06590mpc  2200769   4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002300066035002200089040001900111100001900130245005000149300003200199533009700231533009700328533014500425533005500570535011300625535012600738535009200864545145900956545063802415520132903053555009004382600002004472600002904492600003404521600003404555600003404589600002004623600001604643600002304659610002604682610003404708610007004742610005704812610003104869610002604900650004704926650005204973650003005025650004405055650004105099650005305140650003505193650005705228650005005285650005805335650005405393651003005447651003705477655002205514655002205536655001705558655002405575655001905599655001605618655001605634655001605650655002105666655001805687700003405705700002405739905002105763998000905784948002705793206737620010823115440.0840222i17051937nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV84A93  a(NIC)notisAKQ4138  aNICcNICeappm3 aClarke family.00aGeorge Hyde Clarke family papers,f1705-1937.  a50.2 cubic ft.,b2 volumes.  3Clarke leasesaare photostats and xeroxes.cReproduced by New York State Library,d01-10-77.  3Clarke family lettersaare photostats.bReproduced at Hyde Hall, Springfield, NY,d09-08-67.  3Philip Hooker volume of Hyde Hall plans and drawings (1818)ais a photographic reproduction.cReproduced by Friends of Hyde Hall,d06-17-75.  3Swanswick and Hyde estate papers areaphotocopies.1 3Clarke leases:aoriginals in New York State Library,bNew York State Education Department, Albany, NY 12224.1 3Philip Hooker volume of Hyde Hall plans and drawings (1818):aoriginals belong to Friends of Hyde Hall,bSpringfield, NY.1 3Swanswick and Hyde estate papers:aoriginals in Public Records Office, London, England.  aThe first George Clarke of record was born in England in the early 17th century. His grandson, also named George, born 1676, was appointed Secretary of the Province of New York in 1703. In 1724, he and his wife, Anne Hyde, purchased land in Hempstead, Long Island and built an estate named Hyde Park. He was Acting Governor of New York from 1736-1743, and during this time acquired over 120,000 acres of land. George's children did not remain in New York; his eldest son returned to England, two other children had close ties with Jamaica, and another died on an expedition to Oswego in the mid-eighteenth century. In 1806, George Hyde Clarke (b. 1768) settled in New York on lands he and his brother inherited from their grandfather and great uncle. Some his tenants contested his claim to the land, resulted in a six year legal battle which the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Clarke's favor in 1818 (JACKSON VS. CLARKE). Documents Clarke accumulated concerning this case are included in the collection. In 1817 Clarke purchased land on the north shore of Otsego Lake, near Cooperstown, New York, and engaged architect Philip Hooker to design Hyde Hall. The last years of his were spent constructing and furnishing Hyde Hall. His son, George Hyde Clarke (b. 1822) was one of the largest landowners in the state, but suffered a reversal of fortune when his crop speculations suddenly failed. He eventually went bankrupt, and Hyde Hall fell into disrepair.  bHis son, George Hyde Clarke (b. 1858), bought Hyde Hall and became a gentleman farmer. After Clarke's death in 1914, his son, George Hyde Clarke (b. 1889), also became a gentleman farmer, residing at Hyde Hall. In 1963, Hyde Hall and the surrounding 600 acres were purchased by the state, and became Glimmerglass State Park. When plans were made to demolish the mansion, the Friends of Hyde Hall formed to preserve the building, its furnishings, and papers. Hyde Hall is currently maintained by the Friends of Hyde Hall, and is undergoing restoration through funding provided by the New York State Department of Parks and Recreation.  aBusiness, land and family papers of eight generations of the George Hyde Clarke family. Business papers include correspondence, drafts, promissory notes, rent collection accounts, tax documents, legal papers pertaining to court cases, papers about railroad construction and funding, insurance policies, hops accounts, farm commodity documents, accounts, bills and receipts, account books, business diaries and checkbooks. Land papers include 18th and 19th century parchment and paper patents (royal land grants), leases, and releases; leases and deeds for individual farms and lots in the Clarke family holdings; bound tax assesment books, bound rent books, pamphlets of notes on various farms and transcribed deeds; land surveys; papers concerning family holdings in Wisconsin and St. Lawrence County, New York. Family papers include correspondence, primarily 1850-1920; invitations and calling cards; school papers; a scrapbook; photographs, wills, address books, poetry, prescriptions, recipes, and games; and papers concerning Mary Gale Clarke's involvement in the Springfield, New York D.A.R.  Also, photocopies and transcripts of papers relating to the Swanswick and Hyde estates in Jamaica.  Includes An Historic Structure Report prepared for the Friends of Hyde Hall by Kimberly Konrad and Stephanie Reinert in 1993.0 aPublished guide:dTHE GEORGE HYDE CLARKE FAMILY PAPERS, including index and revision.10aClarke, George.10aClarke, George,db.1676.10aClarke, George Hyde,db.1768.10aClarke, George Hyde,db.1822.10aClarke, George Hyde,db.1858.10aHooker, Philip.10aHyde, Anne.10aClarke, Mary Gale.20aFriends of Hyde Hall.20aHyde Hall (Springfield, N.Y.)20aDaughters of the American Revolution.bSpringfield, N.Y. Chapter.10aNew York State.bDepartment of Parks and Recreation.20aSwanswick EstatezJamaica.20aHyde EstatezJamaica. 0aFamilyzNew York (State)zChenango County. 0aReal propertyzNew York (State)zOtsego County. 0aReal propertyzWisconsin. 0aFarmszNew York (State)zOtsego County. 0aReal propertyzzSt. Lawrence County. 0aBusiness recordszNew York (State)zSpringfield. 0aCourt recordszzOtsego County. 0aRailroadsxDesign and constructionzNew York (State) 0aLand claimszNew York (State)zOtsego County. 0aLandlord and tenantzNew York (State)zOtsego County. 0aTax assessmentszNew York (State)zOtsego County. 0aWisconsinxHistory, Local 0aNew York (State)xHistory, Local 7aPhotoprints.2aat 7aLand grants.2aat 7aLeases.2aat 7aAccount books.2aat 7aReleases.2aat 7aDeeds.2aat 7aWills.2aat 7aPoems.2aat 7aScrapbooks.2aat 7aRecipes.2aat1 aKonrad, Kimberly Anne,d1968-1 aReinert, Stephanie.  a19990818120000.0  s95542 a20010823bmdarc3ects