Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
023.010.19 |
Collection |
Robert Bowne Suckley (1856 - 1921) |
Title |
Correspondence: Douglas Merritt and Elizabeth C. Merritt, 1895-1918 |
Date |
1895 - 1918 |
Object Name |
Correspondence |
Scope & Content |
Twenty-four letters. most written from Leacote, Rhinebeck, NY; [letter #2] Mar 9, 1895? - "..strong public feeling against the destruction of the Mr. Rutsen woodland." [#6] Jan 28, 1897 - "Mr.Saunders writes me that thanks to Miller and yourself the site for our new church is provided and that subscriptions are now payable to you for the building fund." [#7] July 12, 1902 - Village Improvement Society...to enhance beauty of Rhinebeck...plant trees all the way to the station. Requests trees be planted on Suckley property, formerly the Hermance farms. [#8] Oct 3, 1902 - Against proposed trolley from Rhinebeck to the station [#10] Nov 12, 1907 - Invitation to lunch, "I will show you the mare I bought many years ago from Wilderstein with her fine colt." [#13] Oct 5, 1911 - Rhinebeck villagers are very anxious...to have the future railway station at the foot of the Rhinebeck road, south of the Knickerbocker icehouse. "This is the nearest level situation to Rhinecliff and the ferry could make a quick crossing thence to Kingston Point." [#18] May 13, 1915 - "I hope you will let me send in your name as a member"[of the new Dutchess County Historical Society]. [#23-24] From Elizabeth C. Merritt, Dec 8, 1910 & Jan 21, 1911 - Travels in Lausanne, Switzerland. |
People |
Merritt, Douglas Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) |
Subjects |
Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck, NY Horses Street railroads |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |