Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography.

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Four volumes of records created by Frederick Whittlesey (June 12, 1799 – September 19, 1851), an early Rochester lawyer, Congressional representative, and leader of Anti-Masonic movement. The records in this collection date between 1826 and 1831. They include a day book, cash books, and a scrapbook on the Morgan disappearance.

Scope and Content Note George M. B. Hawley was a Geneva, New York attorney and historian. He collected materials related to the early history of central New York. His papers include manuscripts, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs regarding Tucson Artifacts (excavated 1924-1925), Pulteney Estates as well as others; map of homestead farm belonging to William Potter, Rhode Island, 1800. Contains deeds to Pulteney Estate land sales.Also includes a rare slave registration document from Ontario County,...

Content Description This collection consists of the papers of the Montgomery and Angell families, their relatives, and associates between 1810 and 1952. The materials include Montgomery and Angell family correspondence, Captain Charles S. Montgomery's Civil War papers, legal papers of Mortimer F. Delano and Harvey Montgomery, deed books (inc. Holland Land Purchase), receipt books, and other misc. books. It also includes the chain of title for the 100-Acre Tract and other Phelps & Gorham transactions. One...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of lawyer and judge Nathaniel Foote, a prominent member of the Rochester bar for several decades and Judge on the benches of both the New York State Supreme Court and the Fourth Appellate Division. A small collection of papers of his father in law, James E. Campbell, is also included and has been separated into its own series. Materials in this collection date from the 1840s to the early 1900s, with the bulk dating between 1873 and 1896. The materials...