most dramatic or significant moment in New York in their personal experience. Giuliani, Moynihan, Koch (ALS); Lindsay, Koch (LS); Dinkins, Beame, Cuomo (photocopies). Found during processing in 2016 of Gotbaum's Executive Office files. |
1994-1995 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Rudolph W. Giuliani to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteGreetings from the mayor on the occasion of N-YHS's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-opening of its exhibition galleries. |
1995 May 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Duchess of York to Betsy Gotbaum
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of appreciation for work on Tea to benefit Chances for Children on June 25, 1998. 3 items |
1998 July 14 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Rudolph W. Giuliani to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteAcknowledgment of N-YHS and New York City Police Foundation collaboration on the exhibition "New York's Finest: A History of the New York City Police Department." |
1998 October 20 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | A.M. Rosenthal to Betsy Gotbaum
Scope and Contents NoteDescriptive letter accompanying donation of personal note written upon discovery and decision to print the Pentagon Papers; photocopy of original manuscript. |
1999 October 26 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Carl Bernstein to Betsy Gotbaum
Scope and Contents NoteDescriptive letter accompanying donation of carbon copy of original draft of page 960 of the manuscript of All The President's Men; photocopy of original manuscript. |
1999 November 15 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Bill Clinton to Kenneth T. Jackson
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of appreciation for event held in honor at N-YHS and election as Honorary Member; printed program for "An evening at the New-York Historical Society with Former President William Jefferson Clinton" on July 17, 2001. |
2001 August 31 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 16A | Hillary Rodham Clinton to "Friends"
Scope and Contents NoteGreeting to confirmed attendees of the N-YHS event "History Makers Gala 2001," honoring William B. Harrison with the De Witt Clinton Award. |
2001 November 26 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 17 | Barack Obama to [gala attendees]
Scope and Contents NotePresidential message provided to be read to attendees of the 2015 History Makers Gala. |
2015 October 16 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 17 | Ed Ruscha to Louise Mirrer
Scope and Contents NoteExpression of enthusiasm at learning of N-YHS's addition of his painting Fanned Book to the Library. |
2015 December 10 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 17 | Mo Willems to Louise Mirrer
Scope and Contents NoteThank you note for the exhibition of his work. |
2016 September 27 | |
Box: 66 | Folder : 18 | Ruth Bader Ginsburg to N-YHS
Scope and Contents NoteIncludes two related items from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to N-YHS. In a letter to Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Schantz dated 30 October 2017, Ginsburg complimented N-YHS on its Citizenship Project, as described in the New York Times on October 29, and offered to participate in a naturalization ceremony at N-YHS if schedules allowed. Subsequent to that letter, Ginsburg did participate in a ceremony on April 10 at N-YHS and N-YHS sent her a gift in thanks. On a note card to Schantz and Chief Executive Officer Louise Mirrer dated 6 June 2018, Ginsburg expressed her thanks for the gift, recalled her pleasure at participating in the ceremony and observed that the diversity among the new citizens is what the USA means to her. |
2017-2018 | |
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