Ulster County Collection
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Abstract
A collection of 185 items relating to the history of Ulster County, New York. Materials mostly involve land conveyance and boundary issues, but there are also a number of legal papers, financial items and military documents.
Historical Note
Ulster County, in southeastern New York State, is bordered by the Hudson River to the east and the Catskill Mountains to the northwest. Its early inhabitants were Algonquian-speaking Indians, such as the Delaware.
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Source of Information: French, J.H. The Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State. Syracuse, N.Y.: R.P. Smith, 1860.
Arrangement
See Series Descriptions for arrangement of each. The container list is at the item level for Series I, II and IV.
The collection is organized into four series:
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- Series I. Tomlinson Collection Land Papers (1697-1751)
- Series II. Ulster County (1670-1893, undated)
- Series III. Militia (1787-1809)
- Series IV. Ulster County Oversize (1710-1778)
Scope and Content Note
This collection is a compilation of a number of miscellaneous manuscript collections that relate to the early history of Ulster County, New York. One portion comes from the Tomlinson Collection, formerly owned by the Mercantile Library Association. Almost exclusively made up of land conveyances, this segment comprises a relatively small portion of the collection. The remaining material, from a variety of sources, includes land transactions but also legal documents, financial papers, military items and some correspondence. Certain Ulster County surnames frequently appear, such as Schuyler, Alexander, Provoost, Beekman, Van Cortlandt, De Peyster, Harrison and Colden.
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Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Use Restrictions
Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as Ulster County Collection, The New-York Historical Society.
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Provenance
Purchases: 1950 (Tomlinson Collection), and July 1923.
Donations: November 1923, December 1923, May 1931, June 1936, February 1939, May 1949, and others.