
Guide to the John Rutherfurd Papers
1726-1835 (bulk 1775-1835)
MS 533
New-York Historical Society
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New York, NY 10024
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Description is in
English.
Descriptive Summary
Title: | John Rutherfurd Papers |
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Dates: | 1726-1835 (bulk 1775-1835) |
Abstract: | The John Rutherfurd Papers is one of four discrete but closely related collections, known together as the Alexander - Stuyvesant - Rutherfurd Collections. The John Rutherfurd Papers consist principally of material relating to or created by John Rutherfurd (1760 - 1840), and his father, Walter Rutherfurd (1724 - 1804). Principal subseries for John and Walter Rutherfurd are Correspondence; Accounts, Bills, Receipts; Legal Papers; and Court Papers. Correspondence includes letters to John or Walter Rutherfurd, and drafts of their replies. |
Quantity: | 2.5 Linear feet (5 boxes) |
Location note: | Manuscript cage |
Call Phrase: | MS 533 |
Biographical Note
Biographical Note for the Alexander - Stuyvesant - Rutherfurd Collections
1691 | James Alexander born in Scotland, May 27 |
1693 | Mary Spratt born in New York, April 17 |
1711 | Mary Spratt marries Samuel Provoost, October 15 |
1715 | James Alexander arrives in New York |
[1719] | Samuel Provoost dies |
1721 | Mary Spratt Provoost marries James Alexander, June 5 |
1721 | Mary Alexander II born |
1722 | Susanna Alexander born |
1726 | William Alexander born |
1729 | Catherine Alexander born |
17?? | Elizabeth Alexander born |
17?? | Walter Rutherfurd born in [Edgerston, Roxburghshire] Scotland |
1739 | Mary Alexander II marries Peter Van Brugh Livingston |
1748 | William Alexander marries Sarah Livingston |
17?? | Elizabeth Alexander marries John Stevens |
1756 | James Alexander dies |
1756 | Walter Rutherfurd arrives in America. Serves in the Royal American Regiment |
1758 | Catherine Alexander marries Walter Rutherfurd |
1760 | Mary Alexander dies, April 18 |
1760 | John Rutherfurd born September 20 |
1767 | Mary Alexander Livingston dies |
1782 | John Rutherfurd marries Helena Morris October 30. Walter Rutherfurd presents John Rutherfurd with Tranquillity (sic) estate in Allamuchy, Warren County, New Jersey |
1783 | William Alexander dies, January 15 |
1788 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd born in May |
1800 | Elizabeth Alexander Stevens dies |
1801 | Catherine Alexander Rutherfurd dies |
1804 | Walter Rutherfurd dies January 10 |
1807 | Gen. John Reid dies February 6, at the age of 86 |
1808 | John Rutherfurd moves to Edgerston on the Passaic River |
1809 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd marries Sabina Morris |
1809 | Helena Rutherfurd marries Peter Gerard Stuyvesant |
1816 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd born November 25 to Robert Walter Rutherfurd and Sabina Morris Rutherfurd |
1841 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd marries Margaret Chanler July 22 |
1842 | Stuyvesant Rutherfurd born to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd and Margaret Chanler Rutherfurd |
1847 | Peter Gerard Stuyvesant dies August 16 |
[1847] | In accordance with a provision of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's will, Stuyvesant Rutherfurd changes his name to Rutherfurd Stuyvesant |
1854 | Margaret Rutherfurd born |
1859 | Louisa Morris Rutherfurd born March 31 |
ca. 1860 | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. born |
1862 | Winthrop Rutherfurd born |
1863 | Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Mary Pierrepont |
1870 | Robert Walter Rutherfurd dies |
1873 | Helena Rutherfurd Stuyvesant dies |
1879 | Mary Pierrepont Stuyvesant dies |
1879 | Margaret Rutherfurd marries Henry White, December 3 |
1892 | Louisa M. Rutherfurd dies |
1902 | Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Countess Matilde E. de Wassanaer (nee Matilde Lowenguth), June 16 |
1903 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant born |
1906 | Alain Stuyvesant born |
1907 | Stuyvesant Rutherfurd dies July 4 |
1916 | Margaret Rutherfurd White dies |
1925 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant marries Rosalie Pillot |
1927 | Henry White dies at the age of 77 |
19?? | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. dies |
1944 | Winthrop Rutherfurd dies |
1944 | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant dies, September 7 |
1948 | Matilde Lowenguth Stuyvesant (in 1948, Princess Alexandre de Caraman Chimay) dies, July 10 |
1954 | Alain Stuyvesant dies, Februrary 9 |
For more information on some of the persons represented in these collections consult:
Biographical Dictionaries
Dictionary of American Biography- James and William Alexander, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd
American National Biography- James, Mary, and William Alexander, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, Henry White
Dictionary of National Biography- John Reid
Books
Rutherfurd, Livingston Family Records and Events New York, De Vinne Press, 1894
Valentine, Alan Chester Lord Stirling New York, Oxford University Press, 1969
Scope and Content Notes
Scope and Content for the Alexander - Stuyvesant - Rutherfurd Collections
The John Rutherfurd Papers is one of four discrete but closely related collections. The largest and the smallest of the four collections, the Alexander Papers and the John Rutherfurd Papers, were originally a single donation, made in the late 19th Century. The remaining two collections, the Rutherfurd Family Papers and the Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd Papers, were donated separately in the 1970's.
Together, these collections chronicle seven generations of an extended family in New York an d New Jersey over the course of two centuries. The founders of the family were James and Mary Alexander, who married in 1721. James Alexander had merchant business, but was primarily active as an attorney and government official in New York and New Jersey. Most of the material in the Alexander Papers derives from James Alexander's legal practice in both colonies, and from his tenures as Surveyor General of New Jersey, and Attorney General of New York. Other material in the Alexander Papers documents Mary Alexander's merchant business in New York, and the business activities and pre-Revolutionary military service of their son, William Alexander (Lord Stirling).
While the daughters of James and Mary Alexander are underrepresented in these collections, their husbands are represented to a greater or lesser extent in each of the collections described below. The Alexanders' four daughters married men who were or would become leading figures in New York and New Jersey. Mary married Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Susanna married John Reid, and Elizabeth married John Stevens. Catherine Alexander married Walter Rutherfurd.
The marriage of Catherine and Walter Rutherfurd also produced a son, John Rutherfurd, who evidently inherited the bulk of his father's and grandfather's papers. In 1847, Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (a grandson John Rutherfurd and nephew of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant), changed his name to Rutherfurd Stuyvesant in accordance with a provision of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant's will. Rutherfurd Stuyvesant evidently inherited at least some of the papers of his uncle. The Rutherfurd collections contain material created by or pertaining to the Alexander family, and the Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd Papers contain material created by or pertaining to the Alexanders and the Stuyvesants.
The material the Rutherfurd collections relates primarily to the landholdings and business undertakings of a wealthy and socially prominent family. The Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd Papers documents the activities of later generations of that family. By the mid-nineteenth century, the family had become more occupied in strictly leisure activities.
Various descendants of John Rutherfurd donated the collections described in these finding aids to the New-York Historical Society, and the collections extensively document the business dealings, professional activities, and family relationships of the Alexanders during the 18th Century, and the Rutherfurds from the 18th until the early 20th centuries.
For finding aids to the other three collections, click on the following links:
The Stuyvesant-Rutherfurd Papers
Scope and Content for the John Rutherfurd Papers
This collection consists principally of material relating to or created by John Rutherfurd (1760 - 1840), and his father, Walter Rutherfurd (1724 - 1804). The inclusive dates of the collection are 1775 - 1835. The collection also contains small amounts of business-related material concerning persons who were associated with or related to John and Walter Rutherfurd. These include John Duncan, Alexander Hamilton, Gen. John Reid, and Alexander McDonald. Two institutions with which John Rutherfurd was affiliated, the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and the Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen of the Episcopal Church, are also represented in the collection.
Principal subseries for John and Walter Rutherfurd are Correspondence; Accounts, Bills, Receipts; Legal Papers; and Court Papers. Correspondence includes letters to John or Walter Rutherfurd, and drafts of their replies. Deeds, agreements, contracts, leases, and other legally binding documents are in the Legal Papers subseries. However, such legally binding documents that are identified as having to do with specific court cases or suits are foldered with the appropriate suit in the Court Papers series. Accounts, Bills, Receipts is self-explanatory.
There is also a series in the collection entitled Other Persons. This series consists of small numbers of items created by or pertaining to persons other than John or Walter Rutherfurd. The subseries in this series include Correspondence; Accounts, Bills, Receipts; Legal Papers; and Court Papers. Certain material relating to some persons is extensive enough to merit those persons being given subseries within this series. Persons with specific subseries within this series are John Duncan (legal papers only), Gen. Alexander Hamilton, Alexander McDonald, and Gen. John Reid. With these exceptions, material for all other persons is interfiled according to format, in chronological order.
Material pertaining to John Rutherfurd consists primarily of business correspondence and legal papers such as deeds, conveyances, and leases. Some material reflects his interest in the development infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, in New Jersey. There is very little family material of any kind in the collection. None of the material concerns John Rutherfurd's political career or political affairs. Most of the material pertaining to Walter Rutherfurd is also business-related.
Arrangement
The John Rutherfurd Papers are organized into the following eight series:
- Series I: John Rutherfurd
- Series II: Walter Rutherfurd
- Series III: Other Persons
- Series IV: Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of CLergymen
- Series V: Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures
- Series VI: Abstracts of Legislation re New Jersey -- New York Boundary
- Series VII: [Map of Turnpike Route]
- Series VIII: Fragments
Access Points
Subject Names
- Duncan, John, 1727 or 8-1794
- Ernst, John Frederick, d. 1805
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804--Estate
- McDonald, Alexander, fl. 1775-1779
- Reid, John, 1721-1807--Estate
- Rutherfurd, Walter, 1723-1804
Document Type
- Accounts
- Correspondence
- Deeds
- Drawings
- Field notes
- Leases
- Legal documents
- Maps
- Powers of attorney
- Surveys
Subject Organizations
- Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of New Jersey
- Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures
Subject Topics
- Agriculture--New Jersey
- Agriculture--New York
- Bridges--Design and construction--New Jersey
- Real property--New Jersey
- Real property--New York (State)
- Roads--Design and construction--New Jersey
- Sheep
- Wool
Subject Places
- Chenango County (N.Y.)
- New Jersey--Boundaries--New York (State)
- New York (State)--Boundaries--New Jersey
Administrative Information
Provenance
Donation, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, 1884
Access Restrictions
Open to qualified researchers.
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)
Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as the John Rutherfurd Papers, MS 533, The New-York Historical Society.
Container List
Series I: John Rutherfurd
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Subseries 1: John Rutherfurd - Correspondence N.D., 1776 - 1835
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries consists of letters received by John Rutherfurd, and responses drafted by him or on his behalf. The subseries is arranged chronologically. For the most part, the letters concern John Rutherfurd's landholdings in New York and New Jersey. Specific matters relating to John Rutherfurd's landholdings include tenants, sale and lease of lands, collection of rents, and legal matters relating to land titles. Other general subjects include the raising of sheep and the quality of wool, and proposals for the construction of roads and bridges in New Jersey, particularly the Paterson - Hamburg Turnpike. There are very few items in the collection that would indicate that a given correspondent wrote frequently to John Rutherfurd. John and Richard Duncan occasionally wrote to John Rutherfurd regarding a debt owed by John Duncan to Rutherfurd and others, and other creditors of Duncan sometimes wrote to Rutherfurd. Several letters of Robert Boggs address the sale of sheep's wool, Elias van Arsdale wrote periodically on legal matters, and Margaret White wrote about legal and business matters that John Rutherfurd managed for her family. In several letters dated 1786, the Rev. John Frederick Ernst inquired about an advertisement for settlers in the Chenango Tract, offering his congregation as candidates. Another cluster of letters, from 1827, consists of several letters that Eliza M. Evans wrote to John Rutherfurd concerning a land dispute between Rutherfurd and her family. Also in the series are drafts of letters sent to various persons, including Rev. Ernst, Mrs. Evans (presumably Eliza M. Evans), and Richard Duncan. Other subjects in the drafts include the estate of Gen. John Reid, and his shares in the Delaware & Raritan Canal. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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Box: 1 | Folder : 1 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
N.D.; 1776; 1783-1788 | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 2 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
1789-1802 | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 3 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
1803-1809 | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 4 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
1810-1815 | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 5 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
1816-1819 | |
Box: 1 | Folder : 6 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letters Received |
1820-1835 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 1 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Drafts of Letters Sent -- A - J |
N.D., 1791 - 1835 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 2 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Drafts of Letters Sent -- K - Z |
N.D., 1791 - 1835 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 3 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Drafts of Letters Sent -- Recipients Unknown |
N.D.; 1784-1819 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 4 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Retained Copies of Letters Sent -- Multiple
Recipients |
1822, 1829 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 5 | John Rutherfurd -- Correspondence - - Letter to "Commercial Advertiser" re Turnpikes |
[January] 1806 | |
Subseries 2: John Rutherfurd - Accounts, Bills, Receipts N.D., 1763 - 1828
Scope and Contents noteMost items are receipts for rents, milling of wheat, interest on bonds or debts, and taxes. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 6 | John Rutherfurd -- Accounts, Bills, Receipts |
N.D.; 1763; 1764; 1784-1800 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 7 | John Rutherfurd -- Accounts, Bills, Receipts |
1801-1828 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 8 | John Rutherfurd -- Calculations of Interest on Bonds |
1770 - 1804 | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 9 | John Rutherfurd -- Calculations of Interest on John Duncan's Bond |
1769 - 1804 | |
Subseries 3: John Rutherfurd - Legal Papers 1785 - 1835
Scope and Contents noteMaterial includes bonds of the Heirs of Peter Augustus Jay, William and James Jauncey; deeds for lands in New Jersey, primarily Sussex County; and powers of attorney from persons living outside the United States. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 2 | Folder : 10 | John Rutherfurd -- Legal Papers -- Bonds |
1785 - 1800 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 1 | John Rutherfurd -- Legal Papers -- Deeds |
1788-1798; 1804; 1835 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 2 | John Rutherfurd -- Legal Papers -- Agreements |
1780; 1785-1797 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 3 | John Rutherfurd -- Legal Papers -- Agreements |
1798-1835 | |
Subseries 4: John Rutherfurd - Court Papers N.D., 1827
Scope and Contents noteThe material consists of an abstract of title from the suit of John Rutherfurd vs. [ ] Shotwell et al., undated; and a bill of costs and a warrant John Rutherfurd vs. Mary Ellis et al., dated 1827. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 4 | John Rutherfurd -- Court Papers |
N.D., 1827 | |
Subseries 5: John Rutherfurd - Delaware River Bridge N.D., 1798, 1802, 1806
Scope and Contents noteThe subseries consists of material having to do with John Rutherfurd's interest in the construction of a bridge linking New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Included are drawings of the proposed bridge, memoranda, calculations, and a report, published in the Trenton Federalist, to the stockholders of the Trenton Delaware Bridge [Company]. The author of the report was John Beatty, who was apparently the president of that company. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 5 | John Rutherfurd -- Delaware River Bridge -- Drawings |
N.D. | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 6 | John Rutherfurd -- Delaware River Bridge -- Calculations |
N.D. | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 7 | John Rutherfurd -- Delaware River Bridge/Trenton Ferry -- Memoranda |
N.D., 1802 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 8 | John Rutherfurd -- Delaware River Bridge -- Legislation |
N.D., 1798 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 9 | John Rutherfurd -- Delaware River Bridge -- Report Published in Trenton "Federalist" |
Feb. 13, 1806 | |
Subseries 6: John Rutherfurd - New Jersey Turnpikes N.D., 1789, 1805, 1806
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries consists of memoranda and copies of legislation regarding the construction of turnpikes in New Jersey. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 10 | John Rutherfurd -- New Jersey Turnpikes -- Memoranda |
N.D., 1789, 1805, 1806 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 11 | John Rutherfurd -- New Jersey Turnpikes -- Legislation |
N.D. | |
Subseries 7: John Rutherfurd - Diary Nov. 13-16 1788
Scope and Contents noteItem is a small, pamphlet-bound volume, with four pages of entries sketching travel in Sussex County, New Jersey, and some calculations. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 16 | John Rutherfurd -- Diary |
Nov. 13-16 1788 | |
John Rutherfurd: Other Subseries
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 12 | John Rutherfurd -- Specifications of Baltimore Locomotive Engine |
N.D., 1811, 1822, 1829 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 13 | John Rutherfurd -- Draft of Advertisement for Tenants |
N.D. | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 14 | John Rutherfurd -- Draft of Real Estate Advertisements |
N.D. | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 15 | John Rutherfurd -- Maps of Cool Spring Farm |
N.D., 1824 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 17 | John Rutherfurd -- Calculations |
N.D. | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 18 | John Rutherfurd -- Memoranda |
n.D., 1783 - 1833 | |
Box: 3 | Folder : 19 | John Rutherfurd -- Samples of Sheep's Wool |
N.D. | |
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Series II: Walter Rutherfurd
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Subseries 1: Walter Rutherfurd - Correspondence
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries includes letters received by Walter Rutherfurd, and drafts of replies to letters. Most of the material concerns Walter Rutherfurd's land holdings in New Jersey and New York. Specific subjects include surveys, the Business of the Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, tenants, and lawsuits. Correspondents include George Reyerse, David Ogden, James Duane, Dirck ten Broeck, and Cornelius Haring. |
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Subseries 2: Walter Rutherfurd - Accounts, Bills, Receipts N.D., 1761 - 1803
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries consists primarily of material having to do with Walter Rutherfurd's land holdings, including lands that he held in common with John Stevens. Some of the accounts detail goods seized from tenants, presumably for nonpayment of rent. Also in the subseries are accounts, apparently prepared annually, of land and interest-bearing bonds held by Walter Rutherfurd. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 5 | Walter Rutherfurd -- Accounts, Bills, Receipts |
N.D.; 1761-1803 | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 6 | Walter Rutherfurd -- Accounts, Bills, Receipts --Annual Accounts of Bonds and Real
Estate |
1765 - 1777 | |
Subseries 3: Walter Rutherfurd - Legal Papers N.D.; 1761-1802
Scope and Contents noteMost of the material in the subseries consist of leases to tenants for farms in New Jersey Earlier material includes powers of attorney from British officers, appointing Walter Rutherfurd to manage their affairs in North America. |
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Subseries 4: Walter Rutherfurd - Court Papers N.D., 1802, 1803
Scope and Contents noteThe subseries contains material from three cases. Material from the case of Walter Rutherfurd vs. Moses Martin Jr., et al. consists of what appears to be a [state of case]. Material from the case of Walter Rutherfurd vs. John Stiles consists of two documents that appear to be warrants. Material from the case of Aaron Ogden & Thomas Gibbons vs. Walter Rutherfurd comprises the bulk of the material in the subseries. Principally, material related to the case consists of the defendant's answers to the charges and counsel's observations on answers to charges. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 8 | Walter Rutherfurd -- Court Papers |
N.D.; 1802, 1803 | |
Subseries 5: Walter Rutherfurd - Memoranda N.D., 1766 - 1795
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries consists primarily of some undated rough calculations of the value of shares, unfinished drafts of legal papers, and lists of crops produced. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 4 | Folder : 9 | Walter Rutherfurd -- Memoranda |
N.D., 1766 - 1795 | |
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Series III: Other Persons
Scope and Contents noteThis series consists of material that does not pertain to John Rutherfurd or Walter Rutherfurd, or pertains to then indirectly. Four specific persons have subseries in the series. These persons are John Duncan, Alexander Hamilton (Estate of -- ), Alexander McDonald, and John Reid. The subseries for John Duncan consists solely of legal papers. Business papers relating to Duncan can be found in the subseries Other Persons - Accounts, Bills, Receipts. |
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Subseries 1: Other Persons - John Duncan N.D., 1766 - 1795
Scope and Contents noteSubseries consists of legal papers, such as deeds, conveyances, releases, etc. of John Duncan. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 1 | Other Persons -- John Duncan -- Legal Papers |
1764 - 1785 | |
Subseries 2: Other Persons - Estate of Gen. Alexander Hamilton N.D., 1805
Scope and Contents noteSubseries consists of legal papers, primarily conveyances, of Gen. Alexander Hamilton, and advertisements for the sale of lands in Scriba's Patent. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 2 | Other Persons -- Estate of Gen. Alexander Hamilton -- Legal Papers |
1805 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 3 | Other Persons -- Estate of Gen. Alexander Hamilton -- Sale of Lands in Scriba's Patent |
N.D. | |
Subseries 3: Other Persons - Alexander McDonald 1772 - 1786
Scope and Contents noteSubseries consists of business papers, legal papers and memoranda of Alexander McDonald. The legal papers include a power of attorney authorizing John Rutherfurd to act on McDonald's behalf. The memoranda include lists of deeds and bonds that belonged to McDonald, but were evidently held by John Rutherfurd. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 4 | Other Persons -- Alexander McDonald - - Accounts, Bills, Receipts |
1772 - 1774, 1784, 1786 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 5 | Other Persons -- Alexander McDonald - - Legal Papers |
1772, 1773, 1784 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 6 | Other Persons -- Alexander McDonald - - Memoranda |
N.D., 1784 | |
Subseries 4: Other Persons - General John Reid N.D., 1775 - 1793
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries consists of material related to General John Reid. Business papers include accounts and receipts, primarily for rents paid to Reid by his tenants. Legal papers include deeds, bonds, and agreements. Court papers consist of a [state of case] from a lawsuit by Reid against Capt. James Gray in 1771, and a [state of case] from an unidentified 1785 case, which may have involved property forfeiture. Memoranda are mostly in the handwriting of John Rutherfurd, and refer to Reid's business affairs, including landholdings, rents paid, and interest on bonds. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 7 | Other Persons -- Gen. John Reid -- Accounts, Bills, Receipts |
N.D.; 1775-1793 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 8 | Other Persons -- Gen. John Reid -- Legal Papers |
1763 - 1787 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 9 | Other Persons -- Gen. John Reid -- Court Papers |
1771 - 1785 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 10 | Other Persons -- Gen. John Reid -- Memoranda |
1764, 1773, 1784 | |
Subseries 5: Other Persons - Correspondence 1738; 1769-1824; 1835
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries includes correspondence to and from persons other than John and Walter Rutherfurd, or specific persons in the Other Persons series. Correspondents include Richard Duncan and John Duncan, who wrote to Peter Van Brugh Livingston about business matters. James Longstreet wrote, perhaps to a newspaper, regarding to the Delaware River Bridge. Dirck ten Broeck wrote to Philip Livingston about business matters that may have also involved the Rutherfurds. J. Alsop of the Corporation for the Relief of Widows & Children of Clergymen of the Episcopal Church corresponded with Jacob LeRoy and John Wilcocks concerning that organization's charitable activities. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 11 | Other Persons -- Correspondence |
1738; 1769-1824; 1835 | |
Subseries 6: Other Persons - Accounts, Bills, Receipts N.D., 1747 - 1826
Scope and Contents noteBusiness and personal material of various persons, including John Duncan. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 12 | Other Persons -- Accounts, Bills Receipts |
N.D., 1747 - 1826 | |
Subseries 7: Other Persons - Court Papers N.D., 1726, 1748
Scope and Contents noteThis subseries includes the following material: a list of papers relating to the case of William Smith vs. William Alexander (N.D.), a narrative in case for the suit of [James] Alexander vs. Daniel Miller (1726), a list of papers relating to the suit, and an indenture, probably entered as evidence in the suit of [ ] Livingston vs. [ ] Fresneau (1748). The subseries also includes material from cases that cannot be identified. These are: a 1785 deposition of Peter Van Brugh Livingston regarding John Duncan's debt, and, in 1806, depositions of two witnesses attesting to the identity of Robert Walter Rutherfurd. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 13 | Other Persons -- Court Papers |
N.D., 1726, 1748 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 14 | Other Persons -- Court Papers -- Unidentified Proceedings |
1785, 1806 | |
Subseries 8: Other Persons - Surveys, Field Notes N.D., 1787, 1800
Scope and Contents noteSubseries includes field notes for surveys and surveys of tracts in various counties of New Jersey. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 15 | Other Persons -- Surveys, Field Notes |
N.D., 1787, 1800 | |
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Series IV: Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen 1785 - 1809
Scope and Contents noteThis series includes minutes, reports, legal papers and memoranda of the corporation. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 16 | Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen -- Minutes and Reports |
1785 - 1809 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 17 | Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen -- Legal Papers |
1801 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 18 | Corporation for the Relief of Widows and Children of Clergymen -- Memoranda |
1793 - 1809 | |
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Series V: Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures 1816
Scope and Contents noteThis series includes legislation and an indenture regarding a transfer stock in the society, and reports and accounts regarding the society's real estate. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 19 | Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures -- Legislation and Indenture re Stock
Transfer |
1816 | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 20 | Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures -- Report on Real Estate; Real Estate
Accounts |
[1816] | |
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Series VI: Abstracts of Legislation re New Jersey -- New York Boundary 17??
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 21 | Abstracts of Legislation re New Jersey -- New York Boundary |
17? | |
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Series VII: [Map of Turnpike Route] N.D.
Scope and Contents noteWhat appears to be a map of a proposed or actual turnpike route through New Jersey. |
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 22 | [Map of Turnpike Route] |
N.D. | |
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Series VIII: Fragments [N.D.]
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Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
Box: 5 | Folder : 23 | Fragments |
N.D. | |
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