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Series 2: Henry Brevoort, Jr. (1782-1848)

Correspondence, 1831-1847, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include E. Fellenberg, Henry Brevoort (nephew), and D.W. Lott.

Legal Documents, 1833-1843, inclusive

Folder: Flat File (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bond and assignment of mortgage, 1833, 1837, inclusive

Scope and Contents

HB, Jr. to Henry Cary and James Renwick, trustees for the estate of Laura C. Brevoort. 2 items.

Bond and mortgage, 1836

Scope and Contents

Jesse Delano to HB, Jr. 3 items.

Lease, 1836

Scope and Contents

C. Swan to HB.

Partition agreement, 1843

Scope and Contents

HB, Jr. Elias Brevoort and the trustees of Margaret A. Renwick. Sheepskin parchment.

Sub-series 2.1: Eleventh Street (New York City)

Printed reports, 1843, 1847, 1848, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

By the N.Y.C. Board of Aldermen. 3 items.

Handwritten correspondence and documents, 1844-1845, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Isaac L. Varian, J.A. Constant, Robert Boyd, R.F. Carson, Oscar F. Stibbins [Stubbins?], and John Pettigrew. Other documents include undated drafts (including regarding tax assessments), memos, and lists.

Broadsides, 1844, 1849, inclusive

Box: OS-6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Tax assessments (1844); Supreme Court hearing on the opening of Eleventh St. (1849).

Estate documents

Box: OS-6, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Will, 1835

Scope and Contents

Witnessed by Washington Irving.

Letters Testamentary to J. Carson Brevoort, 1848

Memo, undated

List of his real property holdings, undated

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