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Abraham Yates, Jr. papers.

Title
Abraham Yates, Jr. papers.
Author
Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796.
Publication
1688-1920s, bulk 1754-1795.
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volume 1Moving imageRestricted use MssCol 3405 volume 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
LetterbookMoving imageRestricted use *ZL-447 LetterbookSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
box 1Moving imageRestricted use MssCol 3405 box 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328
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folder (oversize) 1Moving imageRestricted use MssCol 3405 folder (oversize) 1Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328

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Additional Authors
  • Clinton, George, 1739-1812
  • Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834
  • Lansing, John, 1754-1829
  • Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790
  • Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
  • Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798
  • Yates, Christopher Peter, 1750-1815
  • Yates, Robert, 1738-1801
Description
2.68 linear feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 volume).
Summary
Abraham Yates Jr. (1724-1796) of Albany, New York, was an American lawyer, politician, and political essayist of the Founding Era. He was an Anti-Federalist during the Confederation and Constitutional periods, known for his writings as "Rough Hewer" and "Sidney" in the New York press. Yates held many elected and appointed offices, notably Albany alderman (1753-1773), high sheriff of the city and county of Albany (1754-1759), chairman of the Albany Committee of Correspondence (1775- 1776), and member of the four New York Provincial Congresses and the State's first legislative convention (1775-1777), chairing the committee to write the State's constitution. He then served as New York State senator (1777-1790), Continental Loan Officer for New York (1779-1786), delegate to the Confederation Congress (1787-1788), and mayor of Albany (1790-1796). The Abraham Yates Jr. papers, 1688-1920s (bulk 1754-1795), chiefly span his professional and political activities in New York from 1754 until his death in 1796, reflecting his work as sheriff, lawyer, Revolutionary War patriot, public official, political essayist, and avocational historian. The papers comprise correspondence, documents, and printed matter, 1688-1825; a letter book kept while Continental Loan Officer, 1779-1782; journals, including a record of his time as sheriff during the French and Indian War, 1750s-1790s; drafts of his political and historical writings for publication, 1783-1796?; research materials serving his legal, political and historical endeavors, 1750s-1790s; and papers concerning the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, 1761- 1700s. Also present are early 20th-century typescript copies of materials in the collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Broadsides (notices).
  • Correspondence.
  • Diaries.
  • Financial records.
  • Indexes (reference sources).
  • Legal documents.
  • Letter books.
  • Local histories.
  • Manuscripts.
  • Property records.
  • Transcripts.
Access (note)
  • Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
  • Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
Additional Formats (note)
  • available as digital images.
  • Published in
  • Available on microfilm;
Funding (note)
  • Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Source (note)
  • Donated by Victor Hugo Paltsits in 1919.
Language (note)
  • In English, Dutch, and Latin.
Provenance (note)
  • The papers were purchased by Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) and willed to his wife, Catherine Gansevoort Lansing (1838-1918), who deposited the collection with The New York Public Library in 1915. She bequeathed it to Victor Hugo Paltsits, the Library's Keeper of Manuscripts, who donated the collection to the library in 1919. The collection also contains purchases and donations made after the deposit date, notably donations by Howard Townsend in 1917.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 3405
OCLC
NYPW94-A435
Author
Yates, Abraham, 1724-1796.
Title
Abraham Yates, Jr. papers.
Production
1688-1920s, bulk 1754-1795.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
volume
Restricted Access
Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
Additional Formats
Numbered correspondence, Series I: available as digital images.
Selected items, Series I: Published in The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution, edited by John P. Kaminsky and others (Digital Edition, UVA Press; Print Edition, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, also via University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.)
Abraham Yates Jr. letterbook, 1779-1782: Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-447
Funding
Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Language
In English, Dutch, and Latin.
Note
Donated by Victor Hugo Paltsits in 1919.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Rare Book Division: Wentworth, Thomas, 1568?-1628. The office and duty of executors..... London: Printed by John Streater, for Henry Twiford in Vine-Court, Middle Temple, 1663. From the library of Abraham Yates, Jr.
Provenance
The papers were purchased by Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) and willed to his wife, Catherine Gansevoort Lansing (1838-1918), who deposited the collection with The New York Public Library in 1915. She bequeathed it to Victor Hugo Paltsits, the Library's Keeper of Manuscripts, who donated the collection to the library in 1919. The collection also contains purchases and donations made after the deposit date, notably donations by Howard Townsend in 1917.
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Occupation
Essayists.
Lawyers.
Politicians.
Public officers.
Added Author
Clinton, George, 1739-1812, correspondent.
Lansing, Abraham Gerrit, 1756-1834, correspondent.
Lansing, John, 1754-1829, correspondent.
Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790, correspondent.
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806, correspondent.
Smith, Melancton, 1744-1798, correspondent.
Yates, Christopher Peter, 1750-1815, correspondent.
Yates, Robert, 1738-1801, correspondent.
LCCN
ms 74000587
Research Call Number
MssCol 3405
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