Hall-Herrick papers, ca. 1830-1949 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence and papers, ca. 1830-1949, of Bolton Hall and members of the Herrick family of New York City. Included are 6 volumes of check stubs of Bolton Hall, 1882-1897; ca. 54 personal letters to Hall from friends and associates, mostly routine greetings but some of them pertaining to publications, Hall's political interests, and current events; 11 letters to Mr. and Mrs. Gerard P. Herrick, 1919-1949, including 4 letters to Mrs. Herrick (daughter of Bolton Hall) from opera singer Geraldine Farrar, mostly discussing the activities of her garden club; patent for improving steam boilers, with diagram and explanation, issued to James Pirsson, Jr., 1846; and a collection of ca. 150 deeds, indentures, and legal papers relating to lands owned by the Herrick family, mostly located in New York City