Van Schaick-Baldwin Papers

Collection Type
Papers
Year Start
1750
Year End
1895
ID

SC11881

Access

Open to research

Acquisition

Purchased by the New York State Library from Frank Thomas, 1947

Processed By

Fred Bassett, Assistant Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, March 1987

Series Description

  1. Correspondence
    The majority of the letters were addressed to William W. and Catherine Van Schaick Baldwin, 1830-1895. Letters written before 1830 were mostly to Henry Van Schaick and Walter Baldwin. Also included in the collection are letters to Augustus Walter, 1805-1868.
  2. Business Papers
    Business records for the maintenance and production of family land on Van Schaick Island (Cohoes) 1830-1871. This includes account ledgers, day books, sales books, bills and receipts. Also included are records and policies of the Albany Insurance Company, 1848-1870.
  3. Estate Papers and Land Records
    Legal documents and estate inventories of Gerard Van Schaick, Henry Van Schaick and Catherine Van Schaick Baldwin and William W. Baldwin. Land records of Van Schaick family property in Albany, Cohoes, Lansingburg (Troy), Waterford and Watervliet, New York.
  4. Personal Papers, ca. 1850-1890
    Material that belonged to Catherine V.S. Baldwin, such as genealogical notes, invitations, photographs, poetry, and prose.

Related Collections

Additional papers of Van Schaick and allie families are available in SC10442, SC10837 and SC17284.

Box and Folder List

Box

Folder

Contents

  

Correspondence, 1750-1895

1

1

1750-1829

 

2

1830-1839

 

3

1840-1849

 

4

1850-1859

 

5

1860-1869

 

6

1870-1879

 

7

1880-1895

  

Business Papers and Records

2

 

Van Schaick Island:

 

1

Men's Account Book, 1864

 

2

Day Book, 1864

 

3

Day Book, 1865

 

4

Day Book, 1866

 

5

Sales Book, 1864-1865

 

6

Sales Book, 1866

 

7

Time Book, 1871

3

 

Bills and Receipts

 

1

1800-1839

 

2

1840-1849

 

3

1850-1869

 

4

1870-1890

 

5

Account Ledgers, 1840-1885

 

6

Household Accounts, 1805-1807

 

7

Milk Book, Van Schaick Island, 1865-1867

 

8

Insurance Policies, 1848-1868

 

9

Albany Insurance Co. Report

 

10

Augustus Walter, Business Papers, 1860-1865

  

Estate Papers and Land Records

4

 

Gerard Van Schaick Estate, 1823-1838

 

1

Accounts, 1823-1838

 

2

Receipts, 1830-1835

  

Henry Van Schaick Estate, 1822-1830

 

3

Inventories and Accounts

 

4

Receipts

 

5

Agreements with Anthony Van Schaick

  

Land Records, 1775-1840

 

6

Albany County

 

7

Rensselaer County

 

8

Saratoga County

 

9

New York State

5

 

Baldwin, William and Catherine V.S., 1830-1860

 

1

Settlement of Van Schaick Estate, 1846

 

2

Accounts and Inventories

 

3

Land Records, 1867-1882

 

4

Hermanville Long Island Real Estate Development

 

5

Land Surveys

  

Personal Papers, ca. 1850-1890

 

6

Genealogy

 

7

Invitations and Announcements

 

8

Photographs

 

9

Poetry

 

10

Writings

 

11

Miscellaneous