financial records

Boston merchant and first lord of the Manor of Queens Village; acquired ca. 1676 the Long Island peninsula of Lloyd Neck (also known as Queen's Village), originally known as Horse Neck, and today part of Huntington township. Following James Lloyd's death, control of the property passed to his son, Henry Lloyd. Account book, 1676-1731, kept by Boston merchant James Lloyd; with later accounts of his son, Henry Lloyd.

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, subscription books, financial records, and other materials concerning the New-York Historical Society's purchase of the original Audubon watercolors for John James Audubon's The Birds of America from his widow, Lucy Audubon, in 1863. It documents early attempts by Mrs.

Ebenezer Stevens (1751-1823) served as a soldier and officer in the Continental Army and the New York State Artillery Corps during the Revolutionary War. Post-war, he was an agent for the United States War Department as well as a successful merchant in New York City. This collection documents his activities as a merchant and as a commanding officer, focusing particularly on daily functions and the fortification of New York Harbor in the years 1802-1814. The papers do not contain much information about Stevens' Revolutionary War efforts, aside from two military orders.

This collection contains papers relating to the Duane family and associated families. The bulk of the collection concerns the papers of James Duane, a prominent New York lawyer, patriot, and land developer. James Duane (1733-1797) became the ward of Robert Livingston after his father's death around 1734 and married Livingston's daughter Mary in 1759. He made a number of profitable real estate investments and was a prominent lawyer by the time of the American Revolution.