delancy nicoll papers, 1890s - columbia

DeLancy Nicoll Papers, 1890s MS#1413

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Summary Information Creator: DeLancey Nicoll Title and dates: DeLancey Nicoll Papers, 1890s Abstract: A large group of 340 letters to Herman Oelrichs, about a dinner for the retiring DeLancey Nicoll, New York City District Attorney, 1893. Group of 190 condolence letters, and 40 telegrams, and a quality of signed and unsigned calling cards, all in two large albums, all sent to Nicoll on the death of his son. Size: 1.68 linear ft. [4 document boxes] Call number: MS#1413 Location: Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library Butler Library, 6th Floor New York, NY 10027

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DeLancy Nicoll Papers

Language(s) of material: All material is in English. Biography: DeLancey Nicoll, the prominent New York City District Attorney (Graduated Columbia Law Scholl 1876). He was the DA who convicted President Grant’s partner, Fred Ward. His family was prominent in New York City for almost 300 Years. Description: 340 letters to Herman Oelrichs; 190 condolence letters; 40 telegrams; a quality of signed and unsigned calling cards, all in two large albums. Arrangement: Series 1: Letters Relating to the Complementary Dinner Approximately 400 letters. Arranged in a series of alphabetic folders Series 2: Correspondence Include Genealogy of the Nicoll and Ingraham Families; Letters of prominent New Yorkers to Nicoll or the Chamber of Commerce Series 3: Condolence letters and telegrams sent to Nicoll on the death of his son. 2 large albums Access and Use Access This collection has no restrictions Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. Other Finding Aids New York City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Edwin Patrick Kilroe Acquisition and Appraisal

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Acquisition Purchase, 2005 Accrual of Records No accruals are expected. Processing and Other Information Processing Information This collection was processed by Karen Aponte-Velez. Finding aid written by Patrick Lawlor in April 2007. Encoding: Finding aid written in English. Preferred Citation Identification of specific item; Date (if known); DeLancey Nicoll Papers, Box and Folder; General Manuscripts, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library. Subject Headings These papers have been indexed in the Columbia University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms. Nicoll, DeLancey, 1854-1933 New York (City)--History Chamber of Commerce & Industry (New York City) Public prosecutors--New York (State)--New York Social history--New York City—19th century

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Series 1: Letters Relating to the Complementary Dinner Box 1 Acton, T.C. Adee, Frederick Allen, E. Alexander, J.H Anderson, P. C Andriance, J. [Andrews, G.P]? Apagar, Allen S. Arnold, John G.H Auerbach, Joseph [Au…, Charles S.]? Ayman, B. Box 1 Babcock, Samuel Bailoun, Ellen L. Baker, George F. Baldwin, C. Baldwin, George V. Barclay, Henry A. Barclay, J.L Barlow, B.W Barnard, Otto Barrett, Geo Barnes, John S. Basliford, J.J. Battle, G. [Bayard, W.]? Bayne, D.K Beekam, J. W. [Berment, Edward]? Betts, Frederick H. Bliss, C. [Bookstand, H.W]? Bowers, John M. Boyle, James W. Breslin, James H. Bromliz, Issac Brookfield, W. Brown, A.C. Brown, Chass Brown, J. Brown, Martin B. Brown, Veron, H.

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Bush, Adriance J. Butler, P H. Byrnes, Thomas Box 1 Cadwalader, John L. Callien, M. Dwight Cameron, A.J. Canfield, A. [Carwell, R]? Carroll, Howard Carroll, John F. Carter, James C. Chanler, Winthrop Clark, D. C. Clark, J. M. Clark, W. H. Cohen, W. N. Colgate, R. Cockerill, J. Coudert, F. R. Cower, Esek Cram, H. J. Cravath, Paul Croker, R. Cross, R. J. Curtis, H. Curtis, W. E. Cutting, W. B. Box 1 Daly, J. Dana, Chas. A. Daspassos, J. Davis, G. Davis, Vermon Davis, W. Davies, Julien T. Davison, Stewart Dayton, C. W. Deming, H. C. Deforest, Henry Deforest, W. H. DeLafield, Richard DeLuze, A. Delmonico, Charles Dickerson, Edward N. Doremus, C. A.

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Duer, John King Dunham, Thomas C. Dunning, W. F. Dunlap, R. Dupignac, Frank J. Box 1 Edgell, George Edmond, W. Erhardt, J. B. Evarts, WM. M. Box 1 Fellows, J. R. Fish, Nicholas Fitch, Ashbelp Fitzgerald, Frank Flager, J. G. Flind, Austin Floyd Jones, Delancey Fosdick, O. B. Foster, Frederick Fox, Austen G. French, A. Freeland, H. H. Frost, W. M. Box 1 Gay, C. Giegerich, L. A. Gildersleeve, H. R. Gilroz, T. Goodman, Wendell Gray, H. M. Graynor, John W. [Gussie, ...]? Box 1 Haight, David L. [Hallulu, H. H]? Haines, John P. [Hamilton, W.] ? [Harrinson, E. H] ? [Harvard, J. J]? Haven, G. G. Heaton, W. W. Hendrix, J. C. Henry, L. [Heppler] [Herrman]

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Hoes, William M. Holluis, B. Hoadly, Geo. Hornblower, William B. Howland, G. Howland, H. H. Box 1 Imbrie, Chas F. [Imger] Ingersoll, Charles D. Ingraham, Geo. [Intgar, John]? Irvin, Richard [Isaac]? Iselin, Adrian Ives, Brayton Ives, Eugene S. Box 1 Jackson, Charles Jamin, Henry Jesup, Morris K. Joham, G. H. Jolie, Adrian Jones, C. H. Jones, Walter R. Box 1 Kane, G. Keller, J. M. Box 1 [Ladenburg...]? [Laminer, C]? Lauterback, E. Law, William H. Lawrence, Justice Lawrencepeck, C. Lewis, E. H. Lindsay, Geo. Lindsay, J. [Lockwood, B]? Loomis, A. Lowrey, Stone & Auerbach Lyman, Hart Lynn J. Lynn, Wauhope Box 1 [Macdona, A.D]?

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MacLure, David MacDonald, Carlos McCLare McKeever, J. L. McLeau, T. McMahon, Martin Mace, Daniel Marshall, Chass Martin, James Martine, Randolph Martinez, J. Martinez, Richard Martson, Wm. H. Miller, Charles R. Mitchell, Edward [Moostyn, Berkely]? Morgan, Joshun Mott, Jordan Murray, James B. Munn, H.N. Myers, T. W. Box 1 [Nardey, D. Y]? Nicoll, Benjamin Nicoll, H. D. Box 1 [Og…, M]? O’Hare, Stephen Olney, Peter B. Oliu, J.H. Osborne, James Box 1 Patterson Peabody, Charles Peabody, Geo. Pekham, W. Pendleton, F.K. Perkins, R.P. Poillon, John E. [Pruddeu, J.M]? Purdy, J. Purroy, Henry D. Box 1 [Quinland, J.H]? Box 1 Rainsford, W.S.

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[Ran…, Edward]? Regan, J. Richards, Geo. Rives, G.L. [Rolling, D.G]? Robinson, E.R. Roosevelt, Robert B. [Roosevelt, W.]? Root, Elihu [Rouscheng, R.P]? Russell, Horace Rupert, Justus Ryan, Thomas F. Box 1 Salzer, W. Sanger, Adolph Sanger J. Schmidt, O. Egerton Schurpler, R. [Sedgraick]? Semple, Lorenzo Sergrant, John Sherman, Geo. Sherman, H. F. Shermood, A.M. Sibley, Richard Stones, Jonathan Simms, Charles E. Sloan, Samuel Smith, Sabine Stafler, Henry Stanton, Walter Starr, M. A. Sterne, Simon Stetson, Francis L. Stewart, John Strauss, Isidor Box 1 Talcott [Taler, E]? Taylor, Frederick Tappin, James W. Towsend, J. Towsend, Robert Box 1 Unger, Henry

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Box 1 Van Duzer [Varnum, J. M] [Vanderwork, M.L]? Van Nest, G. Willett Van Siclen, George W. Box 1 [Ward, Henry]? [Waastaff, Alfred]? [Wallace, I]? Walton, George Ward, W. P. Waterburg, John I. Watson, John Webb, H. Watter Webb, W. S. Weekes, Henry D. [Weeks, T]? White, Andrew J. Box 1 White, H. Wickes William, G. G. Williams, F.Z. [Williams, S.]? Willis, W. Henry Wilson, Geo. Wilson, R. J. Woodword, J. T. Wright, T. Box 1 X,Y,Z Young, A. Murray Young, Richard N.G. Box 1 Unidentified letters regarding the dinner Approximately 30 letters.

Series 2: Correspondence Box 2 Alexander, H.M. Alexander, J. Allen, H.A. Anderson, J. Appleton, E.D [Aques]?

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Ayer, Harriet Box 2 [Baldwin, A.]? Barkin, Benjamin Barnard, Otto J. Baruch, Bernard Beaman, William S. Bedford, S. Beekman, Henry R. [Bele, R.H]? Bell, Hamilton Bells, J. [Beoek, L]? Bigger, F. Bigelow, P. Blacke, B. [Blamord, Chass]? Bliss, A. Bogert, Henry Bolileu, T. Boming, E. Bowers, Billy Bowers, L. W Bowers, John Blacken, William [Brad] ? Brady, James M. Breck, Charles J. Bishop, J.B Breese, F. Breitung, E. N [Brew]? Brewer, G.E Brewster, Charles Brief, Morgan Brown, Augustus [Browm, F.]? Brownlord, James [Browers, J.F]? [Bru…, M.S Bryan, J. K [Burnwell, R.P] ? [B., William]? [Bundick, John S.]? Bru…, J. M]? Buperte, L.

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Bush, J. Adriance Butler, M.H Butler, Nicholas Murray [Bussell]? Byce, James Byrne, J. Box 2 Callaus, T. Campbell, J.A [Cannon, H. de G.]? Cannon Carroll, Marguerite Carter, W. S [Charlie]? Chambers, J. [Chandrick, J.M]? Chapin, W. V Charlotte Cheever, J.D Cheever, J.H Chihenden, H.H Churchill, H. Churchill, Richard Clark, G. Clark, Jefferson Clarke, C.C. Cleveland, J.B [Cober, B.J]? Conger, G.S Corrigon, Joseph E. Corwin, Belle Costikyan, S.K Covel, E.H Coxe, D.W Craig, M.E [Crestee, John]? Croix, R. Cruger, Eugene Cryder, William W. Cullen, J. [Curry, David]? Curry, E. Curtis, Benjamin R. Curtis, H. H Curtis, W.E [Cyms]?

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Box 2 Davies, Julien J. Davis, Vermont M. Davison, W. [Davus Charlie]? Daylas, G. W Delafield, M. [De Jancey, J.]? [Delancey]? De Luze, Francis [Dematew, A.] ? [Deufeld, C.]? DeVinne, Theo, L. [Drayton, C.]? Drew, Clarence A. [Drylas, George W.]? Duffield, Howard Duvall, Elbrideg G. Dukey, Chas JR. Box 2 Earley, W.J Edison, Thomas A. Edmonds, W. D Emerson, Warren [Epe..., N.]? Evans, Allen Jr. Evarts, Prescott Evarts, Wm. M [Eric]? [Eugene]? Box 2 Fales, Haliburton [Faushawes]? Farnfworth, Starr, Frank Ferriday, Henry, K. Fiske, J. W [F. E]? Fitch, Joseph Flanagan, J. Foley, John R. Foote, Robert Foster, Frederic Foster, W. Fox, Austen G. [Frachur, L.]? [Fraklein, Chas]?

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[Franks, Jerome]? Box 2 Gale, C.B [Gait, Henry]? Gallagher, Kittie E. Garretson, G.J Gaus, H. Gerry, E.T [Ghornley, C.]? Gibson, William H. Gilman, G.L Glaenzer, Leon Glynn, Martin H. Gould, Marquis Gracie, Arch [Gracie]? Grant, Douglas [Granburg, H.N]? [Gretetiw, George]? Greville, Sidney Grew, Edward [Grinville, F.] [Guen, Josu R.]? Guthiew, Williams D. [Gwyming, Stewart]? Box 2 [Haggin, F]? [Haight, Jr., E]? Hale, O. Hall, Balton Hall, W. Hancy, E.J Hand, Clifford A. Hanna, J. F Hansell, W. [Harper, H.]? Harris, Towsend [Harth, Helen B.]? Hartwell, Edgar Harvey, George Hawes, J. Hazlu, George [Heaug, L.]? Hegeman, W.A [Henu]? [Henry, L.]? Hewitt, A.S

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Higgins, Francis Hill, A. Hiss, Helen Hiss, Phillips Hobbs, Edward Hodges, A.G Hoes, William Hoffman, J.G Hoppin, Hamilton Hornblower, William B. [Howard]? Howard, Charles Howard, G. Howblower, Chamberlain C. [Hoys, Julio]? Hutchinson, W.L Hudson, Alfred Hudson, Edward Humphreys, E.W Hunt, John Jr. Hurst, F.W [Hyatt, Frank]? Box 2 Inahony, P. G. Ingerole, Charles Ingraham, Daniel Phoenix Ingraham, Elizabeth-Phoenix Ingraham, Geo Ingraham, Hannah Ingraham, Isaac Ingraham, Jared Ingraham, Jarrett Ingraham, John Ingraham, Mary Ingraham, Richard Ingraham, Rollin H. Ingraham, William Box 2 Jaff, Liver [J, …J.F] Jacobs, Geo Jarvis, J. [Jeddy]? [Jeubuis]? Jenkins, Frank Jenkins, J.

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Jenkins, Thomas [Jisdem, E.]? Johnson, Woolsey Johnston, Hanna Johnston, Jerome Jones, Edward F. Jones Herbert Jones T. [Julien]? [Jusserand]? Box 2 Kelly, M. L [Keruau, M.S]? Kennedy, A. P Kim, M. Kissel, Jeannette Knevals, Sherman W. Box 2 L’acombs, E. H Lamb [Lamont, M. D]? [Lathop, W. A]? Lansing, G. K. [Laud…, Harold]? [Laush, Charles]? Lawbart, Ernest [Lawis]? Lawrence, I. J Lyman, Hart Leavitt, John Brooks Leopold, James M. Levering, Richmond Levy, Gustavus Levy, Jefferson [Lew]? Lewis, Eugene H. Lewis, W. C Leys, Robb H. [Libbie]? Lickey, D.B Lindsay, J.D Lint Littlefield Locker, Frank M. [Lockwood, L.]? Lord, J. B

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Lord, L. Lovell Lowrey, G. [Lucku, R. C]? [Lurita, K. B]? Lupton, Wm [Lun]? Lylun, L. G [Lym, W.]? [Luick…, C.] Box 3 Mace, Daniel Matthew, Frederick [Martha]? Mallilien, Magnus [Mamberger, M.]? [Manacorda, S.]? Marquand, F. A Marquand, H. [Marion]? Marther, Frederick Martines, Edmund [Marteus, A.]? [Mariano]? Maritland, T. [Master, D]? Marshall, Luis [Maurice]? Maylard, E. McBridge, N.A. [McDonald]? Mease, Wm. H. [Mellon, P.R]? Milbank, S.W. Miller, Henry Miller, J. Mitchell, Edward Moody, Leonard Morgan, Nelson Muller, A. Mussey, R.D Murphy, Wm. Box 3 [Nancy]? [Ned]? Newell, George B.

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Nicoll, Benjamin Nicoll, Delancey Nicoll, E.H Nicoll, Maud C. Niven, N. Box 3 Olin, Wm. M. Box 3 Palmer, O. H. Parker, Allen R. Parker, E.M Parker, George F. Parker, Helen B. Parris, Edward Parsons, Herbert Patten, Jefferson Peabody, Stephen Pell, Herbert Pell, Howland Perkins, R. P. Phelps, Wm. Walter Phillips, R. Pinard, J. B. Pitney, Shelton Plant, P. Margaret [Pleaponton, S.]? [Pluto, N. H]? Polk, Emma G. Pooly, W. H Porter, Hobart H. Porter, K. Potter, Sterling Post, Chas H. Preyers, Charles H. Purring, W.A. Box 3 Quigg, A.W. Quigg, Lemuel E. [Quiland, J.H]? [Quiunnzig, Ginger]? Box 3 Redmond, M.G Reese, E. Shriver Reid, J. Reid, L. Remsen, Henry

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Reynolds, C. Richards, George Richardson, C. [Rint, E.]? Rives, Reginald [Robbins]? Robins, George W.G. Robinson, A.J. [Roby, J. JB]? Rogers, Ellen Rogers, George W. Rogers, Henry Rogdin, J.R. [Ronnald, V.]? Roosevelt, R. Rosing, Johannes Rothstein, E. Kelly [Rubin, J.R]? [Rupples, B.]? Russell, Leclie W. [Ruvesir, M.]? Box 3 Sackville West, L. Sagan, M. [Samuel]? [Sauzer, J. D]? Schiff, M. Schultz, J.S. Schwab, Gustav H. Scott, F. Secor, William H. Seymour, Mary Shaw, John C. Sheldon, G.R Shepard, Elliot Sheppard, Geo M. Sibley, G.F. Simon, L. Simmons, James Smith, A.W. Smith, E. Smith, Lucretia Spowers, John Sprague, Henry L. Springer, C. Clark Stacy, Melville

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Starr, Frank F. Starr, U. Steckler, Louis Stern, Simon H. [Stivery E. J]? Stevens, J.A. Stewart, J. D. [Stra…, F.]? [Strew, Geo]? Strong, E. Stub, C.W. [Sulzer]? Box 3 Tuffnell, A. Thacher, Thomas [Thomas, I]? Thompson, Frank Thompson, Kate Thompson, Robert Thorley, Charles Thurber, Raymond D. Towsend, C. Towsend, Howard Towsend, James [Towsend, P. B.]? Towsend, R. [Trancy, E.K]? Travers, John Tray, Sarah Trescot, Wm. Henry Tuck, S. Tucker, Geo W. Tucker, J. A. Tuckerman, Paul Tyng, Stephen Box 3 [Upshur, George]? Box 3 Vail, Henry Valentine, B. W. Vanderpoel, M.D. Van Laer, A.J. Van Renpelaer, Howard Van Rensslaur, W. Van Siclen, George Van Vechten

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Vicars, Arthur [Von Lechow, M.]? Box 3 Wagner, John Wagstaff, Alfred Wagat, R. Wallace, E. B. Wallen, H.D. Walsh, Thomas Warner, L. Warren, Richard Ward, Frederick A. Washburn, Wm. H. Webster, Hamilton Fish Weekes, Arthur Weis, Cora Whitaker, Edward G. White, F.A. Whitting, Roland Whitiny, E.B. Whitridge, Frederick W. Wickes, Frances P. Wickes, M. [Wickenshaw, G.W]? Wickcham, Wm H. Wilder, E. Wilder, William Williams, E. Williams, Enos [Williams, M.]? Willis, Hitchcock, A.H Willis, R. Wilson, J. B. Wilson, Billy Winston, [Wiplett, A.]? Series 3: Condolences letters and telegrams sent to Nicoll on the death of his son.

Box 4 Album 1 Signed and unsigned calling cards Box 4 Album 2 Condolence letters mounted in an album

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Approximately 190 letters.

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