Guide to the Hulce Family Papers,
1773-1899

Collection Number: 448

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
B. Huth, M. Warren
Date completed:
April 1982
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hulce family papers, 1773-1899.
Collection Number:
448
Creator:
Hulce family.
Quantity:
4.9 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, records, contracts, accounts, inventories, surveys, deeds, expository accounts, plans, sketches, and other records and material.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, records, contracts, accounts, inventories, surveys, deeds, expository accounts, plans, and other records and material pertaining to the activities of the Hulce family in Deposit, Delaware County, New York. Subjects include their lumbering interests along the Delaware River, the making of potash, a general store business, land speculation and real estate in New York, Pennsylvania, and the west, saw-mills, labor matters, waterpower, and brick-kilning. Areas of their especial interest include education, religion, politics (with particular reference to "Black Republicanism" and the Democratic Party), and temperance. Also included are historical sketches by Martial Hulce describing the early settlement of Deposit and vicinity.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Martial R. Hulce was a sheriff, justice of the peace, businessman, editor, publisher, surveyor, and attorney. Sylvester D. Hulce was a justice of the peace, editor, and businessman.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, records, contracts, accounts, inventories, surveys, deeds, expository accounts, plans, and other records and material pertaining to the activities of the Hulce family in Deposit, Delaware County, New York. Subjects include their lumbering interests along the Delaware River, the making of potash, a general store business, land speculation and real estate in New York, Pennsylvania, and the west, saw-mills, labor matters, waterpower, and brick-kilning. Areas of their especial interest include education, religion, politics (with particular reference to "Black Republicanism" and the Democratic Party), and temperance. Also included are historical sketches by Martial Hulce describing the early settlement of Deposit and vicinity. Papers pertaining to Deposit include post master's reports, local church records, records of the Deposit Bridge Company, plans for plank roads, records of the Deposit Volunteer Temperance Association, papers relating to the establishment of a Negro Sunday School (1864), and papers pertaining to the Deposit National Bank, Deposit Seminary, the New York and Erie Railroad, and other railroad, business, and local activities.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hulce family.
Hulce, Martial R.
Hulce, Sylvester D.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Deposit Bridge Company (Deposit, N.Y.)
Deposit National Bank (Deposit, N.Y.)
Deposit Seminary (Deposit, N.Y.)
Deposit Volunteer Temperance Association.
New York and Erie Railroad.

Subjects:
General stores--New York (State)--Deposit.
Lumber trade--New York (State)--Deposit.
Lumber trade--New York (State)--Delaware County.
Saw-mills--New York (State)--Deposit.
Potash--New York (State)--Deposit.
Labor--New York (State)--Deposit.
Temperance--New York (State)--Deposit.
Mills and mill-work--New York (State)--Deposit.
African American Sunday schools--New York (State)--Deposit.
Kilns--New York (State)--Deposit.
Plank roads--New York (State)--Deposit.
Water-power--New York (State)--Deposit.
Real property--New York (State)
Real property--Pennsylvania.
Railroads--New York (State)--Delaware County.
Family--New York (State)--Deposit.
Manufactures--Deposit (N.Y.)
Sheriffs.
Justices of the peace.
Publishers.
Editors.
Surveyors.
Lawyers.

Places:
Deposit (N.Y.)--Social life and customs
Deposit (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
Deposit (N.Y.)--History, Local.
Delaware County (N.Y.)--History, Local.
Deposit (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
Deposit (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Deposit (N.Y.)--Commerce.

Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Contracts.
Inventories.
Surveys.
Deeds.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Hulce family papers, #448. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIALS

Consists of collections #448, #690, and #579.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Collection #448
1773-1838
Box 1
1839-1842
Box 2
1843-1847
Box 3
1848-1852
Box 4
1853-1864
Box 5
1865-1899
Box 6
Undated
 Box 7
Collection #579
1815-1839
Box 1
1840-1850
Box 2
1850-1859
Box 3
1859-1879
Box 4
1880-1893
Box 5
Franklin Baptist Association
 Box 5
Dell's Electric Railway
 Box 5
Map, 1807
Box 5
Map of Delaware County, N.Y., 1839
Box 5
Undated
 Box 5
Miscellaneous
 Box 5
1903 correspondence to Profs. H.H. Wing and Geo. N. Lauman re: pledges for portrait of Prof. I.P. Roberts
Box 1 (black box)
Collection #690
Sketches 1-4
 Box 1 Folder 1
Sketches 5-8
 Box 1 Folder 2
Sketches 9-12
 Box 1 Folder 3
Sketches 13-16
 Box 1 Folder 4
Sketches 18-12 (17 missing)
 Box 1 Folder 5
Sketches 22, 24-26 (23 missing)
 Box 1 Folder 6
Sketches 27, 29-31 (28 missing)
 Box 1 Folder 7
Sketches 32-35
 Box 1 Folder 8
Sketches 36, 37, 39, 40 (38 missing)
 Box 1 Folder 9
Sketches 41-44
 Box 1 Folder 10
Sketches 45-48
 Box 1 Folder 11
Sketches 49-52
 Box 1 Folder 12
Sketches 53-56
 Box 1 Folder 13