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Gansevoort-Lansing collection
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- Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 9: Muster Rolls, Returns and Ration Accounts, 1754-1810 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-1 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 9: Muster Rolls, Returns and Ration Accounts, 1754-1810 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 7: Correspondence 1782-1795 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-1 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 7: Correspondence 1782-1795 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 6: Correspondence 1781-1782 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-5 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 6: Correspondence 1781-1782 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 6: Correspondence 1781-1782 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-1 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 6: Correspondence 1781-1782 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 4-5: Correspondence, 1778-1780 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-4 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 4-5: Correspondence, 1778-1780 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 3: Correspondence 1777-1778 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-3 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 3: Correspondence 1777-1778 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 2: Correspondence 1776-1777 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-2 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 2: Correspondence 1776-1777 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 1: Correspondence 1754-1776 | Mixed material | Permit needed | *ZL-228-1 Military Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort Jr., Vol. 1: Correspondence 1754-1776 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gansevoort, Catherine Van Schaick, 1751-1830.
- Gansevoort, Henry Sanford, 1835-1871.
- Gansevoort, Herman, 1779-1862.
- Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812.
- Gansevoort, Peter, 1789-1876.
- Gansevoort, Susan Lansing, 1843-1874.
- Gansevoort, Mary Sanford, 1814-1841.
- Lansing, Abraham, 1835-1899.
- Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834.
- Lansing, Barent Bleecker, 1801-1876.
- Lansing, Catherine Gansevoort, 1838-1918.
- Lansing, Christopher Yates, 1796-1872.
- Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862.
- Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832.
- Melvill, Maria Gansevoort, 1791-1872.
- Melvill, Augusta, 1821-1876.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Description
- 212 linear feet (357 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists chiefly of papers of the Gansevoort, Lansing and Melville families and reflects the social, business and political interaction between family members and friends and associates of the families. Also included are some papers of members of the Sanford, Van Schaick and other related families.
- Subjects include business and financial matters, social events, family news, and current events. Melville family papers document the family of Herman Melville (1819-1891), author of Moby Dick and other works. The bulk of these papers consists of correspondence among three generations of both Melville and Gansevoort family members detailing the lives and daily activities of the writers who include Herman Melville and his father, Allan Melvill (1782-1835). Some manuscripts of Melville's writings also are in the collection.
- Subjects
- New York (State) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Diaries
- Women > Social conditions
- Dutch Americans > New York (State)
- New York (State) > History > 1775-1865
- Soldiers
- Landowners
- New York (State) > Social life and customs
- Blueprints
- Lansing family
- New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865
- New York (State) > Politics and government > To 1775
- New York (State) > History > 1865-
- New York (State) > Supreme Court
- Gansevoort family
- Melville family
- Van Scoyoc family
- Land tenure > New York (State)
- Architectural drawings
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Authors
- Politicians
- Photoprints
- Sanford family
- Maps
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Diaries.
- Photoprints.
- Blueprints.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals when available.
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Source (note)
- Gansevoort-Lansing, Catherine; Ann P. Hays; John and Carolyn De Marco (Lyrical Ballad Bookstore); etc.
- Biography (note)
- The Gansevoorts and the Lansings were two of the original Dutch families to settle in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York State. Other families who intermarried with the Gansevoorts and the Lansings were the Melvilles, Sanfords and Van Schaicks. Members of these families were prominent in politics, the military, literature, law, politics, medicine, and economics.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 1109
- OCLC
- NYPW92-A207
- Title
- Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).
- Additional Formats
- Melville family additions available on microfilm; New York Public Library.Military papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort, Jr. (1749-1812), v. 1-9; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-228.Papers of Gen. Peter Gansevoort, Jr. (1749-1812), v. 4-5; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-197.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Access
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals when available.
- Biography
- The Gansevoorts and the Lansings were two of the original Dutch families to settle in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys of New York State. Other families who intermarried with the Gansevoorts and the Lansings were the Melvilles, Sanfords and Van Schaicks. Members of these families were prominent in politics, the military, literature, law, politics, medicine, and economics.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Function
- Architectural drawings.
- Occupation
- Landowners.Authors.Soldiers.Politicians.
- Added Author
- Gansevoort, Catherine Van Schaick, 1751-1830.Gansevoort, Henry Sanford, 1835-1871.Gansevoort, Herman, 1779-1862.Gansevoort, Peter, 1749-1812.Gansevoort, Peter, 1789-1876.Gansevoort, Susan Lansing, 1843-1874.Gansevoort, Mary Sanford, 1814-1841.Lansing, Abraham, 1835-1899.Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834.Lansing, Barent Bleecker, 1801-1876.Lansing, Catherine Gansevoort, 1838-1918.Lansing, Christopher Yates, 1796-1872.Lansing, Gerrit Yates, 1783-1862.Melvill, Allan, 1782-1832.Melvill, Maria Gansevoort, 1791-1872.Melvill, Augusta, 1821-1876.Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1109