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Historical Documents Online

The Society is fortunate to have in its collection many unique and interesting documents of historical and genealogical significance. Our plan is to make transcripts -- and eventually images -- of these documents available to you here on our website.

To move forward, our plan requires dedicated transcribers and dedicated funds. If you can help with the slow and painstaking work of transcribing -- these are old, difficult to read documents full of unusual spellings, constructions, and conventions, as one transcriber attests -- or with a contribution earmarked for our Documents Online project, please contact our Director, Tom Kuehhas, by phone at 516 922-5032, by fax at 516 922-6892, or by email.

HandclapApplause, applause and a great big thanks to the National Honor Society Students at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay who transcribed most of the historical documents you can now read on our website. The group under the able direction of Michael J. Hanophy PhD, Moderator of the National Honor Society, consisted of Bryan Berg, Peter Bullwinkel, Keith Fochi, Christina Gentile, Stephanie Grace, Ken Romano, and Christine Seewald. Thanks all; you did a splendid job!

Thanks too to Sean Quinlan and Cristina Meng who also transcribed several of the documents.


CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX
DateDocumentDescription
17176Land Survey for Gideon Wright by James Townsend.
1721168Sale of Slave Girl by Thomas Kirby to Nathan Coles and David Vallantine.
1729422.96Inventory of the Estate of Joseph Ludlam.
1736385-20-FJ90Deed of Jacob Smith to Thomas Jones.
17439Deed between Zebulon Wright and Elijah Wright.
1748369-15-SU87Appointment of George Weekes as 1st Lieutenant in a Queens County Militia.
1750~295Two agreements by Jacob Vallentine.
175227Release: Richard Harcourt to Micajah Townsend.
175212Deed of land between Thomas Cheshire and Eljah Wright.
After
1759
369-10-508Handwritten record of the children of Barak and Sarah Coles.
177625Moses Owens is bound to Micah Townsend, both of Westchester County.
1796385-25-FJ90Copy(?) of a letter from David R. Floyd-Jones to William Wright, Esq.
1798318Appearance Summons ordering James A. Macgrady (school teacher) to appear before Richard Jackson, Justice.
Undated369-4-SU87Cure for Cancer by Elizabeth Smith, widow of Gershum Smith of Smithtown.
181515William Townsend deeds Oyster Bay salt meadow to Gideon Wright.
182214Gideon and Mary Wright deed East Norwich farm to Walter Franklin.
1825369-11-SU87Certificate of initiation into the Masons for Thomas Villanueva, and Alexander Salgavo.
1843105Attachment of the Property of William Watting by Brewster Skidmore.
184666Last Will and Testament of Frelove Ludlam.
184730Appointment of Edward L. Frost and Townsend U. Franklin to execute the will of Daniel Cock Sr.
1852390-16-HA93Letter of Rachel Weeks of Farmingdale to "Friend" (S. J. Underhill?).
185550Quit Claim between Walter Franklin and Townsend U. Franklin.
After
1858
166Handwritten genealogy of the Franklin Family.
186032General release given to Elizabeth and Walter Franklin by Laetitia Jane and Darling B. Whitney on the death of Townsend U. Franklin.
186959Settlement of assault suit between Isaac Simonson and George Ryerson.
1880197Agreement of Daniel K. Youngs et. al. to sell land to James Roosevelt.
1882200Lease of store to Dosper White by Charles G. Steinseick.
1908382-9-VV89Letter to Eugenia (Mrs. Fred S. Velsor) from her father.
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