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Williamson Family papers

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 8 and family bible and notes on bibles [MN# 2002-2050]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8352 Box 8 and family bible and notes on bibles [MN# 2002-2050]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 4,5,6,7 [MN# 2002-2049]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8352 Box 4,5,6,7 [MN# 2002-2049]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 3 [MN# 2002-2048]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8352 Box 3 [MN# 2002-2048]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 2 [MN# 2002-2047]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8352 Box 2 [MN# 2002-2047]	Off-site
Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	Box 1 [MN# 2002-2046]	Mixed material	Use in library	F d 8352 Box 1 [MN# 2002-2046]	Off-site

Description

Summary

Correspondence, documents, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of the Williamson, Abeel, and Codwise families of New Brunswick NJ and Saint Croix in the West Indies.
The Abeel family materials include correspondence from Gen. Nathanael Greene (about the American Revolutionary Army), from David Abeel (concerning his missionary activities in China), and from others. There are documents concerning Abeel family real estate in New York City and other matters, family photographs, and related materials.
The Codwise family material includes correspondence concerning their affairs in early New York City and in Saint Croix, where they had inherited a sugar plantation (Mount Victory) from the Rogers family. These letters discuss business interests, slave revolts, and life in Saint Croix. There are also many family photographs.
There are correspondence and legal and business papers of Nicholas Williamson (1845-1902) and his family in New Brunswick NJ and his company, the Novelty Rubber Company, in New York City. There are many contracts and patent agreements with Charles and Henry B. Goodyear for rubber manufacturing and business correspondence and related papers from 1851 until 1887. Nicholas Williamson was Mayor of New Brunswick from 1895 until 1900 and there are papers relating to municipal affairs as well as his family's real estate holdings.

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Cite As (note)

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Williamson Family papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Terms of Use (note)

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Source (note)

accn number: Source of acquisition--[source]. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--2001.

Biography (note)

The archive deals principally with three families related by marriage: Abeel, Williamson and Codwise. All of the families had strong connections to New York City through business and property holdings.

Processing Action (note)

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries