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This document is from the Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections located in the Carl A. Kroch Library. If you have questions regarding this document or the information it contains, contact us at the phone number or e-mail listed below. Our website also contains research information and answers to frequently asked questions. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 E-mail: [email protected] Arc. SHTZT FOR P.':?EES DESCRlqED IN i958-1962 R~~ort. .# 4 N. Y. S. Canal Gomlisaioner, 1 P21-18'+0; Governor, 18b3-1844, liest? papers pertah largely to William Bouckk poLitical career and include appointment papers and other official documents concernjng his senrice as sheriff, assemblyman, ~ndpostmaster; letters ( 1812-1819) concerning his duties as sheriff and the revision of regulations governing thF) militia; also, considerahre corres&oondenceand related papers dealing with flew Pork State canals, especially ~5th respect to Bouckts position on the Canal ComA.ssion, and '.WE-Democratic party struggles as they related to the canal system (1839-181cO). Also, incoming correspondence and copies of %ouckls letters concerning local, state, and national walit;5cs (1812-189), and prfson and meat fnspection regulation in Hew York State; considerable material pertaining to the sale of lands in Schoharie Cmtyand adjacent areas (1727-1858); and papers relating to &uckfs Wisconsin land investments (184-1) , his position as Assistant V.S. Treasurer at New York City (184G1849); 2nd psrscnal and family busj~ess. 2 ft. (original 1.58.) ; 15 pcs. (photosbts); 1 reel microfilm, [For detailed descrjptions and notes, -zee attacked sheets. ] Card entrles: Bouck, William C. , 1786-1859, Papers, 1727-1866, Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1845 Seaxdsley, Zamuel Sest, Benjaminc @&&*I,*! (~72) Croswell. %win Dickinson, Daniel Stevens Ehonds, John 'vlorth Fermson , John Hoffm, Prchael Jervis, John Bloomfield Johnson, (Sir) k!illiam Lawyer, Jacob Laqwr, Tholras plcblpine, Th'illiam Jarvis iti lh, hrrm (K rk'LJ) IJiven. Archibald ~ampbel(i- Roberts, fathan S. Sarcford, Lyman Spalding, lyman Van Xren, .Fart%n (A& 3-72) Xright, Penjawin Barnburners Bouck Fw(Schoharle County) Cayuga and Seneca Gnal Champlain Canal (~ont. page 2) Card entries: (cont .) dcknowledgment v8 e Acceselon list- w Accession folderd- % Chemng Canal Dee. for report&- za. Chemung Dam Donor -3 Chenango Canal Nalllng list car- r: Crooked Lake Canal Corres. file tracerz1 i5 Democratic Party Catalog cards-Temp.- z Erie Canal Perm. - B 0 Genessee Valley Canal Ti Whig Party 'I? -3 Fulton (Schoharie County) m Schenectady (Schenectady County) m Schoharie County (land sales) C Schoharie County (politics) Utica (Oneida County) 1 ?, H Anti-Mason- -3 Antirent movement * gr Canals (~ewYork state) T: Debt (Imprisonment for) 5: Epidemics (Cholera) Labor (canal construction) mi Militia (New York State) 0 Politics. -- (New York- State) Prices (c. 1800-2.1850) Hm Prisons (Eew York State) F a Public health hew York State) F c ; 5 '5 1 i';l* it- mH im!g 'H . m ..i m +4 n$ w 4s:+@ a F IP m Ln W I U1 W 0 I- , 1786-1859. Papers, 1727-1866; 2 ft. (original BS.), 15 PCS. reel microfilm. Sheriff of Schoharie County, 1812-1914; member of the N.Y.S. Assembly, 1813-1814; Postmaster, West Middlebury, New York. 1821+; member of the N.Y.S. Cam1 Commission. 1821-1840: Governor of Kew York State, Assistant U.9. Treasurer at New York City, 1846-1649. 1843-1844; %--GeLhb~-c+f-M.r~Map--W~S4&%- . -. - .__ . -. -~ f"-- ... .. hese papers pertain largely to Governor Bouckls political career ad include appointment papers and other official documents concerning his service as sheriff. assemblyman, and postmaster; incoming letters (1812-1819) from J. P. Adams, Samuel Baldwin. Joseph Bouck, Joseph Bout. Peter Farrell. mnHawes, Elias Holliday, Aaron Hubbad. Thomas Lawyer, Alexander Loun. Henry HCKO~, Gaorge Yam, F. G. Meyer, Freegift Patchin. J. Shepard. Peter Snyder, F. Stranahan. Geor~eTiffany, Joseph Trout, and J. Vanderpoel concerning his duties as sheriff, the revision of regulations governing the militia, and state ad local politics. Also, considerable cornspondence and related papers deal% with 30uck's position on the Canal Commission, including contractors' receipts and accounts (1830-1840); monthly construction an3 repair estimates for the Chemung, Chenango. Erie, Champlain, and Crooked Lake Canals (1830-1840) and the Chemung Dam (1833); detailed reports on construction adseasonal openings and closings, with information on technical difficulties with locks and other construction problems and on the procurement of labor (1830-1842), as reported by the canal engineers and other correspondents. among whom were Dana Allen. Alfred Barrett, Orville Childs. Isaac Crane, Michael Hoffman. 8. Hutchinson, John Bloomfield Jervis, William Jarvis McAlpine. Frederick Mills, Wis Porter. Nathan Roberts, and Porteus Root; petitions to the Canal Board ard later to aouck personally for restitution for damages allegedly suffered from cad constmction ad operation: letters from Benjamin Wright concerning the enlargement of the Canal; discussions of projects involving the Mohawk and Rudson Railroad and the enlarged Erie (1834-1845) and the Oswego Ship Canal (L935)t problems arising from the passage of canals through Schanectadg ad other cities (1539), and Whig-Democratic party stmggles as they related to the canal system (1839-1840). f 1 further Igmm arvjl 'Also, correspondence wfth Sanfod, Robert McClellan, others r3 zb concerning Bouck s later public life, including hls politAcal views (1836-1838) , 5 n in to Subtreasury plan; in tb especially regard the national with associates zw 4 m canal his as it canals: system regarding polittcal position might affect the m I C rrith William Coleman, E. H. GodwLn, and Padd Hamilton concemhg maneuvers behind his first gubernatorial nohatton (la@), analyzing the reasons for z2 H -3 his defeat in the 1840 sleetion and discussing plans for us renwnination; Y ~;ll!a~8m~1.r Mdq, WIZ-~SR~ * with George Galdwell, Edan Croswell, John Fdmonds, 1Jllham McClay, William !! !!+. 'Kckrray, John Peirce, T?illh Shemood, 3. Staats, Aaron Vanderpoel, and 3~1 others concerning his second nomination (1842) ; and Bouckl s personal statements n 2 (1842) on the dlrect tax and other issues.+ --------- -- ..- 2 /-- <'Also, correspondence (1842-18U) of Thothy Corbkn, D. laver, and Burton Thomas with related appeals and statements, deallng with the anti-rent zH 4 movement and resultant tie disturbances, maw in Schoharie and Remselaer E cd Counties; ~thWard B. Howard, Henrg P. Nugent, John W. Bhonds, Archibald C. 3 w Niven, and others in regard to prlson affabs at SkgSing, Auburn, Ht. Pleasant, v19 and other state penal. institutions (i@kO-l€Y&), including such matters as imprisonment for debt, requests for pardons, unsatisfactorg conditions 5m 2 .b' femle and juvenile prisons, anl competitim condct labor; ard with Marctin Charles concerning Also, Y Fairchild an3 A. Jackson meat tnspectlon regulations, 0 P 7;: scatted of Samuel Bsardslegr, Daniel S. Grimld, letters DicEdnson, Cheater I- 4 m ad concerning 5m others Barnhrmr-Ehbr factionalism the Ihmocratic Pam, w~;r 1 City apposition administration, the circular Ln Hew Pork to the hck secret ow P mowment, pre-Civil War tensions, and various other aspects of national, state, and local pol.Stics, Also, considerable mterfal pe-fnhg to the sale of lands (1727-1858) in Schoharie County and adjacent areas; includes bills of se.Lzure, deds, and indentures and involve the following personsx Ryley Adams, Alexander ad Stephen Alexander, John Jacob Astor; Frederick, Herdrick, John, and Willtam oY Bauck; HemBernhard; Senjamin, Henrg, and Isaac Best; Joseph Bleecker, Christian Bogh, Joseph and William !buck, John Cmyseler, Peter and Thomas Danforth, John Depeyster, Corne1.i~~Feeck, John and Jams Ferguson, Johnnes FrJLck, David Frisbie, John Fqmbe, Elijah and Flon Galusha, Hem Hamilton, e z Joseph Renv, Sir Willlam Johnson, Abraham Keyssr, Daniel LarHn, Jacob 3 3l V1 Lawyer, Morgan Lewis, George Mogers, Jacob Murpw, Jacob Russell, Sanford, Philip Serpis, Lyman Spalding, Frederick ard' TmStanton, Asa Starkweather, Frederick Stewart, John Torgerson, Alexader and Peter Vroman, Adam and Marthes Vrooman, and micholas ard WilUam Pork.? ..-- -.. --.- -- -I.- --- - -- --2 /--- / MisceLlsnaous iksinclude N.Y.S. MiUtia comissions , deeds, indentures, F P c copies of wllls and probate papers, and other legal documents (1771-1859) 5 of buck, his father, Chfistian, and Ms grandfather, William; papers relating appointment as Assistant U.S. Treasurer a 4 to buck's Wisconsin land investments (18ti), his lQ!mQw 4 C 1846-1849) E hNew York City &&&, and his rental incorns and other personal and famkly business; nA1itia appointments of Joseph Bouck (1829); Charles Bouck's rl certjfieate of appointment to the Nton, N.Y. War Codttee (Far& 1865) ; 4 Z estate inventoq df Cornelius Feeck (1805) ; a schedule (1840) of days that z P property owners wem re- to work on mads, Frrlton, Schoharie County; 3 and business ppers of jamln and Juliet Bst (18-1866) and John F~P~USO~ = (1852-1855). Onpublish& guides available. (2206) William C, Bouck Paprs K 3 Additional notes on selected items in original accession described in 1958-1962 F' Re~ort: %. Z8 Letter to W. C.B., Albaw, from Lewis Eaton, Washington, U.S. Congressman, H January 25, 1845, re annexation; Cabinet appointments