Research Catalog

Title

Schieffelin family papers, 1756-1907.

Author

Schieffelin family.

Supplementary Content

Collection guide and digital images

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Delaplaine, John Ferris, 1801-1889.
• McKay, George F.
• Schieffelin, George Richard, 1836-1910.
• Schieffelin, Hannah Lawrence, 1758-1838.
• Schieffelin, Jacob, 1757-1835.
• Schieffelin, Richard Lawrence, 1801-1889.
• Effingham Lawrence & Son (Firm).
• Jacob Schieffelin (Firm).

Description

11.5 linear feet (24 boxes).

Summary

• Papers document the career of Jacob Schieffelin as merchant landowner and Loyalist; travels and literary activities of his wife, Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin; and the careers of their son, Richard Lawrence Schieffelin, and grandson, George Richard Schieffelin.
• Papers of Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin consist mainly of literary manuscripts and notebooks of her poems; and an account of her journey (1780-1781) from New York to Detroit via the Saint Lawrence River in which she describes social life and conditions on the frontier, places visited including Niagara Falls, encounters with Indians including the Mohawk Chief, Joseph Brandt, reports of massacres and atrocities, and military expeditions conducted by British troops. There is also a transcript copy of a journal (1780) kept by her during the period of her courtship.
• Bulk of the papers of Richard Lawrence Schieffelin and George Richard Schieffelin reflects their law practice and their real estate holdings in New York City and include ledgers and account books, deeds, mortgages, indentures, land maps and bills and receipts.Included are papers relative to the administration of the estates of Jacob Schieffelin, Benjamin Ferris, and George McKay. There are also literary manuscripts and notebooks of Richard Lawrence Schieffelin and an orderly book (1818-1833) reflecting his service in the New York State Infantry. There is also correspondence (1867-1883) from John Ferris Delaplaine to George Richard Schieffelin relating mainly to real estate matters.
• Included also are genealogical papers, family photographs, issues of mainly 19th century New York newspapers and miscellaneous papers of the Blair, McKay and Scribner families including a records book (1812-1813) kept at Ellis Island by George F. McKay of the U.S. Artillery listing supplies issued to enlisted men.

Subjects

• Real estate investment > New York (State)
• Northwest, Old > History > Revolution, 1775-1783
• Poetry, Modern > 18th century
• Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
• Real estate investment > Pennsylvania
• Schieffelin family
• Poets
• Blair family
• Real estate investment > New York (State) > New York
• Lawyers
• Frontier and pioneer life > Canada
• Brandt, Joseph, 1742-1847
• Poetry, Modern > 19th century
• Merchants
• United Empire loyalists
• Seizure of vessels and cargoes
• Real estate investment > Ohio
• Saint Lawrence River
• United States > Commerce > Great Britain
• Diaries
• Maps
• Executors and administrators > New York (State) > New York
• United States > Commerce > West Indies, French
• Military records
• Indians of North America > Canada
• McKay family
• Photographs
• Scribner family
• Canada > Description and travel

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Maps.
• Military records.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
• Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats (note)

• available on microfilm;
• available as digital images.

Funding (note)

• Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Source (note)

• Schieffelin, Laurie (Mrs. George McKay)

Biography (note)

• Jacob Schieffelin (1757-1835), New York merchant, landowner, and United Empire Loyalist, founded a wholesale drug business which bore the family name for more than a century.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

MssCol 2690

OCLC

NYPW90-A78

Author

Schieffelin family.

Title

Schieffelin family papers, 1756-1907.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.

Additional Formats

Hannah Schieffelin narrative of journey through Canada, 1780-1781; available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-471

Hannah Schieffelin narrative of journey through Canada, 1780-1781; available as digital images.

Funding

Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.

Biography

Jacob Schieffelin (1757-1835), New York merchant, landowner, and United Empire Loyalist, founded a wholesale drug business which bore the family name for more than a century. He married Hannah Lawrence (1758-1838) of New York City, a poet and daughter of John Lawrence, a merchant and Quaker. Their son, Richard Lawrence Schieffelin (1801-1889) and grandson, George Richard Schieffelin (1836-1910) both practiced chancery law in New York.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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NYPL Digital Collections

Collection guide and digital images

Occupation

Lawyers.

Merchants.

Poets.

Added Author

Delaplaine, John Ferris, 1801-1889.

McKay, George F.

Schieffelin, George Richard, 1836-1910.

Schieffelin, Hannah Lawrence, 1758-1838.

Schieffelin, Jacob, 1757-1835.

Schieffelin, Richard Lawrence, 1801-1889.

Effingham Lawrence & Son (Firm).

Jacob Schieffelin (Firm).

Research Call Number

MssCol 2690

*ZZ-40474