Series I: Genealogical and biographical material, 1828-1988
Scope and Contents
This series includes genealogical research and notes of various Ludington family members. Also included are two books with more detailed biographical and genealogical information: a memoir of Colonel Henry Ludington, by Willis Fletcher Johnson, and the Ludington-Saltus Records, compiled by Ethel (Saltus) Ludington. There is also a copy of The Spy Unmasked, by H.S. Barnum, an account of Enoch Crosby, a Patriot spy during the Revolution. Crosby was friendly with Colonel Henry Ludington, sometimes lodging with the family, and is believed to be the model for the character Harvey Birch in James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Spy.
Biographical sketches and genealogies, 1878, 1886, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Background information, Colonel Henry Ludington (includes artotype facsimiles of military appointments and other historic documents)
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence regarding family history, 1882-1894, 1974
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence and news clippings regarding Sybil Ludington, 1888-1894, 1988
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pamphlets on history of Quaker Hill, 1905, 1907
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Putnam County memorabilia (includes artotype facsimiles of historical documents and paintings), 1853, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Colonel Henry Ludington, A Memoir, by Willis Fletcher Johnson, 1907
Volume: BV Ludington 1, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ludington-Saltus Records, edited by Louis Effingham DeForest, 1926
Volume: BV Ludington 2, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Books)
The Spy Unmasked; or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, alias Harvey Birch, by H.L. Barnum, 1828
Volume: BV Ludington 3, Folder: unknown container (Material Type: Books)