Hulce family papers, 1773-1899.
Collection Number: 690

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hulce family papers, 1773-1899.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
690
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.
Creator:
Hulce family.
Quanitities:
4.9 cubic feet.
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.

RELATED MATERIALS

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

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Hulce family papers, #690. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Hulce, Martial R.
Hulce, Sylvester D.
Deposit Bridge Company (Deposit, N.Y.)
New York and Erie Railroad
Deposit National Bank (Deposit, N.Y.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Deposit Volunteer Temperance Association
Deposit Seminary (Deposit, N.Y.)
Places:
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Economic conditions.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Manufactures.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Delaware County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs.
Deposit (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Subjects:
Lawyers.
Surveyors.
Editors.
Publishers.
Justices of the peace.
Sheriffs.
Families -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Railroads -- New York (State) -- Delaware County.
Real property -- Pennsylvania.
Real property -- New York (State)
Water-power -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Plank roads -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Kilns -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
African American Sunday schools--New York (State)--Deposit.
Mills and mill-work -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Temperance -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Labor -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Potash -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Saw-mills -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Lumber trade -- New York (State) -- Delaware County.
Lumber trade -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
General stores -- New York (State) -- Deposit.
Form and Genre Terms:
Deeds.
Surveys.
Inventories.
Contracts.
Account books.

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