COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, letters, diaries, account books, tax receipts, deeds, inventories, contracts, surveys, land records, maps, photographs, church records, genealogical data and other papers pertaining chiefly to White's involvement in land in northern New York, particularly the counties of Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Oswego, and St. Lawrence; material concerning the cement business at Chittenango and Greenkills, New York. Also, political papers (1840-1867), which include material on the Whig Party, patronage, and national and local issues.
Also, material pertaining to the related Axtell, Duston, Lawrence, Mansfield, Mills, Niles, Porter, Van Wagenen, and Young families. Another subject is the 19th century spread of a family across the continent, with material reflecting American life and history of the period. White family papers include material on White's grandfather and grandson, also both named Hugh White. Major correspondents include William Constable, Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont, and William Constable Pierrepont (pertaining to New York State land patents) and James Buchanan, Washington Hunt, T. Batter King, William L. Marcy, William E. Seward, and Benjamin Wright.
Detailed item lists available in accession folder.
Dates
- 1750-1933.
Creator
- White, Hugh, 1798-1870. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Railroad builder, cement manufacturer, graduate of Hamilton College, and United States Congressional representative.
Extent
8.3 cubic feet.
39 volumes.
Abstract
Correspondence, letters, diaries, account books, tax receipts, deeds, inventories, contracts, surveys, land records, maps, photographs, church records, genealogical data and other papers pertaining chiefly to White's involvement in land in northern New York, particularly the counties of Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Oswego, and St. Lawrence; material concerning the cement business at Chittenango and Greenkills, New York. Also, political papers (1840-1867), which include material on the Whig Party, patronage, and national and local issues.
Physical Description
Correspondence, letters, diaries, account books, tax receipts, deeds, inventories, contracts, surveys, land records, maps, photographs, church records, genealogical data, political papers, and other materials.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- N. Dean, K. Jacklin
- Date completed:
- September 1983
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, June 2004
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, February 2014
- Account books.
- Axtell family.
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
- Cement industries -- New York (State) -- Chittenango.
- Cement industries -- New York (State) -- Greenkills.
- Chittenango (N.Y.) -- Industries.
- Constable, William, 1721-1791.
- Deeds.
- Diaries.
- Dustin family.
- Families -- New York (State)
- Greenkills (N.Y.) -- Industries.
- Hamilton College
- Hunt, Washington.
- Inventories.
- King, T. Batter.
- Land grants.
- Lawrence family.
- Mansfield family.
- Marcy, William L.
- Migration, Internal -- United States.
- Mills family.
- New York (State) -- Genealogy.
- New York (State) -- Politics and government.
- New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
- Niles family.
- Patronage, Political -- New York (State)
- Photographs.
- Pierrepont, Hezekiah Beers.
- Pierrepont, William Constable.
- Politics, Practical -- New York (State)
- Porter family.
- Railroads -- United States.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Herkimer County.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Jefferson County.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Lewis County.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Oneida County.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Oswego County.
- Real property -- New York (State) -- St.Lawrence County.
- Seward, William E.
- Surveys.
- United States -- Description and travel -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- United States. Congress. House
- Van Wagenen family.
- Whig Party (U.S.)
- White family.
- Wright, Benjamin.
- Young family.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by N. Dean, K. Jacklin
- Date
- June 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 23 (Mixed Materials)
- Volume: 35 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu