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Catalog Number |
008 |
Collection |
Rutsen Suckley (1800 - 1875) |
Title |
Collection Summary |
Object Name |
Collection Summary |
Scope & Content |
19 manuscript boxes of business correspondence, accounts and personal correspondence Correspondence, receipts, accounts, memos, notes, agreements, leases, deeds/indentures, property maps, bonds, affidavits, etc. Papers include Rutsen Suckley's work as a lawyer and as assistant to his father, George, until the latter's death in 1846. As oldest son, Rutsen then managed the finance and business of his siblings including properties in NYC, New Jersey, Rhinebeck, the Hudson Valley, Ohio and Pennsylvania. There are receipts for personal items such as boots, frock coats, books, wine, medicine; for work done for property and equipment maintenance; building materials; horse and carriage expenses; property taxes; rent received often in the form of wheat and hens. There is considerable information about individual tenants, including their names, locations of farms, lease agreements and terms. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Bowne, Eliza Sands (1814-1899) Bowne, Grace Sands (1789-1870) Bowne, James Bowne, John Rodman (1774-1858) Bowne, Joshua Sands (1815-1882) Crandle, Jeremiah Forguson, Uriah Garrettson, Francis T. (1836-1918) Garrettson, Freeborn, The Reverend (1752-1827) Garrettson, Mary Rutherford (1793-1879) Livingston, Edward, Dr. (c.1795-1864) Livingston, Sarah Schuyler Suckley (1806-1882) Mitchell, John F. Platt, William B. Price, Maria L. Reed, John Reed, Thomas (1822-1899) Ritch, John Warren (1822 - ) Rynders, Cornelius A. Sands, Joshua (1781-1809) Schuyler, Robert Schuyler, Stephen Suckley, Catherine Rutsen (1768-1825) Suckley, George (1765-1846) Suckley, George, Dr.(1830-1869) Suckley, John (1778-1867) Suckley, John Hart (1832-1865) Suckley, John Lang, Dr. (1798-1836) Suckley, Mary (1802-1872) Suckley, Robert Bowne, Sr. (1856-1921) Suckley, Rutsen (1800-1875) Suckley, Thomas Holy (1810-1888) Van Ness, Eugene Watson, Hannah |
Subjects |
Accounting Bank of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, NY Chemical Bank Collecting of accounts Diaries Farms Finance First National Bank, Rhinebeck, NY Insurance Landlord and tenant Mechanics Banking Association Real estate business Taxation |
Legal Status |
Property of Wilderstein Historic Site |