Hand family papers, [ca.1788]-1933.
Collection Number: 3624
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Hand family papers, [ca.1788]-1933.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3624
Abstract:
Volumes include diaries of M.S. Hand
Creator:
Hand family.
Quanitities:
62.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Augustus C. Hand left Vermont in 1830 to become Surrogate of Essex County and Post-master
of Elizabethtown, New York. Around 1840 he built a law office, and served one term
in Congress from 1839-40. Many of his descendants, including Richard L. Hand, Samuel
Hand, Clifford A. Hand, Augustus N. Hand, Learned Hand, and Arthur V. Savage, have
also joined the legal profession, and have been active in the New York State Bar Association,
and local, state, and national politics.
Volumes include diaries of M.S. Hand, 1855-80; two 1866 diaries about R.H. Hand's
tour abroad; Francis W. Lawrence diaries, 1865-1905; Augustus N. Hand diaries, 1881;
L.L. Lawrence diaries, 1908-19; and four unidentified diaries, 1863, 1864, 1906, and
1907; three scrapbooks of clippings, ca.1857, ca.1875, and ca.1885, and three family
scrapbooks; two volumes with plays; a cookbook of Susan E. Tomlinson; and notebooks
of A.N. Hand and Richard L. Hand; two schoolbooks and syllabi; and 42 hardbound letter
volumes. Legal volumes, 1830-1912, include law registers, chancery registers, volumes
of briefs, abstracts, daily legal journals, notebooks, letterpress copybooks, 1871-96,
legal statements, book of counsel, and indexes to some of the volumes for the law
firms of Hand & Hale; Hand, Hale & Hand; A.C. and R.L. Hand; and Hand, Kellogg, Hale/Hand,
Hale. Financial volumes, 1788-1924, include school and college account books of Clifford
A. Hand; A.C. Hand account books; family account and expense records and accounts
of estates; logging, farming, produce, and butcher account books; and legal account
books of justice court; family financial journals and journals of accounts, debits,
and credits; family members' personal ledgers; collection books; bankbooks; daybooks;
cashbooks; and indexes and memorandum to many accounts; also, checkbooks, 1868-1933;
and telegraph stub books, 1873-81.
Also, four volumes of History of Congregational Church, 1888; one volume of Central
Military Committee; one book of postcards; and miscellaneous family volumes. Personal
papers include photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, visiting cards,
genealogy chart, and paternal ancestry of Susan Train Hand. Also included are dated
deeds, 1795-1933; extensive family and business correspondence, checks; printed material;
and broadsides.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Hand family papers, #3624. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Hand, Augustus C.
Hand, Augustus N.
Hand, Clifford A.
Hand, Learned, 1872-1961.
Hand, M. S.
Hand, R. H.
Hand, Richard, L.
Hand, Samuel.
Hand, Susan Train.
Lawrence, Francis W.
Lawrence, L. L.
Savage, Arthur V.
Tomlinson, Susan E.
A.C. and R.L. Hand
Hand & Hale
Hand, Hale & Hand
Hand, Kellogg, Hale\\Hand, Hale
Congregational Church
Central Military Committee
Places:
United States -- Politics and government.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
Politicians.
Lawyers.
Religion.
Real property, Exchange of.
Law.
Congregational churches.
Agriculture.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Recipes.
Photographs.
Genealogies.
Deeds.
Diaries.
Daybooks.
Broadsides.
Briefs (legal documents).
Account books.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
Volumes
|
1788-1931 | ||
Diaries
|
1855-1919 | ||
Box 1 |
M.S. Hand Diaries
|
1855-1869 | |
Box 1 |
R.H. Hand Diaries about his tour abroad
|
1866 | |
Box 2 |
Diaries
|
1863-1864 | |
Box 2 |
F.W. Lawrence Diaries
|
1865 | |
Box 2 |
M.S. Hand Diaries
|
1870-1878 | |
Box 3 |
Francis W. Lawrence Diaries
|
1872-1885 | |
Box 3 |
M.S. Hand Diaries
|
1880 | |
Box 3 |
Augustus N. Hand Diaries
|
1881 | |
Box 4 |
Francis W. Lawrence Diaries
|
1886-1889, 1899 | |
Box 4 |
Diaries
|
1900-1905 | |
Box 4 |
Diaries
|
Undated | |
Box 5 |
Diaries
|
1906-1907 | |
Box 5 |
L.L. Lawrence Diaries
|
1908-1919 | |
Personal Volumes
|
1857-1887 | ||
Box 6 |
Cookbook of Susan E. Tomlinson
|
Undated | |
Box 6 |
Scrapbook of Clippings
|
1857 | |
Box 6 |
Notebook of A.N. Hand
|
Undated | |
Box 7 |
Scrapbook of Clippings
|
1875 | |
Box 7 |
Play: "The Siege of Linden Lawn"
|
Undated | |
Box 7 |
Play: "Prometheus: Revised and Rebound"
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Scrapbook of L.T. Lawrence
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Scrapbook of A.N. Hand
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Scrapbook of L.T. Lawrence and S.T. Hand
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Notebook of Richard L. Hand
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Composition Book of Augustus Noble Hand
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Schoolwork of A.N. Hand
|
1887 | |
Box 8 |
Syllabi
|
Undated | |
Box 8 |
Child's Letter, Theodora Hand
|
Undated | |
Hardbound Letters
|
1896-1908 | ||
Box 9 |
Hardbound Letters
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
14 volumes
|
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Box 10 |
Hardbound Letters
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
3 volumes
|
|||
Box 11 |
Hardbound Letters
|
1896-1908 | |
Scope and Contents
8 volumes
|
|||
Box 12 |
Hardbound Letters
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
6 volumes
|
|||
Box 13 |
Hardbound Letters
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
8 volumes
|
|||
Box 14 |
Hardbound Letters
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
3 volumes
|
|||
Legal Volumes
|
1830-1912 | ||
Box 15 |
Law Register for 1830's
|
1830-1839 | |
Box 16 |
Chancery Register
|
1832-1854 | |
Box 16 |
C.A. Hand: Volume of Briefs
|
Undated | |
Box 17 |
Law Register
|
1837-1844 | |
Box 18 |
Register and Index
|
1861-1883 | |
Box 19 |
Abstracts
|
1862-1889 | |
Box 20 |
Hand & Hale: Daily Journals
|
1864-1868 | |
Box 21 |
Register of Hand, Hale & Hand
|
1864-1875 | |
Box 21 |
Law Notebook
|
Undated | |
Box 22 |
Register of A.C. and R.L. Hand
|
1870-1887 | |
Box 23 |
Letterpress Copybook
|
1871-1872 | |
Box 23 |
Letterpress Copybook
|
1874-1875 | |
Box 24 |
Daily Journal of Hand & Hale
|
1866 | |
Box 24 |
Register of Hand, Kellogg, Hale/Hand, Hale
|
1886-1905 | |
Box 25 |
Register of Hand, Kellogg, Hale/Hand, Hale
|
1886-1895 | |
Box 25 |
Register of Hand, Kellogg, Hale/Hand, Hale
|
1896-1907 | |
Box 25 |
Volume of Legal Statements
|
1864 | |
Box 26 |
Register of Hand, Kellogg, Hale/Hand, Hale
|
1886-1899 | |
Box 26 |
Book of Counsel
|
1864 | |
Box 27 |
Letterpress Copybook
|
1894-1896 | |
Box 28 |
Register of Hand, Kellogg & Hale/Hand, Hale with Index
|
1886-1912 | |
Financial Volumes
|
1788-1931 | ||
Box 29 |
School and College Accountant Books of Clifford A. Hand
|
1846-1864 | |
Box 30 |
A.C. Hand Account Book
|
1837-1842 | |
Box 30 |
Family Expense Record
|
1913 | |
Box 30 |
Journal of Hand, Kellogg, Hale
|
1886-1890 | |
Box 30 |
Account book
|
1829 | |
Box 30 |
Account book
|
1902-1924 | |
Box 31 |
Journal of Hand & Hale: Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1866-1880 | |
Box 31 |
C.A. Hand Personal Ledger
|
1885-1901 | |
Box 31 |
Rough Ledger of A.C. Hand
|
1834-1849 | |
Box 32 |
Account Book
|
1901-1902 | |
Box 32 |
Account Book on Estate of C.A. Hand
|
1901-1913 | |
Box 33 |
Collection Book of Hand, Kellogg & Hale
|
1886-1902 | |
Box 33 |
Ledger of Mary E. Noble Hand
|
1874-1891 | |
Box 33 |
Ledger
|
1843-1880 | |
Box 33 |
Bankbook of R.G. Hand
|
1878 | |
Box 33 |
Account Book of R.S. Hand
|
1870-1878 | |
Box 33 |
Account Book of Hand Family
|
1868-1921 | |
Box 33 |
Bill & Collection Book of A.C. & R.L. Hand
|
1901-1905 | |
Box 33 |
Daybook of R.L. Hand
|
1859-1863 | |
Box 33 |
Ledger
|
1829-1836 | |
Box 33 |
Account Book of C. Noble and R.L. Hand
|
1890-1895 | |
Box 33 |
Account Book
|
1880-1883 | |
Box 34 |
Account Book
|
1813-1831 | |
Box 34 |
Index of Names, Probably to Accounts
|
Undated | |
Box 34 |
Memo of Names in Account Books
|
Undated | |
Box 34 |
Account Book of Debits and Credits
|
1831-1865 | |
Box 34 |
Account Book
|
1829 | |
Box 34 |
Account Book
|
1891-1895 | |
Box 34 |
Bank Book
|
1909 | |
Box 34 |
Augustus N. Hand Passport
|
Undated | |
Box 34 |
Marks & Hand Logging Account Book
|
Undated | |
Box 34 |
Day Book of Lists of Items Left in House
|
Undated | |
Box 34 |
Account Book of Farming Produce
|
1891 | |
Box 35 |
Cash Book
|
1859-1876 | |
Box 35 |
Account Book
|
1788-1823 | |
Box 35 |
Account Books
|
1858-1917 | |
Box 35 |
Account Book
|
1801-1838 | |
Box 35 |
Expense Accounts in England
|
Undated | |
Box 36 |
Grocery Account Book
|
1883-1886 | |
Box 36 |
Legal Account Book of Justices Court
|
1831 | |
Box 36 |
Account Book
|
1906-1916 | |
Box 37 |
Account Book
|
1796-1800 | |
Box 37 |
Day Book
|
1834-1837 | |
Box 37 |
Daybook of Hand
|
1839-1851 | |
Box 37 |
Day and Cash Book
|
1829-1839 | |
Box 37 |
Account Book of Wilson & Delehant (butchers)
|
1877 | |
Box 38 |
Daybook of A.C. Hand
|
1852-1875 | |
Box 38 |
Account Book of Hand & Hale
|
1861-1868 | |
Box 38 |
Cash Book of A.C. Hand
|
1839-1858 | |
Box 38 |
Daybook of Hand and Livingston
|
1837-1852 | |
Box 39 |
Ledger with 2 Indices of Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1861-1890 | |
Box 39 |
Ledger of Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1890-1898 | |
Box 39 |
Ledger of Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1898-1911 | |
Box 39 |
Journal of Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1898-1912 | |
Box 39 |
Journal of Accounts, Debits, Credits
|
1890-1898 | |
Box 40 |
Check Books
|
1868-1888 | |
Box 41 |
Check Books
|
1888-1899 | |
Box 42 |
Check Books
|
1898-1911 | |
Box 43 |
Check Books
|
1909-1916 | |
Box 44 |
Check Books
|
1913-1931 | |
Miscellaneous Volumes
|
1873-1888 | ||
Box 45 |
Montreal Telegraph Company
|
1873-1881 | |
Scope and Contents
Telegraph stub books
|
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Box 45 |
Scrapbook of Richard L. Hand
|
1885 | |
Box 46 |
History of Cong. Church
|
1888 | |
Box 46 |
Central Military Committee
|
Undated | |
Box 46 |
Accounts
|
Undated | |
Box 46 |
Register of Pedigree
|
Undated | |
Box 46 |
Book of Postcards
|
Undated | |
Box 46 |
Journal
|
Undated | |
Box 47 |
Miscellaneous Volumes
|
Undated | |
Papers
|
1795-1953 | ||
Personal Items
|
1839-1953 | ||
Box 48 | Folder 1 |
Personal Misc
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 2 |
Photographs
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 3 |
Newspaper Clippings
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 4 |
Letters
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 5 |
Hand Letters
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 6 |
Letters
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 7 |
Invitations Programs
|
1839-1943 |
Box 48 | Folder 8 |
Invitations Programs
|
1839-1943 |
Box 48 | Folder 9 |
Invitations Programs
|
1839-1943 |
Box 48 | Folder 10 |
Wed. Invitations, Visiting Cards
|
1839-1953 |
Box 48 | Folder 11 |
Wed. Invitations, Visiting Cards
|
1839-1953 |
Box 48 | Folder 12 |
Elizabethtown
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 13 |
Elizabethtown
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 14 |
Genealogy Chart
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 15 |
Paternal Ancestry of Susan Train Hand
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 16 |
Miscellaneous
|
Undated |
Box 48 | Folder 17 |
Deeds
|
Undated |
Correspondence
|
Undated | ||
Box 49 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
15 folders and envelopes
|
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Box 50 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
16 folders and envelopes
|
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Box 51 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
20 bundles
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Box 52 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
15 bundles
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Box 53 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
20 bundles
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Box 54 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
12 bundles
|
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Box 55 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
8 bundles
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Box 56 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
4 bundles
|
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Box 57 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
8 bundles, loose papers
|
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Box 58 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
7 bundles
|
|||
Box 59 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
5 bundles
|
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Box 60 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
8 bundles
|
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Box 61 |
Miscellaneous Volume
|
Undated | |
Box 61 |
Check Book
|
Undated | |
Box 61 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
7 bundles
|
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Box 61 |
Miscellaneous Papers
|
Undated | |
Box 62 |
Copy of Letters
|
Undated | |
Box 62 |
Correspondence
|
Undated | |
Scope and Contents
5 bundles
|
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Box 62 |
Miscellaneous Papers
|
Undated | |
Deeds
|
1795-1933 | ||
Box 63 |
Deeds
|
1795-1859 | |
Box 64 |
Deeds
|
1860-1889 | |
Box 65 |
Deeds
|
1860-1864 | |
Box 66 |
Deeds
|
1865-1869 | |
Box 67 |
Deeds
|
1865-1869 | |
Box 68 |
Deeds
|
1870-1874 | |
Box 69 |
Deeds
|
1875-1879 | |
Box 70 |
Deeds
|
1885-1889 | |
Box 71 |
Deeds
|
1885-1889 | |
Box 72 |
Deeds
|
1890-1895 | |
Box 73 |
Deeds
|
1890-1894 | |
Box 74 |
Deeds
|
1890-1894 | |
Box 75 |
Deeds
|
1890-1894 | |
Box 76 |
Deeds
|
1890-1894 | |
Box 77 |
Deeds
|
1890-1894 | |
Box 78 |
Deeds
|
1890-1909 | |
Box 79 |
Deeds
|
1900-1904 | |
Box 80 |
Deeds
|
1905-1909 | |
Box 81 |
Deeds
|
1910-1933 | |
Box 82 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 83 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 84 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 85 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 86 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 87 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Box 88 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
|
Undated | |
Printed Material
|
Undated | ||
Box 92 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 93 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 94 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 95 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 96 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 97 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 98 |
Printed Material
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Undated | |
Box 99 |
Printed Material
|
Undated | |
Box 100 |
Printed Material
|
Undated | |
Box 101 |
Printed Material
|
Undated | |
Miscellaneous Papers
|
Undated | ||
Box 89 |
Miscellaneous Financial Papers
|
Undated | |
Box 90 |
Checks
|
Undated | |
Box 91 |
Cancelled Checks
|
Undated | |
Box 102 |
Broadsides
|
Undated | |
Mapcase Folder 1 |
Drawings
|
Undated |