RMM00399 Guide to the William Pierrepont White collection, 1728-1939. White, William Pierrepont collection Compiled by RMC Staff Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library March 2016

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Finding aid encoded by RMC Staff, March 2016 Guide to the William Pierrepont White Collection, 1728-1939. Collection Number: 399 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu RMC Staff March 2016 Marcie Farwell, March 2016 Marcie Farwell, November 2018 © 2016 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY William Pierrepont White collection, 1728-1939. 399 White, William Pierrepont. 63.6 cubic ft. Correspondence, diaries, financial and legal documents. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Correspondence, diaries, deeds, accounts, maps, surveys, pamphlets, statements, registers, bills, land contracts, inventories, cashbooks, indentures, minutes, and other records and papers reflecting the westward and southward movement of members of the White and related families. Collection material in English COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, diaries, deeds, accounts, maps, surveys, pamphlets, statements, registers, bills, land contracts, inventories, cashbooks, indentures, minutes, and other records and papers reflecting the westward and southward movement of members of the White and related families, concerning their activities in the development of land, canals, railroads, cotton manufacturing, mining, banking, and highways, chiefly in New York State. The early papers relate to the White family of Middletown, Connecticut, and the development after 1783 of Whitestown, New York, and include the town books (1807-1823) for Richland, New York, church records, early election returns, deeds, documents on the Brothertown Indians, grist mills, civil and criminal cases, slave sales, the War of 1812, the Bank of Utica, and the Pierrepont Land Office. Includes the diary of William Pierrepont White. One group of papers relates to the disposal of the Constable lands and the development of Pierrepont Manor, and contains statements of land contracts (1801-1810) given by William Constable, an inventory of the Constable estate (1829), a memorandum of journeys made by William Constable Pierrepont to the Constable tract, lists of bonds for Ellisburgh, New York (1834-1841), and a series of letters from Franklin B. Hough relating to life boats for Ellisburgh and Oswego, and to other matters.

Also, correspondence, accounts, and other documents of Hugh White, son of the Whitestown proprietor and early concrete manufacturer.

Other papers concern Canvass White, an engineer for the Erie Canal, construction superintendent for the Union Canal of Pennsylvania, the Delaware and Raritan Canal of New Jersey, and the New York Water Works Company, and promoter of the Cohoes Company. Includes the papers of William N. White, vice-president of the Utica Pipe Foundry Company, director of the Utica and Mohawk Railroad Company, of the Jefferson County National Bank, the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad Company, and other companies; he was the manager of the estate of his father-in-law, William Constable Pierrepont, and an active figure in political, church, and educational affairs. Also the papers of William Pierrepont White, lawyer and businessman of New York and Utica, president of the Oneida Historical Society, and a pioneer in the development of modern highways. Includes papers of the Wheeler, Constable, and Van Wagenen papers, as well as other families; also, Walcott family correspondence beginning with a series of letters (1825-1827) from Walnut Hills, Mississippi, and other series relating to real estate speculation in Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Nebraska, to banking in North Dakota, to the management of cotton mills in Georgia and New York, and to oil and mining interests.

 SUBJECTS Names: White, William Pierrepont. Constable family. Constable, William. Hough, Franklin B. Pierrepont, William Constable. Van Wagner family Walcott family. Wheeler family. White family. White, Canvass White, Hugh White, William N. Bank of Utica (Utica, N.Y.) Cohoes Company. Delaware and Raritan Canal (N.J.) Erie Canal. Jefferson County National Bank (Jefferson County, N.Y.) New York (State). Legislature. New-York Water Works Company Oneida Historical Society at Utica Pierrepont Land Office. Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad Company. Union Canal (Penn.) Utica and Mohawk Railroad Company. Subjects: Real property -- New York (State) Land titles -- New York (State) Real property -- Kansas. Real property -- Missouri. Real property -- Indiana. Real property -- Nebraska. Canals -- New York (State) Canals -- New Jersey. Canals -- Pennsylvania. Railroads -- New York (State) Cotton manufacture -- New York (State) Cotton manufacture -- Georgia. Textile factories -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Textile factories -- Georgia. Mineral industries -- New York (State) Banks and banking -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Banks and banking -- North Dakota. Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) Elections -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Brotherton Indians. Grist mills -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Slavery -- New York (State) Life-boats -- New York (State) -- Lake Ontario. Concrete. Woolen goods. Education -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Oil industries -- New York (State) Emigration and immigration. Families -- New York (State) -- Oneida County. Migration, Internal -- United States. Engineers. Bankers. Bankers Banks and banking Brotherton Indians Canals Commerce Concrete Cotton manufacture Economics Education Elections Emigration and immigration Engineers Families Gristmills Industries Land titles Lifeboats Migration, Internal Mineral industries Oil industries Political science Railroads Real property Roads -- Design and construction Slavery Textile factories Woolen goods Places: Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Commerce. Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Economic aspects. Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Industries. Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government. Oneida County (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs. New York (State) -- Commerce. Whitestown (N.Y.) -- History, Local. Georgia Indiana Kansas Missouri Nebraska New Jersey New York (State) New York (State) -- Oneida County North Dakota Pennsylvania United States Form and Genre Terms: Deeds. Maps. Surveys. Inventories. Cashbooks. Account books. Inventories. Local history INFORMATION FOR USERS Cite As:

William Pierrepont White collection. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

 NOTES

Consists of collections #399, #565, #586, and #944.

 SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence

Series II. Walcott Papers

Series III. Newspaper Clippings

Series IV. Assorted Materials

Series V. Unprocessed Materials

CONTAINER LIST Correspondence 1 399 1728-1827 1728-1827 correspondence 1 399 1820-02-05 Letter from E.D. and Charlotte Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D. Walcott, Charlotte

Brother

 White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Whitesboro, New York 1 399 1825-01-28 Letter from E.D. and Charlotte Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D. Walcott, Charlotte

Father

 White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Utica 1 399 1826-02-28 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D. White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Shrewsbury, New Jersey 1 399 1829-12-22 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D. White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Shrewsbury, New Jersey 1 399 1827-08-07 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D.

Brother

 White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Chittenango, New York 1 399 1827-09-11 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D.

Brother

 White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Chittenango, New York 1 399 1827-10-30 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D.

Brother

 White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Chittenango, New York 1 399 1827-11-28 Letter from E.D. Walcott to Hugh White Walcott, E.D. White, Hugh Walnut Hills, Mississippi Chittenango, New York 1 399 1825-01-24 Letter from Sofia Duston to Hugh White Duston, Sofia

Father

 White, Hugh Petit Saw Bluff, Missouri Utica 1 399 1827-08-24 Letter from John Duston to Canvass White Duston, John White, Canvass Petit Saw Bluff, Missouri 1 399 1827-08-25 Letter from John Duston to Hugh White and Susan Porter Duston, John

Brother

 White, Hugh Porter, Susan Petit Saw Bluff, Missouri Utica 1 399 1818-07-16 Letter from John Duston to Hugh White Duston, John

Father

 White, Hugh Duston, Sofia Franklin, Missouri Whitestown, New York 1 399 1819-07-26 Letter from John Duston to Hugh White Duston, John

Father

 White, Hugh Franklin, Missouri Whitestown, New York 1 399 1805-07 Two letters from Rufus Easton to Hugh White Easton, Rufus White, Hugh St. Louis 2 399 1828-1869 1828-1869 correspondence 2 399 1829-09-04 Letter from Robert White to Hugh White White, Robert White, Hugh Dustin, Sofia Petit Saw Bluff, Missouri Chittenango 2 399 1830-06-20 Letter from Robert White to Hugh White White, Robert White, Hugh Petit Saw Bluff, Missouri Chittenango 65 399 1903, 1926-1928 Good Roads correspondence 69 399 1910-1912, 1915 Correspondence Walcott Papers 3 399 1896-1898 Walcott papers 4 399 1902-1903 Walcott papers 5 399 1899-1901 Walcott papers 6 399 1904-1929 Walcott papers 66 399 1892-1893-05 Walcott papers 67 399 1894-1895-05 Walcott papers Newspaper Clippings 7 399 Date Unknown Newspaper clippings 8 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 9 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 10 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 11 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 12 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 13 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 14 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 15 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 16 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 17 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 18 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 19 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 20 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 21 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 22 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 23 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 24 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 25 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 26 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 27 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 28 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 29 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 30 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 31 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 32 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 33 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 34 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 35 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 36 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 37 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 38 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 39 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 40 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 41 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 42 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 43 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 44 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 45 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 46 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 47 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 48 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 49 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 50 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 51 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 52 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 53 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 54 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 55 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 56 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 57 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 58 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 59 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 60 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 61 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 62 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 63 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings 64 399 Date Unknown Mostly newspaper clippings Assorted Materials 1 399 1827-08-07 Receipt for $1985 received by E.D. White 68 399 1902 1902 70 399 1913-1914 1913-1914 71 399 1922-1923 1922-1923 72 399 1928-1934 1928-1934 73 399 1925 1925 74 399 1903-1915 Utica Tool 75 399 1921-1927 Utica Tool 76 399 1916-1920 Utica Tool 77 399 1900-1913 Crow Holl 78 399 Date Unknown Invitations 79 399 1914-1915, 1922-1923 Crow Holl 80 399 1895-1968 Cash and Securities, C.A. Van Waganen 81 399 Date Unknown Printed Matter 82 399 Date Unknown W.P. White's societies 1 944 1 1815 Copy of 1792 Indenture No. 3 1 944 2 1815 Copy of 1792 Indenture No. 4 1 944 3 1815 Copy of 1794 Indenture No. 5 1 944 4 1815 Copy of 1794 Indenture No. 6 1 944 5 1815 Copy of 1794 Indenture No. 7 1 944 6 1815 Copy of 1796 Indenture No. 8 1 944 7 Undated Copies of 1795 Field Books 1 944 8 1801, 1807, 1817 Woodhull and Scriba's Patents 1 944 9 1801, 1814, 1818 Fonda's Patent 1 944 10 Undated Surveys 2 944 1793-1831 Field Books (19 Envelopes) 19 envelopes 2 944 1819 Miscellany (1 Envelope) 2 944 1840 Register of Notes and Due Bills belonging to William Constable Pierrepont (1 Volume) 3 944 Undated Surveys and Maps 4 944 1863 Charles H. Cross' "D" Daily Journal Cross, Charles H. 4 944 1863 Alphabetical Index 4 944 1818 Workbook "No. 7" Mr. Thompsons evening lessons 4 944 1819 Workbook "No. 7" 4 944 Undated Traverse Tables 4 944 1821 Traverse Tables (mss.) 5 944 1852 Report of the Different Routes and Estimates of the Sacketts Harbor and Saratoga Railroad Co. Members 5 944 1815 Benjamin Wright's original (?) book of Lorraine No. 1 Wright, Benjamin 5 944 1829 Orwell No. 11 5 944 1805-1822 Township No. 10 5 944 1814-1819 Township No. 9 5 944 1797 A Survey of Town No. 10 Boyleston Tract 5 944 Undated Field Book of Resurvey of Lot Lines in Township No. 1 of Lorraine by Benjamin Hadley in 1832 and 1833 5 944 1878-1887 Cash Book 1 Undated Various plans and maps Unprocessed Materials 83 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 84 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 85 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 86 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 87 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 88 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 89 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 90 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 91 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 92 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 93 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 94 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 95 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 96 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials 97 399 Date Unknown Unprocessed materials