bills (legislative records)

Reprints the bill in response to a memorial from the New-York Historical Society: "New York Legislature. Senate. Albany, April 22, 1868. Authorizing the New York Historical Society to found a Museum of History, Antiquity and Art in Central Park".

Documents concerning the New-York Historical Society's eventually unsuccessful attempt to establish a Museum of Antiquities, Science, and Art on the site of the Arsenal in Central Park. The series includes the minutes of the Building Committee formed in 1863 to pursue the Central Park initiative. The minutes, which run until January 1867, have introductory entries transcribing earlier related documents, beginning August 14, 1860.

This series contains a variety of legal documents arising from Varick's military, legal and political careers. These include court papers and documents from the investigation into Varick after Benedict Arnold's defection. The series also contains document pertaining to Varick's personal and family estate, including papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Derick Dey, Varick's maternal grandfather; the affairs of other members of the Dey family; and indentures. bonds, deeds, and mortgages held by Varick.

Richard Varick, born in New Jersey, 1753, served as Captain, deputy muster-master-general, and George Washington's secretary during the Revolutionary war. He was appointed one of the first mayors of New York and served from 1789-1801. He died in 1831. His papers pertain to a variety of subjects, including Varick's command of a company in Alexander McDougall's battalion at Ticonderoga and in Canada during 1775; his service on courts-martial in 1775; problems of the bateau service in northern New York State in 1776; his position as secretary to Gen.