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Includes a promissory note to AT, with record of payments, from Aaron Burr and two receipts for purchases of slaves by AT.

Includes a certified copy of AT's will (which refers to a slave), receipts for payment of estate distribution, copy of a judge's opinion on the will. For post-1842 records, see f.1.14.

Includes documents concerning lawsuits; transfer of shares in Gravesend and Coney Island Road and Bridge Co.; Coney Island House payments; promissory notes; and text of advertisement for sale of land from Abraham's estate.

Includes financial transactions involving various Terhunes, such as bonds, invoices and receipts for grocery purchases, a slave, medical attention, and the like.

Includes an 1800 letter in which the writer conveys to JT, then proposed for state Assembly, public speculation that he harbors undemocratic principles; a minister's unwillingness to preside at a burial of another minister's congregant; requests from JT's nephew, J. Emmans, for money due him from an estate; and notice of Sheriff's sale of house and JT's inquiry thereon.

Includes financial documents, such as bills for clothing, household items, services, farm expenses; promissory notes and interest payments; and notes to Abraham, some of which were bound together, apparently by an executor, with the note "These notes were said to constitute that claim, upon which the Executors of Abraham Terhune got the Coney Island House."

Includes a resolution for the formation of a society for the "promotion of agriculture and rural economy"; certificate of JT's appointment as Quarter Master of the 1st regiment of the 1st brigade of the N.Y. cavalry; indenture witnessed by JT; indenture of a boy apprentice to JT; and financial documents. Related to f.1.8 and f.1.10.

Includes items concerning the Kings County Court of Common Pleas, reflecting JT's activity as judge; many appear to be in his handwriting. Includes an incomplete draft of petition to the U.S. Congress, objecting to the military's seizure of farm lands at the Narrows of New Utrecht; several executed and unexecuted deeds and other agreements; a court filing by a defendant, James Hatch, in a case concerning damages of goods held onboard a ship; account of court fees; and record of JT's appointment as arbitrator in a local dispute. Related to f.1.7 and f.1.10.

Includes an advertisement by Albert Terhune concerrning stolen corn; fire insurance policy to Abraham and John Terhune on a house in Gravesend; notes of charges against Elias Hubbard, an elder of the Flatlands Dutch Church, including a complaint by A. Terhune; a draft will of Samuel Hubbard; and the will of Isaac Emmans (Terhunes, executors).

Includes JT correspondence with a Roger Strong in Albany on the incorporation of Gravesend, including concerns over fishing rights; list of objectors to the incorporation; drafts of petitions; and notices of accusations against JT for failure to account for funds as Supervisor of Gravesend.

Includes proxies, power of attorney to JT; records on dividends; bills for advertising election; memo addressed to state legislature for right to recapitalize. See also f.1.3.

Includes bills and receipts of John and Abraham Terhune for construction; correspondence concerning rent; description of proposed house; correspondence concerning an artillery company's stay at the House. Related to f.1.3, f.1.6, f.1.11.

Includes JT's unexecuted will; forms from Surrogate of Brooklyn for sale of personal property by executors; inventories and lists of sales; letter to Anna Terhune (Isaac's widow) from JT's heirs, requesting permission to remove JT's body from her property.

Includes legal opinions, decisions, papers relating to devisees of will. See also f.1.3.

Items found tied together prior to processing and including an opinion on the will of Albert Terhune, notes on executors' accounts, etc. All on same size, color and quality paper and were probably copies made by or for J.V.D. Wyckoff.

Includes accounts of court expenses incurred in litigation; power of attorney; service of notice to appear before court. A Kings County Supreme Court summons lays out the complex estate controversy.

Includes items relating variously to estates of Isaac, Roelef, Anna Terhune Stryker, and Margaret Terhune Wyckoff. Receipts and executors' notes. Includes a document by J.V.D. Wyckoff on family members and marriages.

Includes two partially filled notebooks, a check and miscellaneous jottings. Most appear to be product of J.V.D. Wyckoff. Related to f.2.1, f.2.9.

Items dealing with estate of Jane Van Nuys, administered by John Terhune.

Includes a deed from Isaac Emmans (1811), bills and receipts.

Includes bills and farm records for Terhune Farm, 1844-45. See also f.2.9 for correspondence between Albert and J.V.D. Wyckoff on estates.

Items found tied together before processing, with exception of one notebook on administrative accounts added to file. Principally bills, receipts, accounts. Catherine Wyckoff Bennet (1797-1850), daughter of Margaret Terhune and John Wyckoff. Papers pertain to her share in her father's estate, administered by Abraham Van Siclen and Albert Wyckoff.

Includes correspondence with Albert Wyckoff and notes on Terhune Estates. 1858 document relates to Jacob V.D.Wyckoff's own estate. Related to f.2.l, f.2.4.

Includes bills and receipts under account administered by Jacob V.D.W. during George W.'s lifetime, and a bill of sale for house under George's estate.

Includes items dealing principally with financial matters.

Includes an unexecuted deed from Wilhemus Stoothoff to the Church.

Includes lists of household furnishings auctioned and of purchasers, similar to those in f.1.13.

Includes school commendation certificates (i.e., school premiums) from New York Ward Schools 14 and 29 and from the Mechanics' Institute; Wyckoff genealogical notes and correspondence collected in response to a request by Teunis Bergen; a bill of sale for the schooner Rebecca and Harriet; and correspondence from L. Bradford Prince, state senatorial candidate from Flushing (1875), asking for support and objecting to his opposition's tactics of personal slander.

Includes hotel bills (Canada), bills or receipts for coal, newspapers, Brooklyn taxes, bond and mortgage, etc.

Includes engineer's notes, such as hours and pay, arrival at stations, mechanical issues, etc. Many notes written on back of notices sent by Railroad offices.

Includes an issue of Contra Costa Gazette, Martinez, California newspaper (Aug. 6,1859); Samuel A. Goddard and Co. (Birmingham, UK) List of prices of hardware, guns, saddlery, . . ., with prices handwritten in (1850s?); a bill for coal (1883); and clipping of a poem "If I should die tonight" (1887).

Includes 6 images: George P. Barrett of the 7th regiment, N.Y.S. National Guard; J. B. Preswick of the 7th Minnesota Volunteers; Eldon P. Lighthill; George Meyers; Dr. C. B. Lighthill; one unidentified man.