Archival Collections

OVERVIEW: The archival collection of Historic Hudson Valley features over
6,000 manuscripts, maps, and graphics spanning the 17th through the 20th
centuries. Each of these items relates to the history and culture of the Hudson
Valley region, with emphasis on our sites and the individuals who once lived
there. The collection is particularly strong in its manuscripts, which include
diverse records associated with the Beekman, Hamilton, Hoffman, Irving,
Philipse, Schuyler, and Van Cortlandt families.

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Archival items are housed at the Regional History Center
of Historic Hudson Valley and are available for scholarly
research by appointment only. Please contact the Archives &
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Collection Highlights

1771 Bank Note HHV 001.6 Ten Shillings Bank Note, February 16, 1771, New York, with colonial seal [more...]
Diary of Jared Lane, Soldier of the Revolution, During the March from Hingham, MA, to Tarrytown, NY HHV 012.77 Soldier Jared Lane (1752-1839) used this printed almanac as a ledger and record of troop movement... [more...]
Document ME 4103 [more...]
Document HHV 012.257 [more...]
Document HHV 012.193 [more...]
Document HHV 012.279 [more...]
Document ME 4054 [more...]
Dutch Trader's Account Book HHV 012.22 Dutch Trader's Account Book [more...]
Envelope from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter HHV 011.32 Envelope from Joseph Jefferson to William Winter [more...]
Frederick Philips (sic) vs. Jacob Tillborrow HHV 001.30 Frederick Philips (sic) vs. Jacob Tillborrow [more...]
Indenture - Frederick Philipse, Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Eva Hardenbroeck Philipse HHV 001.63 Indenture/Rental Agreement Between Frederick Philipse and Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Eva Hardenbro... [more...]
Indenture/election of Burgesses/John Stillwell/Richmond County HHV 012.5 Election of Burgesses in Richmond County (Staten Island) [more...]
LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ELIZA HHV 008.227 [more...]
LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ELIZA STORRS HHV 008.232 [more...]
LETTER TO EMMA NICHOLAS (MALONEY) FROM ELIZA STORRS HHV 008.268 [more...]
Letter from George Washington to Bush[rod] Washington, November 22, 1797 HHV 012.20 Letter from George Washington to Bush[rod] Washington, November 22, 1797 [more...]
Letter from Katrina (Kate) Irving to William Irving HHV 003.13 Letter from Katrina (Kate) Irving to William Irving [more...]
Letter from Washington "Washie" Irving to Edgar Irving HHV 003.4 Letter from Washington "Washie" Irving to Edgar Irving [more...]
Letter from Washington Irving to Ebenezer Irving (with letter from Pierre Paris Irving to his mother) HHV 003.258 Letter from Washington Irving to Ebenezer Irving (with letter from Pierre Paris Irving to his mot... [more...]
List of Tenants with their Respective Rents as they are Now Raised [January 1760] HHV 001.41 List of Tenants with their Respective Rents as they are Now Raised [more...]
Manuscript - Guests from Gibbet-Island HHV 003.1 [more...]
Marriage Certificate - Henry Van Wart, Jr. and Susan Clark Storrow HHV 003.31 [more...]
Postcard - '"Sunnyside" - Home of Washington Irving' HHV 003.372 [more...]
Rent Roll of Colonel Frederick Philipse's Estate in the Province of New York HHV 001.20 A six page rent roll for Frederick Philipse's Estate in the Province of New York, c. 1785. Althou... [more...]
The Genealogy of the Irving Family: Compiled for the Information of the Descendants of William Irving, the First Settler of that Surname in the City of New York by Pierre M. Irving, his Grandson HHV 003.32 [more...]
The Lay of the Sunnyside Ducks F&E 26 Poem [more...]
Uncatalogued F&E 43 [more...]
Uncatalogued F&E 30 [more...]
Uncatalogued Hester 2 Letter [more...]
Van Cortlandt geneaology fragment HHV 002.44 [more...]