promissory notes

Printed form completed in manuscript for a promissory note issued by the Long Island Gas Light Company to Arthur B. Litchfield; signed by E.B. Litchfield and Arthur B. Litchfield as president and treasurer of the company, respectively; printed in the 1860s by L.H. Biglow & Co., printers & stationers, 13 William St., N.Y.

Collection of 15 items chiefly relating to land in Long Island, N.Y. Includes deeds, indentures, and other documents relating to land sales including a land grant from Peter Stuyvesant and material relating to Capt. John Scott's fraudulent land sales. Also includes other legal documents relating to criminal and civil proceedings.

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.

Letter, promissory notes, and accounts relative Henry Hart of Kingsbury, N.Y., and the administration of his estate. Account of Hamilton McCollister lists numerous people with claims to Hart's estate.