Series I: Correspondence
Scope and Contents note
This series, making up over half of the collection, contains correspondence received by or written by Varick. Some of his more frequent correspondents were: Lt. Daniel Gano, Cornelius Cuyler, Philip John Schuyler, Gen. Horatio Gates, Col. Joseph Ward, James Lamb, John Varick, Jr., Richard Lush, John Lansing, Jr., Henry Rutgers, Jr., Jacob John Lansing, Henry Sewall, Lewis Woodruff, William Bradford, Jr., John Morin Scott, Daniel Carthy, Dirck Romeyn, Henry Glen, Matthew Visscher, Peter W. Yates, John Laurance, Peter Elting, Philip Van Rensselaer, Col. Jonathan Trumbull, John V.B. Varick, John Sanders, and Simeon De Witt.
Subseries 1: Letters received.
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains letters written to Varick. It begins with letters where the author of the letter could not be indentified. Following are single letters or small groups of letters that are alphabetized by author. Following these, each folder is dedicated to one author, and each contains four or more letters. These are alphabetized by last name.
unidentified correspondents, 1776-1798
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A - B, single letters or small groups, 1779-1830
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
C, single letters or small groups, 1775-1821
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
D - F, single letters or small groups, 1776-1804
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
G, single letters or small groups, 1776-1791
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
H, single letters or small groups, 1776-1794
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
J - L, single letters or small groups, 1776-1798
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
M - O, single letters or small groups, 1776-1798
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
P - R, single letters or small groups, 1776-1821
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
S, single letters or small groups, 1776-1825
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
T, single letters or small groups, 1779-1798
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
V - Z, single letters or small groups, 1776-1821
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
French correspondents written in French, 1793-1811
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Theodorus Bailey, 1784-1787
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
William Bradford, 1778-1779
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daniel Carthy, 1780
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Capt. W.] Colfax, 1781-1782
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cornelius Cuyler, 1776
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Simeon DeWitt, 1797, 1814-1815
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dey Family, 1780-1781, 1821
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Duane, 1784-1789
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter Elting, 1776-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daniel Gano, 1775-1778
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Major C.] Gibbs, 1780
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nic Gilman, 1780
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Oliver Glean, 1781-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Henry Glen, 1776-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Frank Green, 1779
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Hancock, 1821
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Udney Hay, 1775-1784
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hugh Hughes, 1781-1782
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Charles Knight, 1782-1791
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Lamb, 1777-1780
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jacob J. Lansing, 1770-1771
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Lansing, 1776-1777
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Lansing, 1778-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Laurance, 1782-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Henry B. Livingston, 1776-1782
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Zach Lukels, 1781-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Richard Lush, 1777-1782
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Alexander McDougall, 1775-1782
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Morrell, 1782-1783
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Isaac Nicoll, 1778-1789
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dirck Romeyn, 1780-1782
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Isaac Roosevelt, 1788
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Henry Rutgers, 1778-1779
Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Phillip John Schuyler, 1776-1796
Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Morin Scott, 1775-1784
Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Henry Sewell, 1770-1781
Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jonathan Trumbull, 1781-1794
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pierre Van Cortlandt, 1783-1796
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter L. Van Rensselaer, 1779-1783
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Varick family, 1776-1782
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Matthew Visscher, 1781-1783
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Joseph Ward, 1777-1780
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter Wilson, 1778-1785
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[W.] Wilson, 1801
Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lewis Woodruff, 1778-1779
Box: 3, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Anna [Yale], 1776-1777
Box: 3, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Peter Yates, 1781-1790
Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries 2: Drafts and copies of letters sent
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains drafts and copies of letters written by Varick. It begins with letters where the intended recipient could not be indentified. Following are single letters or small groups of letters that are alphabetized by recipient. Following these, each folder is dedicated to one recipient, and each contains four or more letters. These are alphabetized by last name.
Unidentified correspondents, 1776-1779
Box: 3, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A - C, single letters or small groups, 1776-1819
Box: 3, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
D - F, single letters or small groups, 1776-1780
Box: 3, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
G - H, single letters or small groups, 1776-1780
Box: 3, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
J - L, single letters or small groups, 1775-1823
Box: 3, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
M - P, single letters or small groups, 1776-1782
Box: 3, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
R - T, single letters or small groups, 1776-1805
Box: 3, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
V - W, single letters or small groups, 1776-1826
Box: 3, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
William Bradford, 1778-1779
Box: 3, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Continental Congress, 1777-1783
Box: 3, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
James Duane, 1777-1780
Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Daniel Gano, 1775-1776
Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Horatio Gates, 1776-1801
Box: 3, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Hancock, 1776-1777
Box: 3, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Gen.] Heath, 1780
Box: 3, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Alexander McDougall, 1776-1777
Box: 3, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Timothy Pickering, 1779
Box: 3, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Phillip Schuyler, 1776-1780
Box: 3, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Phillip L. Van Rensselaer, 1778-1829
Box: 3, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Abraham Van Vechten, 1810-1819
Box: 3, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Varick, 1825-1830
Box: 3, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Joseph Ward, 1777-1778
Box: 3, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
George Washington, 1776
Box: 3, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries 3: Other correspondence
Scope and Contents note
This subseries contains correspondence that is neither from nor to Varick, several invitations and RSVPs, and documents that list the contents of Varick's books of transcribed letters.
Other correspondents, 1775-1801
Box: 3, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Invitations and RSVPs, 1786-1821
Box: 3, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Contents of books/letters transcribed", 1781
Box: 3, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)