Hoke Family Papers

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Letters to Chester Bromley Hoke

1. Ella P. Failing,  return receipt for registered mail, 1895
2. Russell J. Butler (Army friend) to Chester Bromley Hoke, 1921

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Letters from Chester Bromley Hoke to Elizabeth Hoke (14 items)

1. June 1892-September 1893 to Lizzie Phillips (13 items)
2. March 1899 to Lizzie Hoke (1 item)

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Testimonial to Chester Hoke from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1870 – See Box 5 (oversize)

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Wedding certificate of C.B. Hoke and L. Phillips, 1893 – See Box 5 (oversize)

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Papers concerning Chester Hoke's G.A.R. membership, 1891-1895 (13 items)

1. Appointment, undated, to G.A.R. Decoration Day committee
2. Calling card with G.A.R. logo
3. Coupon, undated, for purchase of outfit
4. Newspaper clipping, 1901, concerning pension report prepared for G.A.R. national encampment
5. Receipts for G.A.R. dues, 1891-1896 (3 items)
6. Rules of Order of the National Encampment, 1896, Grand Army of the Republic
7. Solicitation from Keystone Publishing, 1895, to become a sales agent for the book, Sparks from the Campfire or Tales of the Old Veterans (4 items)
8. Advertising sheet (poster size), ca. 1895, for the Keystone Publishing book, Sparks from the Campfire – See Box 5 (oversize)

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1. Bills and receipts of Chester Bromley Hoke, 1893-1906, for coal, groceries, meat, rent (17 items)
2. Bills for the funeral of Eveline Harris (aunt of Elizabeth Hoke), 1898 (2 items)
3. Promissory note, 1893, to Daniel B. Johnson

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Mrs. Fred R. Frank (cousin) to Elizabeth Hoke, 1904 (1 item)

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Helen Hoke (daughter) to Elizabeth Hoke, 1918-1923 (5 items)

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Mary Rock (sister), to Elizabeth Hoke, 1903-1904 (3 items)

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Eliza Thomason (cousin) to Elizabeth Hoke, 1894, 1903 (2 items)

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P. Van Horn (cousin) to Elizabeth Hoke, 1898 (1 item)

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Wright B. Walker to Elizabeth Hoke, 1904 (1 item)

Financial Records, 1882-1918

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Bills and receipts of Elizabeth Hoke, née Phillips, 1882-1898 (19 items)

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Business correspondence to Elizabeth Hoke concerning search for any assets in the estate of Eveline Harris (her aunt), including letters from banks, attorneys, a surrogate and an insurance company, 1898-1899 (10 items)

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Demand letters for payment

1. Letter from Freeman Brothers Collecting Agency to Elizabeth Hoke, 1905, concerning claim of Gately Furniture Company
2. Letter from Michael Girondi to Elizabeth Hoke, 1918, concerning payment of rent, taxes and water charges

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Marketing circulars

1. Circular for letter boxes from Safety Letter Box Supply House
2. Coupon for free doll from Consumers Jewelry of New Haven, Conn.

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Newspaper Clippings, 1893-1895, ca. 1908-1915, and undated, containing poems, obituaries for Philip Phillips (father) and Eveline Harris (aunt), and picture of Jack Johnson, Heavyweight Champion (found tipped in the Black Phalanx book)

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Newspaper clippings mounted on backing, undated (2 items) – See Box 5 (oversize) concerning wedding of Chester and Elizabeth, birth of son, death of prominent African-Americans, and social events in the African-American community

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Mabelle Hoke Dukins (daughter of Chester Hoke)
Letter from Mabelle Hoke Dukins to the commander of the Canajoharie G.A.R., 1913, inquiring as to whether father has died

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Eveline Harris (aunt of Elizabeth Hoke)

1. Memorial card, black card with gold and silver imprinting, 1898
2. Notepaper listing her dates of birth and death
3. Correspondence to Elizabeth Hoke concerning estate of Eveline Harris – See Box 1, Folder 12
4. Bill for funeral expenses to Chester Hoke – See Box 1, Folder 4

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Robert Hoke (son of Chester and Elizabeth Hoke)

1. Bank notice about returned check, 1956
2. Bill from Robert J. Hoke Taxi Service, ca. 1930s
3. Empty envelope to Bob Hoke

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Eunice Phillips (relationship to Elizabeth Hoke unknown)

1. Letter from Jane C. Voorhees to Eunice Phillips, 1872, advising her to fully ensure good title to land acquired by gift before building on it

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Philip Phillips (father of Elizabeth Hoke)

1. Bill to Philip Phillips for various items, including codfish and load of stone, dated 1869, marked paid 1882
2. Family Bible – See Box 4

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Miscellaneous

1. Note card with date of Mrs. Mary Ann Ostrander's death in 1880 and date of Philip Phillips death in 1881
2. Scrap of lined paper [blotting paper?] with words and doodles

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Badge: "Grand Army of the Republic. In Memoriam, U.S. Grant, Post No. 5, Philadelphia"

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Badge: "New York, 41st National Encampment, Saratoga Springs, September 1907"

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Badge: "Robert A. Bell, Post No. 134, 24th National Encampment, Aug. 12th, 1890, Boston, Mass."

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Cloth fragment [from uniform?] embroidered with "Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Cloth fragment [from uniform?] embroidered with "Farrell Post 51"

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Miniature sword decorative watch fob

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Leather wallet with metal clasp

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Long-stemmed clay pipe (stem broken)
Stamped: Holland. Inscribed: "Given to Philip Hoke, Jan. 24 73 by Hazel Bowman [?] of Gloversville at Dutch Lake"

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Silver thimble decorated with scenes and engraved "Lizzie"

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Eliza Coshburn, inscription on back: "A Merry Christmas to Aunt Evelina, From Eliza Coshburn" 
Photographer: C.H. Pease, Cottage Studio.

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Evelina Coshburn, inscription on back: "A Merry Christmas to Aunt Evelina, From Evelina [sic] Coshburn" 
Photographer: Cottage Studio.

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Mary Phillips
Photographer: W.D. Wentworth & Son, Fort Plain and Sharon Springs, N.Y.

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Unidentified baby
Photographer: Lloyd's Photographic Art Studio, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Unidentified baby in silver-colored metal frame (Recovered document*)

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Unidentified young man (Recovered document*)
Photographer: Donnelly, New Haven, Ct.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: W.H. Abbott, Little Falls, N.Y.

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Unidentified man (Recovered document*)
Photographer: Burgess, Schenectady, N.Y.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: Gilman, Canajoharie and Fort Plain, N.Y.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: Instantaneous Photo Company, Washington, D.C.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: William H. Kibbe, Johnstown, N.Y.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: Lloyd's Photographic Art Studio, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Unidentified man
Photographer: H.F. Ziegler, New York

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Unidentified young woman
Photographer: E. Osborn, St. Johnsville, N.Y.

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Unidentified young woman (Recovered document*)
Photographer: W.D. Wentworth & Son, Fort Plain & Sharon Springs, N.Y.

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Unidentified woman
Photographer: E.C. Betts, Bridgeport, Conn.

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Unidentified woman [Elizabeth Hoke?]
Photographer: S. Dygert, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Unidentified woman (Recovered document*)
Photographer: Gilman, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Unidentified woman
Photographer: George Kibbe, Amsterdam, N.Y.

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Mary Ann Ostrander [?] of Saratoga, N.Y. by A.E. Alden's "New Style Carte de Visite, by Machinery," Troy, N.Y. and Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

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Daughter of Mary Ann Ostrander [?] of Saratoga, N.Y

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Ostrander [?] (young girl), by A.E. Alden's "New Style Carte de Visite, by Machinery," Troy (N.Y.) and Saratoga Springs (N.Y.) "during the season"

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Unidentified man. Photographer: Gilman, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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Copy (enlarged and matted) of cabinet card photograph (Box 3, Folder 14) of unidentified woman, Original photographer: E. Osborn, St. Johnsville, N.Y.

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Copy (enlarged and matted) of cabinet card photograph (Box 3, Folder 18) of unidentified woman. Original photographer: Gilman, Canajoharie, N.Y. 

Photographs: Snapshots

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Boys' basketball team [likely Canajoharie High School], 1942

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Elizabeth Hoke, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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R.J. Hoke, Canajoharie, N.Y.

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R.J. Hoke, sitting in car (2 copies)

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Unidentified child on tricycle (2 views)

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Unidentified girl, standing on sidewalk

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Unidentified girl, standing on sidewalk with dog

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Unidentified man in cap and gown

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Unidentified man standing in front of house

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Unidentified man sitting in car (same car pictured in Box 3, Folder 29)

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Unidentified man standing by car (same car pictured in Box 3, Folder 29)

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Unidentified woman in long skirt with white apron, standing in front of house

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Unidentified woman

Photographs: Studio portraits

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Unidentified man

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Unidentified woman dressed in long white gown

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Orrie Ostrander, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (3 items)

1. As baby
2. As young child
3. As adult

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Group of four seated people (Recovered document*)

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Man identified with initials [E.G.?]

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Unidentified man in suit and hat (Recovered document*)

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Unidentified man

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Unidentified children outside building, picture printed directly on oval metal photo frame (14.5 x 19.5 cm)

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Unidentified charcoal and chalk portrait of a woman (possibly Lizzie Hoke), undated – See Box 5 (oversize)

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Portrait (charcoal and chalk of Chester Bromley Hoke, undated – See Box 5 (oversize)

Bibles

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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised (New York: American Bible Society, 1850) 
Inscribed: "Mr. Philip Philips, Canajoharie, May 4, 1873, N.Y."

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The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; Translated Out of the Original Greek; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised (pocket size), (New York: American Bible Society, 1870)
Inscribed: "Presented by the R.C.S.S. to Lizzie Phillips for regular attendance, Canajoharie, N.Y., June 18th 1871"

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Savage, Richard Henry. The Masked Venus: A Story of Many Lands (New York:  The American News Company, 1893). Paperback.
Presentation copy given as wedding present. Inscription: "Bromley Hoke, Farrell Post, G.A.R., From his comrade, Richard Henry Savage, October 25, 1893"

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Savage, Richard Henry. My Official Wife: A Novel (New York: The Home Publishing Company, 1893. Paperback.
Presentation copy given as wedding present. Inscription: "Bromley Hoke, Farrell Post 51. G.A.R., From his comrade, Richard Henry Savage, October 25, 1893, Formerly Lieut Corps Engineer U.S.A., Westpoint '68, Staff Genrl G.H. Thomas 1868-1871"

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Savage, Richard Henry. Prince Schamyl's Wooing (New York: The American News Company, 1892). Paperback.
Presentation copy given as wedding present. Inscription: "Bromley Hoke, Farrell Post, G.A.R., From his comrade, Richard Henry Savage, October 25, 1893"

Book removed from collection and cataloged with rare books collection

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Wilson, Joseph T. The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65 Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing, 1888). 
Inscription: "$5, D.R. Eacker, A gift Fonda, N.Y., To B. Hoke, Canajoharie, N.Y., Member of Co. G 54th Regt of Infantry Mass. Vols., Enlisted April 9th 1863 Discharged June 20th 1865"

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Advertising sheet (poster size), ca. 1895, for the Keystone Publishing book, Sparks from the Campfire

Certificates - Fragile

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Testimonial to "Bromily Hoke" from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, April 19, 1870

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Wedding certificate of Chester Hoke and Elizabeth Phillips, October 25, 1893 - FRAGILE

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Newspaper clippings mounted on backing, undated (2 items) concerning wedding of Chester and Elizabeth, birth of son, death of prominent African-Americans, and social events in the African-American community - FRAGILE

Portraits

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Unidentified portrait (possibly Elizabeth Hoke) (charcoal and chalk) - FRAGILE

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Portrait of Chester Hoke (charcoal and chalk) - FRAGILE