Collection Type
Autographs
Year Start
1678
Year End
1966
ID
SC16596
Quantity
1 box (0.25 cubic ft.)
Access
Open to research
Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Hester V. Browning, November 1975
Processed By
Kay deGonzague, Student Assistant, State University of New York at Albany, March 2010
Related Materials: Browning Autograph Collection (NY Public Figures) | Browning Picture Collection
Biographical Note:
Irving Browning (1895-1961) was a photographer, actor and avant-garde filmmaker. He is known for his photographs of New York City during the Great Depression, the construction of the Chrysler and Empire State buildings, photomontages of Times Square, and a short city symphony (a form of silent film) called City in Contrast.
Browning and his brother Sam ran a photography business in New York City and received commissions from magazines, advertising agencies and architects. In his spare time, Browning would photograph New York City showing contrast between the fine life, rich shoppers and the vibrant building industry of the city and the weary Hoovervilles, street merchants and the unemployed.
As an actor, Irving Browning starred in several silent films, Wake Up in Society (1918), His Matrimonial Moans (1918), His Silent Fate (1918) and Chumps and Chances (1917).
In addition to taking still photographs for films, Browning worked as a director, cinematographer and director of photography on films. He produced City in Contrast (1931), U.S. Military Academy (1940), the biopic Women in Photography (1941), and Babies by Bannister (1943), and was the cinematographer for Unmasked (1929) and the original version of House of Secrets (1929) with director Edmund Lawrence.
Browning donated over 1,889 gelatin silver photographic prints and ephemera to the New-York Historical Society. After his death, his childhood friend Ira Meistrich acquired thousands of his photographic negatives covering the years 1918-1938 that show the genesis of Radio City Hall and the Empire State Building. This collection was shown at the Gettysburg Festival of 2009.
Meistrich wrote a memorial piece for Browning for American Heritage., in which he said Browning was "fascinated by history" and his office was "an eclectic museum" filled with old cameras and Native American artifacts and weapons.
Scope and Content Note:
A collection of original manuscript letters and other documents assembled by Browning that were signed by individuals who had served either as mayor of New York City or governor of New York State from the 1670s to the 1960s. The collection is organized into three series: I. Mayors of New York City; II. Governors of New York State; III. Miscellaneous. Within these series the documents are arranged chronologically.
This repository also holds two other collections assembled by Irving Browning: a collection of historical documents related to prominent public figures of New York State history (SC16653), and a collection of portraits and views of people, places or items dating from the seventeenth century through the early twentieth century, many of which are related to the history of New York State. The engravings were created in the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries (PRI3595).
Series I: New York City Mayors
| Folder | Item | Name | Contents | Date | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | De Lavall, Thomas | Command re: John Cooley and John D. Meere as Overseers of Chimneys, etc., N.Y.C. | 12/23 | 1678 |
| 1 | 2 | Noell, Thomas | Recognizance issued to William White Jr., and Obadiah Smith re: William Adderly, N.Y.C. | 12/13 | 1701 |
| 1 | 3 | Wilson, Ebenezer | Testimony of William Swanston, N.Y.C. | 8/23 | 1710 |
| 1 | 4 | Heathcote, Caleb | Ezekiel Weekes's statement re: subpoena servings, N.Y.C. | 1713 | |
| 1 | 5 | Johnston, John | Recognizance to James Borgeron re: appearance in court re: assize of bread, N.Y.C. | 3/25 | 1719 |
| 1 | 6 | Walter, Robert, et al as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. Also signed by David Jamison, John Cruger, Hermanns Van Gelder, Phillip Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse | 1/24 | 1720 |
| 1 | 7 | Jansen, Johannes | Deposition of and signed by Everardus Bogardus in case of R. Fenn vs. J. Denn., N.Y.C. | -- | 1714 |
| 1 | 8 | Jansen, Johannes | Statement re: James Harding v. Henry Spranger by Bickley and Quer, defendants counsel, N.Y.C. | 12/30 | 1710 |
| 1 | 9 | Jansen, Johannes, with Francis Harrison, Harmanus Van Gelder and Phillip V. Cortlandt, as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. | 1/18 | 1725 |
| 1 | 10 | Richard, Paul | Warrant to John Walter of East Ward to hold an election for constable, N.Y.C. On verso is Walter's statement of the election of Jacobus Johnson, 10/4/1738 | 9/29 | 1738 |
| 1 | 11 | Cruger, John | See Item 6 | ||
| 1 | 12 | Bayard, Stephen, John Pintard, John Marshall, Stephen Van Cortlandt, Gerardus Stuyvesant and Daniel Horsmanden, as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the Sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. | 4/9 | 1745 |
| 1 | 13 | Holland, Edward, Simon Johnson, Stephen Van Cortlandt, James Livingston, Pierre De Peyster as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court sessions, N.Y.C. | 4/9 | 1754 |
| 1 | 14 | Cruger, John | Deposition by Thomas Stevenson concerning the bad character of Augustus Bradley, N.Y.C. | 11/6 | 1760 |
| 1 | 15 | Hicks, Whitehead | Jacob Remsen's power of attorney to Thomas Arnold, N.Y.C. | 12/14 | 1773 |
| 1 | 16 | Matthews, David | Bail piece in case of Wm. Thorn v. Wm. McIntosh, N.Y.C. | 2/27 | 1775 |
| 1 | 17 | Duane, James | Replication of Duane as plaintiff's attorney in case of Powers and Onderkirk v. Charles Penny, N.Y.C. | 6/2 | 1757 |
| 1 | 18 | Duane, James | Bond to Hercules Windover to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 5/8 | 1789 |
| 1 | 19 | Duane, James | Bond to Stephen Stilwell to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 4/14 | 1789 |
| 1 | 20 | Duane, James | Bond to Bernard Rapelyea to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 4/6 | 1789 |
| 1 | 21 | Duane, James | Letter to Philip Van Rensselaer, Manour [sic] Livingston | 6/4 | 1782 |
| 1 | 22 | Duane, James | Revocation of appointment of Titus Underdonck [sic] as a city marshal for malconduct in office, N.Y.C. | 1/2 | 1785 |
| 1 | 23 | Varick, Richard | Order to constables to publish notice ordering sailors from the French ship Jupiter to deliver up their arms and not to carry arms with them, N.Y.C. | 8/30 | 1793 |
| 1 | 24 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Christopher Fegenham to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/2 | 1790 |
| 1 | 25 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Adam Fink to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/5 | 1790 |
| 2 | 26 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Daniel Dunscomb to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/8 | 1790 |
| 2 | 27 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of D. Williams v. D. Forbes, N.Y.C. | 6/25 | 1799 |
| 2 | 28 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of Orange Webb v. Wm. Cowley, N.Y.C. | 3/26 | 1799 |
| 2 | 29 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of Henry Shenlaw v. John Hillsborough, N.Y.C. | 6/18 | 1799 |
| 2 | 30 | Livingston, Edward | Deed to Christopher Ross, land in Colchester, Delaware County, N.Y., n.p. | 2/22 | 1799 |
| 2 | 31 | Livingston, Edward | Order to Nicholas Low to pay Brockholst Livingston such sum as is done to E.L. from Leonard Bleecker's estate, n.p. | 1/21 | 1796 |
| 2 | 32 | Clinton, DeWitt | License to George Wilson to practice law in the Mayor's Court, N.Y.C. | 5/1 | 1805 |
| 2 | 33 | Willett, Marinus | Bail piece in case of J. Parkenson and I. Burr vs. F. Atkinson and N. Soamar, N.Y.C. | 11/14 | 1787 |
| 2 | 34 | Radcliff, Jacob | Bond of Charles W. Connor as an auctioneer, N.Y.C. | 4/6 | 1816 |
| 2 | 35 | Ferguson, John | License to practice law in Mayor's Court, N.Y.C. | 5/19 | 1815 |
| 36 | Hone, Philip | Ship manifest of goods imported by John and Philip Hone on the ship Patowmac Chief, N.Y.C. Also (36a) Hone's oath on entering the goods | 4/27 | 1801 | |
| 2 | 37 | Hone, Philip | Hone as naval officer approves of facts stated in letter of W.J. Averell and Co. to W.M. Meredith, Secretary of Treasury, N.Y.C. | 4/4 | 1850 |
| 2 | 38 | Hone, Philip | Letter to G[ulian] C. Verplanck, N.Y.C. | 10/25 | 1841 |
| 2 | 39 | Paulding, William Jr. | Letter to Van ?, Washington | 1/13 | 1812 |
| 2 | 40 | Lee, Gideon | Letter to Andrew M. Shriver, N.Y.C. | 10/1 | 1832 |
| 2 | 41 | Lawrence, Cornelius W. | Lease of lot in 6th Ward, N.Y.C. to Timothy R. Green, N.Y.C. | 4/2 | 1835 |
| 2 | 42 | Morris, Robert H. | Letter to John Campbell, N.Y.C. | 11/16 | 1841 |
| 2 | 43 | Woodhull, Caleb S. | Appointment of Bryan King as policeman, N.Y.C. | 10/15 | 1849 |
| 2 | 44 | Westervelt, Jacob A. | Request by Westervelt and 7 others to Greene C. Bronson to appoint Richard Norris to a post with Port of New York, n.p. | -- | -- |
| 2 | 45 | Wood, Fernando | Letter to M. Montterlon (?), New York | 8/6 | 1861 |
| 2 | 46 | Wood, Fernando | Letter to Silas Wright, New York | -- | 1860 |
| 2 | 47 | Wood, Fernando, et al | Letter to Wm. M. Tweed, Washington, D.C. | 4/18 | 1871 |
| 2 | 48 | Tiemann, Daniel F. | Letter to F. Wood, New York | 10/26 | 1858 |
| 2 | 49 | Tiemann, Daniel F., et al | Letter to Greene C. Bronson, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 2 | 50 | Tiemann, Daniel F. | Letter to Greene C. Bronson, N.Y. | 4/19 | 1853 |
| 3 | 51 | Stevens, Simon | Letter to D.D. Field, St. Germean Hall (?). Mentions Mayor George Opdyke | 5/9 | 1863 |
| 3 | 52 | Opdyke, George | Letter to George W. Childs, N.Y. | 2/13 | 1863 |
| 3 | 53 | Opdyke, George | Letter to Fredk. S. Winston, N.Y. | 1/14 | 1862 |
| 3 | 54 | Opdyke, George | Letter to S. Stevens, N.Y. | 10/9 | 1861 |
| 3 | 55 | Hoffman, John T. | Note accepting invitation to Capt. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 1/31 | 1866 |
| 3 | 56 | Hoffman, John T. | Letter to H.A. Smyth, N.Y. | 7/9 | 1866 |
| 3 | 57 | Hall, A. Oakley | Letter to E.A. Buckley ?, N.Y., Friday night | -- | -- |
| 3 | 58 | Hall, A. Oakley | Letter to unidentified person, N.Y., Thursday | 10/8 | 1868? |
| 3 | 59 | Hall, A. Oakley | Note to Recorder, N.Y. | 9/30 | 1868 |
| 3 | 60 | Hall, A. Oakley | Document appointing members of Examining Board of Druggists, N.Y. | 6/21 | 1871 |
| 3 | 61 | Havemeyer, William F. | Letter to Barclay Gallagher, N.Y. | 7/20 | 1872 |
| 3 | 62 | Ely, Smith | Letter to Joseph F. Chattelier, N.Y. | 11/4 | 1878 |
| 3 | 63 | Ely, Smith | Note to superintendent re: agricultural reports on verso of A.L.S. to Ely by A.W. Cutler, N.Y. | 10/7 | 1876 |
| 3 | 64 | Edson, Franklin | Letter to John J. Garrett, N.Y. | 2/7 | 1898 |
| 3 | 65 | Cooper, Edward | Letter to the New York Herald, N.Y. | 4/17 | 1893 |
| 3 | 66 | Grace, William R. | Auctioneer's license to George H. Clayton | 6/29 | 1885 |
| 3 | 67 | Grace, William R. | Political hand card asking for support of Grace and the Citizens Party | -- | 1884 |
| 3 | 68 | Grace, William R. | Letter to Henry Schiff, N.Y. | 1/9 | 1884 |
| 3 | 69 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to H. Metzner, Washington, D.C. | 6/12 | 1886 |
| 3 | 70 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Mrs. John D. Townsend | 10/11 | 1895 |
| 3 | 71 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 4/21 | 1885 |
| 3 | 72 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to George A. Townsend, N.Y. | 1/24 | 1888 |
| 3 | 73 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Julius Harburger, N.Y. | 9/21 | 1887 |
| 3 | 74 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Charles M. Wallace, N.Y. | 7/19 | 1888 |
| 3 | 75 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Levi P. Morton, Washington, D.C. | 6/23 | 1882 |
| 4 | 76 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to Al Aronson, N.Y. | 11/6 | 1890 |
| 4 | 77 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to New York Mercury, N.Y. | 12/11 | 1894 |
| 4 | 78 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to Julius Harburger, N.Y. | 3/13 | 1891 |
| 4 | 79 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Chas. L. Ford, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 4 | 80 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Genl. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 11/5 | 1898 |
| 4 | 81 | Strong, William L. | Appointment of George M. Smith as commissioner of police, N.Y. | 8/2 | 1897 |
| 4 | 82 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 11/14 | 1895 |
| 4 | 83 | Strong, William L. | Letter re: appointment to Col. George M. Smith re: Tennessee Centennial, N.Y. | 2/20 | 1897 |
| 4 | 84 | Strong, William L. | Letter to G.M. Smith, N.Y. | 7/28 | 1898 |
| 4 | 85 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Margaret Townsend, N.Y. | 7/7 | 1898 |
| 4 | 86 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Removal notice of George M. Smith from office as police commissioner | 1/1 | 1898 |
| 4 | 87 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Letter re: appointment of Richard A McCurdy, N.Y. | 2/14 | 1898 |
| 4 | 88 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Letter re: insurance renewal notice to Home Insurance Co., N.Y. | 11/20 | 1903 |
| 4 | 89 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | List of members of Celebration Committee, for the New York City consolidation, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 90 | Low, Seth | Letter to Nathaniel H. Levi, N.Y. | 12/19 | 1903 | |
| 4 | 91 | Low, Seth | Letter to Rev. E.M. Bliss, N.Y. | 3/6 | 1900 |
| 4 | 92 | Low, Seth | Letter to Dr. John G. Wight | 12/16 | 1899 |
| 4 | 93 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to G.P. Farley, N.Y. | 11/10 | 1905 |
| 4 | 94 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Brig. Gen. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 6/30 | 1909 |
| 4 | 95 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Crofton Eser, Brooklyn | 8/21 | 1890 |
| 4 | 96 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 6/21 | 1907 |
| 4 | 97 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Lyman O. Dana, N.Y. | 4/21 | 1910 |
| 4 | 98 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, Brooklyn | 12/6 | 1909 |
| 4 | 99 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to David Robinson, N.Y. | 2/27 | 1912 |
| 4 | 100 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Sydney Reid, N.Y. | 4/27 | 1910 |
| 5 | 101 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 9/27 | 1910 |
| 5 | 102 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 7/30 | 1913 |
| 5 | 103 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Margaret T. Tagliapietra, N.Y. | 12/4 | 1911 |
| 5 | 104 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Cuyler Reynolds, N.Y. | 9/3 | 1909 |
| 5 | 105 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 3/17 | 1910 |
| 5 | 106 | Kline, Adolph L. | Letter to Jerome Milkman, Washington, D.C. | 8/8 | 1921 |
| 5 | 107 | Mitchel, John P. | Letter to James E. West, N.Y. | 6/18 | 1917 |
| 5 | 108 | Hylan, John F. | Letter to Hevlyn D. Benson, N.Y. | 1/10 | 1930 |
| 5 | 109 | McKee, Joseph V. | Letter to Louis Wiley, N.Y. | 10/24 | 1932 |
| 5 | 110 | O'Brien, John P. | Letter to Theresa McGinty, N.Y. | 10/14 | 1932 |
| 5 | 111 | LaGuardia, Fiorello H. | Letter to I.S. Seidman, N.Y. | 10/10 | 1935 |
| 5 | 112 | O'Dwyer, William | 3 autographs | -- | 1947 |
| 5 | 113 | Wagner, Robert | Letter to David Robinson, N.Y. | 11/23 | 1926 |
| 5 | 114 | Wagner, Robert | Letter to Irving Browning, N.Y. | 9/17 | 1957 |
| 5 | 115 | Lindsay, Mrs. John V. | Letter to Hester V. Browning, N.Y., with the Browning letter | 2/16 | 1966 |
| 5 | 116 | Lindsay, John V. | Letter to Hester V. Browning, N.Y. | 8/25 | 1966 |
| 5 | 117 | Clinton, DeWitt | Certification | 7/13 | 1814 |
Series II: New York State Governors
| Folder | Item | Name | Contents | Date | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | De Lavall, Thomas | Command re: John Cooley and John D. Meere as Overseers of Chimneys, etc., N.Y.C. | 12/23 | 1678 |
| 1 | 2 | Noell, Thomas | Recognizance issued to William White Jr., and Obadiah Smith re: William Adderly, N.Y.C. | 12/13 | 1701 |
| 1 | 3 | Wilson, Ebenezer | Testimony of William Swanston, N.Y.C. | 8/23 | 1710 |
| 1 | 4 | Heathcote, Caleb | Ezekiel Weekes's statement re: subpoena servings, N.Y.C. | 1713 | |
| 1 | 5 | Johnston, John | Recognizance to James Borgeron re: appearance in court re: assize of bread, N.Y.C. | 3/25 | 1719 |
| 1 | 6 | Walter, Robert, et al as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. Also signed by David Jamison, John Cruger, Hermanns Van Gelder, Phillip Cortlandt and Frederick Philipse | 1/24 | 1720 |
| 1 | 7 | Jansen, Johannes | Deposition of and signed by Everardus Bogardus in case of R. Fenn vs. J. Denn., N.Y.C. | -- | 1714 |
| 1 | 8 | Jansen, Johannes | Statement re: James Harding v. Henry Spranger by Bickley and Quer, defendants counsel, N.Y.C. | 12/30 | 1710 |
| 1 | 9 | Jansen, Johannes, with Francis Harrison, Harmanus Van Gelder and Phillip V. Cortlandt, as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. | 1/18 | 1725 |
| 1 | 10 | Richard, Paul | Warrant to John Walter of East Ward to hold an election for constable, N.Y.C. On verso is Walter's statement of the election of Jacobus Johnson, 10/4/1738 | 9/29 | 1738 |
| 1 | 11 | Cruger, John | See Item 6 | ||
| 1 | 12 | Bayard, Stephen, John Pintard, John Marshall, Stephen Van Cortlandt, Gerardus Stuyvesant and Daniel Horsmanden, as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the Sheriff to issue notice of court session, N.Y.C. | 4/9 | 1745 |
| 1 | 13 | Holland, Edward, Simon Johnson, Stephen Van Cortlandt, James Livingston, Pierre De Peyster as Justices for the Conservation of the Peace of the City and County of New York | Command to the sheriff to issue notice of court sessions, N.Y.C. | 4/9 | 1754 |
| 1 | 14 | Cruger, John | Deposition by Thomas Stevenson concerning the bad character of Augustus Bradley, N.Y.C. | 11/6 | 1760 |
| 1 | 15 | Hicks, Whitehead | Jacob Remsen's power of attorney to Thomas Arnold, N.Y.C. | 12/14 | 1773 |
| 1 | 16 | Matthews, David | Bail piece in case of Wm. Thorn v. Wm. McIntosh, N.Y.C. | 2/27 | 1775 |
| 1 | 17 | Duane, James | Replication of Duane as plaintiff's attorney in case of Powers and Onderkirk v. Charles Penny, N.Y.C. | 6/2 | 1757 |
| 1 | 18 | Duane, James | Bond to Hercules Windover to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 5/8 | 1789 |
| 1 | 19 | Duane, James | Bond to Stephen Stilwell to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 4/14 | 1789 |
| 1 | 20 | Duane, James | Bond to Bernard Rapelyea to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 4/6 | 1789 |
| 1 | 21 | Duane, James | Letter to Philip Van Rensselaer, Manour [sic] Livingston | 6/4 | 1782 |
| 1 | 22 | Duane, James | Revocation of appointment of Titus Underdonck [sic] as a city marshal for malconduct in office, N.Y.C. | 1/2 | 1785 |
| 1 | 23 | Varick, Richard | Order to constables to publish notice ordering sailors from the French ship Jupiter to deliver up their arms and not to carry arms with them, N.Y.C. | 8/30 | 1793 |
| 1 | 24 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Christopher Fegenham to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/2 | 1790 |
| 1 | 25 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Adam Fink to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/5 | 1790 |
| 2 | 26 | Varick, Richard | Bond to Daniel Dunscomb to keep a tavern, N.Y.C. | 3/8 | 1790 |
| 2 | 27 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of D. Williams v. D. Forbes, N.Y.C. | 6/25 | 1799 |
| 2 | 28 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of Orange Webb v. Wm. Cowley, N.Y.C. | 3/26 | 1799 |
| 2 | 29 | Varick, Richard | Bail piece in case of Henry Shenlaw v. John Hillsborough, N.Y.C. | 6/18 | 1799 |
| 2 | 30 | Livingston, Edward | Deed to Christopher Ross, land in Colchester, Delaware County, N.Y., n.p. | 2/22 | 1799 |
| 2 | 31 | Livingston, Edward | Order to Nicholas Low to pay Brockholst Livingston such sum as is done to E.L. from Leonard Bleecker's estate, n.p. | 1/21 | 1796 |
| 2 | 32 | Clinton, DeWitt | License to George Wilson to practice law in the Mayor's Court, N.Y.C. | 5/1 | 1805 |
| 2 | 33 | Willett, Marinus | Bail piece in case of J. Parkenson and I. Burr vs. F. Atkinson and N. Soamar, N.Y.C. | 11/14 | 1787 |
| 2 | 34 | Radcliff, Jacob | Bond of Charles W. Connor as an auctioneer, N.Y.C. | 4/6 | 1816 |
| 2 | 35 | Ferguson, John | License to practice law in Mayor's Court, N.Y.C. | 5/19 | 1815 |
| 36 | Hone, Philip | Ship manifest of goods imported by John and Philip Hone on the ship Patowmac Chief, N.Y.C. Also (36a) Hone's oath on entering the goods | 4/27 | 1801 | |
| 2 | 37 | Hone, Philip | Hone as naval officer approves of facts stated in letter of W.J. Averell and Co. to W.M. Meredith, Secretary of Treasury, N.Y.C. | 4/4 | 1850 |
| 2 | 38 | Hone, Philip | Letter to G[ulian] C. Verplanck, N.Y.C. | 10/25 | 1841 |
| 2 | 39 | Paulding, William Jr. | Letter to Van ?, Washington | 1/13 | 1812 |
| 2 | 40 | Lee, Gideon | Letter to Andrew M. Shriver, N.Y.C. | 10/1 | 1832 |
| 2 | 41 | Lawrence, Cornelius W. | Lease of lot in 6th Ward, N.Y.C. to Timothy R. Green, N.Y.C. | 4/2 | 1835 |
| 2 | 42 | Morris, Robert H. | Letter to John Campbell, N.Y.C. | 11/16 | 1841 |
| 2 | 43 | Woodhull, Caleb S. | Appointment of Bryan King as policeman, N.Y.C. | 10/15 | 1849 |
| 2 | 44 | Westervelt, Jacob A. | Request by Westervelt and 7 others to Greene C. Bronson to appoint Richard Norris to a post with Port of New York, n.p. | -- | -- |
| 2 | 45 | Wood, Fernando | Letter to M. Montterlon (?), New York | 8/6 | 1861 |
| 2 | 46 | Wood, Fernando | Letter to Silas Wright, New York | -- | 1860 |
| 2 | 47 | Wood, Fernando, et al | Letter to Wm. M. Tweed, Washington, D.C. | 4/18 | 1871 |
| 2 | 48 | Tiemann, Daniel F. | Letter to F. Wood, New York | 10/26 | 1858 |
| 2 | 49 | Tiemann, Daniel F., et al | Letter to Greene C. Bronson, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 2 | 50 | Tiemann, Daniel F. | Letter to Greene C. Bronson, N.Y. | 4/19 | 1853 |
| 3 | 51 | Stevens, Simon | Letter to D.D. Field, St. Germean Hall (?). Mentions Mayor George Opdyke | 5/9 | 1863 |
| 3 | 52 | Opdyke, George | Letter to George W. Childs, N.Y. | 2/13 | 1863 |
| 3 | 53 | Opdyke, George | Letter to Fredk. S. Winston, N.Y. | 1/14 | 1862 |
| 3 | 54 | Opdyke, George | Letter to S. Stevens, N.Y. | 10/9 | 1861 |
| 3 | 55 | Hoffman, John T. | Note accepting invitation to Capt. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 1/31 | 1866 |
| 3 | 56 | Hoffman, John T. | Letter to H.A. Smyth, N.Y. | 7/9 | 1866 |
| 3 | 57 | Hall, A. Oakley | Letter to E.A. Buckley ?, N.Y., Friday night | -- | -- |
| 3 | 58 | Hall, A. Oakley | Letter to unidentified person, N.Y., Thursday | 10/8 | 1868? |
| 3 | 59 | Hall, A. Oakley | Note to Recorder, N.Y. | 9/30 | 1868 |
| 3 | 60 | Hall, A. Oakley | Document appointing members of Examining Board of Druggists, N.Y. | 6/21 | 1871 |
| 3 | 61 | Havemeyer, William F. | Letter to Barclay Gallagher, N.Y. | 7/20 | 1872 |
| 3 | 62 | Ely, Smith | Letter to Joseph F. Chattelier, N.Y. | 11/4 | 1878 |
| 3 | 63 | Ely, Smith | Note to superintendent re: agricultural reports on verso of A.L.S. to Ely by A.W. Cutler, N.Y. | 10/7 | 1876 |
| 3 | 64 | Edson, Franklin | Letter to John J. Garrett, N.Y. | 2/7 | 1898 |
| 3 | 65 | Cooper, Edward | Letter to the New York Herald, N.Y. | 4/17 | 1893 |
| 3 | 66 | Grace, William R. | Auctioneer's license to George H. Clayton | 6/29 | 1885 |
| 3 | 67 | Grace, William R. | Political hand card asking for support of Grace and the Citizens Party | -- | 1884 |
| 3 | 68 | Grace, William R. | Letter to Henry Schiff, N.Y. | 1/9 | 1884 |
| 3 | 69 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to H. Metzner, Washington, D.C. | 6/12 | 1886 |
| 3 | 70 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Mrs. John D. Townsend | 10/11 | 1895 |
| 3 | 71 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 4/21 | 1885 |
| 3 | 72 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to George A. Townsend, N.Y. | 1/24 | 1888 |
| 3 | 73 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Julius Harburger, N.Y. | 9/21 | 1887 |
| 3 | 74 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Charles M. Wallace, N.Y. | 7/19 | 1888 |
| 3 | 75 | Hewitt, Abram S. | Letter to Levi P. Morton, Washington, D.C. | 6/23 | 1882 |
| 4 | 76 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to Al Aronson, N.Y. | 11/6 | 1890 |
| 4 | 77 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to New York Mercury, N.Y. | 12/11 | 1894 |
| 4 | 78 | Grant, Hugh J. | Letter to Julius Harburger, N.Y. | 3/13 | 1891 |
| 4 | 79 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Chas. L. Ford, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 4 | 80 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Genl. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 11/5 | 1898 |
| 4 | 81 | Strong, William L. | Appointment of George M. Smith as commissioner of police, N.Y. | 8/2 | 1897 |
| 4 | 82 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 11/14 | 1895 |
| 4 | 83 | Strong, William L. | Letter re: appointment to Col. George M. Smith re: Tennessee Centennial, N.Y. | 2/20 | 1897 |
| 4 | 84 | Strong, William L. | Letter to G.M. Smith, N.Y. | 7/28 | 1898 |
| 4 | 85 | Strong, William L. | Letter to Margaret Townsend, N.Y. | 7/7 | 1898 |
| 4 | 86 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Removal notice of George M. Smith from office as police commissioner | 1/1 | 1898 |
| 4 | 87 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Letter re: appointment of Richard A McCurdy, N.Y. | 2/14 | 1898 |
| 4 | 88 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | Letter re: insurance renewal notice to Home Insurance Co., N.Y. | 11/20 | 1903 |
| 4 | 89 | Van Wyck, Robert A. | List of members of Celebration Committee, for the New York City consolidation, N.Y. | -- | -- |
| 90 | Low, Seth | Letter to Nathaniel H. Levi, N.Y. | 12/19 | 1903 | |
| 4 | 91 | Low, Seth | Letter to Rev. E.M. Bliss, N.Y. | 3/6 | 1900 |
| 4 | 92 | Low, Seth | Letter to Dr. John G. Wight | 12/16 | 1899 |
| 4 | 93 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to G.P. Farley, N.Y. | 11/10 | 1905 |
| 4 | 94 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Brig. Gen. George M. Smith, N.Y. | 6/30 | 1909 |
| 4 | 95 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Crofton Eser, Brooklyn | 8/21 | 1890 |
| 4 | 96 | McClellan, George B. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 6/21 | 1907 |
| 4 | 97 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Lyman O. Dana, N.Y. | 4/21 | 1910 |
| 4 | 98 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, Brooklyn | 12/6 | 1909 |
| 4 | 99 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to David Robinson, N.Y. | 2/27 | 1912 |
| 4 | 100 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Sydney Reid, N.Y. | 4/27 | 1910 |
| 5 | 101 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 9/27 | 1910 |
| 5 | 102 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 7/30 | 1913 |
| 5 | 103 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Margaret T. Tagliapietra, N.Y. | 12/4 | 1911 |
| 5 | 104 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to Cuyler Reynolds, N.Y. | 9/3 | 1909 |
| 5 | 105 | Gaynor, William J. | Letter to E.P. Wheeler, N.Y. | 3/17 | 1910 |
| 5 | 106 | Kline, Adolph L. | Letter to Jerome Milkman, Washington, D.C. | 8/8 | 1921 |
| 5 | 107 | Mitchel, John P. | Letter to James E. West, N.Y. | 6/18 | 1917 |
| 5 | 108 | Hylan, John F. | Letter to Hevlyn D. Benson, N.Y. | 1/10 | 1930 |
| 5 | 109 | McKee, Joseph V. | Letter to Louis Wiley, N.Y. | 10/24 | 1932 |
| 5 | 110 | O'Brien, John P. | Letter to Theresa McGinty, N.Y. | 10/14 | 1932 |
| 5 | 111 | LaGuardia, Fiorello H. | Letter to I.S. Seidman, N.Y. | 10/10 | 1935 |
| 5 | 112 | O'Dwyer, William | 3 autographs | -- | 1947 |
| 5 | 113 | Wagner, Robert | Letter to David Robinson, N.Y. | 11/23 | 1926 |
| 5 | 114 | Wagner, Robert | Letter to Irving Browning, N.Y. | 9/17 | 1957 |
| 5 | 115 | Lindsay, Mrs. John V. | Letter to Hester V. Browning, N.Y., with the Browning letter | 2/16 | 1966 |
| 5 | 116 | Lindsay, John V. | Letter to Hester V. Browning, N.Y. | 8/25 | 1966 |
| 5 | 117 | Clinton, DeWitt | Certification | 7/13 | 1814 |
Series II: New York State Governors
| Folder | Item | Name | Contents | Date | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | Hyde, Edmond, Viscount Cornbury | Note about Thomas Stillwell estate inventory, N.Y. | 10/3 | 1704 |
| 6 | 2 | Hyde, Edmond, Viscount Cornbury | Letter of administration to Sarah Latham, N.Y. | 2/26 | 1707/1708 |
| 6 | 3 | Hyde, Edmond, Viscount Cornbury | Letter of administration to Anne Pritchard, N.Y. | 2/18 | 1705/1796 |
| 6 | 4 | Hyde, Edmond, Viscount Cornbury | Letter of administration to Alice Jones, N.Y. | 4/13 | 1704 |
| 6 | 5 | Hyde, Edmond, Viscount Cornbury | Letter of administration to Cretice Van Cortlandt, N.Y. | 1/28 | 1705/1706 |
| 6 | 6 | Delancey, James (by his secretary, G. Bunyar) | Citation to Jacob Van Schaick to cause James Cassedy to appear in Prerogative Court, N.Y. | 2/18 | 1760 |
| 6 | 7* | Hardy, Sir Charles | Muster orders to Sir William Johnson, N.Y. | 3/9 | 1757 |
| 6 | 8 | Tryon, William, et al | Ship register of the ship Elizabeth, Cornelius Conkling, master, N.Y. | 9/13 | 1773 |
| 6 | 9 | Clinton, George | Letter to G.C. by Pierre Van Cortlandt and Evert Bancker, Kingston | 5/26 | 1770 |
| 6 | 10 | Clinton, George | Appointment of David Wolfe, as a militia major, Albany | 6/6 | 1789 |
| 6 | 11 | Clinton, George | Resolution of Council of Revision re: certain bills, [Albany] | 3/19 | 1803 |
| 6 | 12* | Clinton, George | Appointment of Henry Platt as ensign, N.Y. | 9/13 | 1789 |
| 6 | 13 | Clinton, George | Letter to Col. Van Cortlandt, N.Y. | 3/17 | 1811 |
| 6 | 14 | Clinton, George | Resolution of Council of Revision, [Albany] | 1/30 | 1794 |
| 6 | 15 | Lewis, Morgan | Letter to unidentified person, refusing pardons, Albany | 4/19 | 1805 |
| 6 | 16 | Lewis, Morgan | Appointment of Isaac Milliman as cornet, Albany | 4/6 | 1807 |
| 6 | 17 | Clinton, DeWitt | Appointment of Joseph G. Foard and Jacob Cooper, Albany | 3/18 | 1819 |
| 6 | 18 | Marcy, William L. | Letter transmitting report, Albany | 12/1 | 1833 |
| 6 | 19 | Wright, Silas | Appointment of Elijah Shaw as "inspector of sole leather," Albany | 5/19 | 1845 |
| 6 | 20 | Fish, Hamilton | Receipt, N.Y. | 4/25 | 1851 |
| 6 | 21 | Fish, Hamilton | Letter (incomplete) | -- | -- |
| 6 | 22 | Fish, Hamilton | Letter to G.C. Verplanck, [Washington] | 3/22 | 1853 |
| 6 | 23 | Hunt, Washington | Letter to C.A. Olmsted, N.Y. | 12/6 | 1804 |
| 6 | 24 | Seymour, Horatio | Letter to Darran C. Parry?, Utica | 8/28 | 1873 |
| 6 | 25 | Seymour, Horatio | Letter to J.F. Millar declining invitation, Utica | 4/24 | -- |
| 7 | 26 | Seymour, Horatio | Letter to Hon. Judge Durnet, Washington | 3/5 | 1833 |
| 7 | 27 | Seymour, Horatio | Letter to D.A. Ogden, appointing him a delegate to a convention in Chicago to discuss "suitable measures to secure adequate and uninterrupted navigation between the Great lakes and the Mississippi river." | 5/22 | 1863 |
| 7 | 28 | Morgan, Edwin | Note to F.A. Wood, Albany | 10/28 | 1859 |
| 7 | 29 | Morgan, Edwin | Document ordering Willard Herrington "to cease … executing" the duties of "commissioner for loaning certain moneys of the United States in and for the County of Rensselaer" because a complaint had been filed against him., Albany | 9/30 | 1861 |
| 7 | 30 | Fenton, Reuben E. | Speech on the joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to sell any surplus gold in the Treasury. Printed | 3/3 | 1864 |
| 7 | 31 | Fenton, Reuben E. | Pardon to William Elmore, who had been convicted of petit larceny in a Saratoga County court, Albany | 11/1 | 1867 |
| 7 | 32 | Hill, David B. | Note to David B. Sickels, Albany | 10/15 | 1896 |
| 7 | 33 | Morton, Levi P. | Letter to R.H. McCurdy, Albany | 5/14 | 1896 |
| 7 | 34 | Odell, B.B., Jr. | Thanksgiving Proclamation, Albany [not autograph signature] | 11/14 | 1904 |
| 7 | 35 | Hughes, Charles E. | Signature on Register of Patrons of Smithsonian Scientific Series | -- | -- |
| 7 | 36 | Hughes, Charles E. | Letter to W.F. Wakeman, Albany | 12/29 | 1908 |
| 7 | 37 | White, Horace | Thanksgiving Proclamation, Albany | 11/12 | 1910 |
| 7 | 38 | Sulzer, William | Letter to Milt Goodkind, Albany | 5/12 | 1913 |
| 7 | 39 | Sulzer, William | Letter to Milt Goodkind, thanking Goodkind for "the good work you are doing for direct nominations," Albany | 6/16 | 1913 |
| 7 | 40 | Glynn, Martin H. | Thanksgiving Proclamation, Albany | 11/12 | 1914 |
| 7 | 41 | Smith, Alfred E. | Letter to Everett P. Wheeler, Albany | 4/1 | 1913 |
| 7 | 42 | Smith, Alfred E. | Letter to Joseph Laurie, Jr., wishing him luck in his role in the musical comedy Plain Jane Albany | 10/1 | 1924 |
| 7 | 43 | Miller, Nathan L. | Letter to Joseph Penny, Albany | 3/23 | 1922 |
| 7 | 44 | Roosevelt, Franklin D. | Letter to Joe Wilson, Warm Springs, Georgia (Item missing March 2010) | 5/12 | 1932 |
| 7 | 45 | Lehman, Herbert H. | Letter to W. Forbes Morgan, Albany | 11/18 | 1932 |
| 7 | 46 | Harriman, Averell | Letter to George McCullough, "a staunch Democrat," Albany | 8/9 | 1956 |
| 7 | 47 | Harriman, Averell | Letter to George McCullough, saying "[t]here is a great deal of work to be done in New York, and I for one will continue to work vigorously for the principles of the Democratic Party," Albany | 11/25 | 1958 |
| 7 | 48 | Rockefeller, Nelson A. | Letter to Irving Browning, providing him with an autograph for Browning's collection | 8/26 | 1960 |
Series III: Miscellaneous
| Folder | Item | Name | Contents | Date | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | New York (City) Mayor's Court | Complaint between Henry Lane and Mary Derby | -- | 1714 |
| 8 | 2 | Van Cortlandt, Pierre | Indenture with John Van Cortlandt, executor of the estate of Gertruyd Beekman | 5/14 | 1784 |
| 8 | 3 | Hathorn, John | Voucher to Ebenezer Russell | 5/22 | 1784 |
| 8 | 4 | Bayard, Nicholas | Indenture with John Frazar | 4/10 | 1786 |
| 8 | 5 | New York (City) Mayor's Court | Conviction of Nicholas Pitt for selling brandy without a permit | 1/11 | 1799 |
| 8 | 6 | New York (City) Mayor's Court | Bail | 5/25 | 1799 |
| 8 | 7 | Harrison, Richard | Bail | 8/6 | 1799 |
| 8 | 8 | Fish, Nicholas | Letter to John V. Henry, New York | 9/13 | 1800 |
| 8 | 9 | Laurence, John | Letter to James Greenbat, New York | 1/5 | 1810 |
| 8 | 10 | Troup, Robert | Letter to John V. Henry, Geneva | 6/21 | 1822 |
| 8 | 11 | Ulliman, D. | Letter | 9/2 | 1840 |
| 8 | 12 | Ulliman, D. | Letter, Saratoga | 8/5 | 1859 |
| 8 | 13 | Robinson, C.D. | Letter, Elmira | 7/25 | 1879 |
| 8 | 14 | Graves, George B. | Letter to Mary Whalen, Albany | 6/4 | 1928 |
| 8 | 15 | Benson, Egbert | Letter, New York | 11/17 | -- |
| 9 | Various | Autographs on signature cards or clipped from documents; includes Mayors of New York City and Governors of New York State | |||
| 10 | Miscellaneous Material – consists chiefly of newspaper clippings |