Hammersley Collection Box #2

Hammersley Collection Box #1:

1949 photo of The Mother Church in Waterford
Newspaper clipping – “1599 Bible Wins Local Contest”
1933 – letter from Mrs. Benjamin P. Burton with photo of a house
Leather bond book written in Dutch

Hammersley Collection Box #2:

1984 Waterford Museum Magazine/Newsletter featuringWaterford’s 20th anniversary festival
“History of Waterford Book” photos – 4
The Step-Saver Circular from Pollock’s Super Market in Waterford, NY. 4 volumes from 1953
Framed photo/drawing of UnionBridge
2 photos of Fire Engine
Hand-drawn map of PeeblesIsland accompanied by 10 photos of trenches and forts on PeeblesIsland
3 pages of history written about PebblesIsland, Office of the Inspector of Ordnance synopsis on the Hudson River, New York Historical Society letter to Sydney E. Hammersley, 2 1953 hand-drawn maps of Peebles Island
Notepaper with photo of Cohoes, NY – inside a business card for William Gordon, who dealt dry goods in Waterford, NY and 1984 Waterford Museum Magazine/Newsletter featuring Waterford’s 20th anniversary festival
1947 hand-drawn map of geological composition of Waterford accompanied by two hand-drawings of glacier structures, a list of “local features, largely unknown”, 1961 history on the Mohawk River 1947 address for Waterford Masons regarding flooding, hand-drawn map of Sands Bank, 1953 hand-drawn maps of PeeblesIsland, and photo of PeeblesIsland from KingsCanal
2 photos of gravestones, photo of “snow on the mounds” in 1909, postcard photo of Waterford Bridge burned/falling in 1909, photo of Batton’s Fore Engine Works building, photo of “slade house (red, white, and blue house), photo of “tearing down the old, covered bridge after the fire Waterford, NY”, unlabeled photo of some sort of water landscape with brick structure (1909), 2 1909 photos of Waterford bridge burning, photo of Waterford homes from the Hudson River, unlabeled photo of waterfront landscape in winter, unlabeled photo of white building with some sort of tower, newspaper aerial photo of Waterford, NY
Photo of “’Frisbie’ waiting to go through Lock 3 Barge Canal” 1915, photo of “old locks”, unlabeled photo of what appears to be Lock 2, photo of “locks 4-5-6”, photo of mules along the Champlain Canal, photo of old locks, photo from Hudson River, photo of men mounting mules, photo of bridge model, unlabeled photo of a man on the side of what appears to be a lock, color post card of 112th St bridge between Cohoes and Troy, photo of Union Bridge, 1909 photo of Waterford Bridge burning, photo of bridge model, 1909 hand drawing of Union Bridge Pier, photo of rubble on Waterford Park shore, color drawing postcard of Waterford Bridge and Toll House, 1909 photo of Waterford Bridge burning, framed photo of bridge across the Hudson River, 1954 1 page history on the Waterford 1825 Canal Town
Photo of original Button Fire Engine Works testing two steamers and a hand pump
Drawing of Button and Co Fire Engine Manufactory
1936(?) photo of flood on 4th St
1936 photo of flood on South St
1936 photo of flood on 1st St
1936 photo of flood on 4th St
Drawing of Button fire engine
Map of Waterford
Photos of UnionBridge, Broad St, and what appears to be the burned Town Hall building
2 photos of Town Hall – 1 burned, 1 before fire, and photo of Broad St
Small photos of Canal Tow Path, New Theatre, St. Mary’s Church, the new WaterfordBridge, and Town Hall
Photo of Broad St
Photo of buildings on 3rd St
Photo of flood on 3rd St, South
Photo of burned Town Hall
Color postcard of upper Hudson river and WaterfordBridge
Color postcard of west end of WaterfordBridge
Photo of a river (label unclear)
Unlabeled photo of burned building
Photo of Town Hall(?) (label unclear)
Photo of rubble/burnt buildings
Photo of N. Troy, flooded
Photo of what appears to be burnt building, perhaps getting rebuilt/cleaned up
Photo of rubble from burnt building
Photo of 1913 flood of Wiviesion (?) St
Color painting of Town Hall
Photo of some sort of destroyed structure (unlabeled)
Photo of Broad St
1913 photo of 1rd St Flood
Unlabeled photo of homes
Photo of upper 4th St, perhaps flooded
Unlabeled photo of flood
Photo of CohoesFalls
Photo of dilapidated railroad tracks
Photo of truck going through water near Pikes Garage
Photo of Flood on 1st St
Postcard photo of aerial view of Waterford, NY
Photo of burnt building (Town Hall?)
Newspaper clipping on “Split Rock” on the Hudson
Photo of cars riding through flood on 4th St
Photo of flood (unlabeled)
Photo of flood (unlabeled)
Photo of Hudson River near UnionBridge
Photo of flood (unlabeled)
Photo of burnt building (Town Hall?)
Photo of burnt building (Town Hall?)
1913 photo of building near flood
Color post card of upper Hudson River and WaterfordBridge
Photo of flood (unlabeled)
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of building on corner of Middle St and 3rd St
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of building labeled Connors, appears to be post-flood
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of building (unlabeled)
Photo of flood (unlabeled)
Photo of WaterfordBridge burning
Drawing labeled “Viaduct of the Vermont Central Railway”
Photo of burnt Town Hall and perhaps a fire engine(?)
Framed photo near (unclear) Falls
Envelope addressed to Sydney E. Hammersley, 1949 letter to Hammersley, photo of bridge on Mohawk River in Cohoes, 1909 photo of Old Cornerd (?) Bridge
Framed photo of Loudoun Ferry Rd
Framed photo of Loudoun Farm
Photo of Bridge (label unclear)
Photo of some sort of cart labeled Ethan Allen 4
Photo of Bridge in Cohoes over Mohawk River
List of descendants of Van Schoonhover family
1901 The Waterford Times Bulletin
SaratogaCountyDeed
Indenture Document form the 1850s
1926 letter from Columbia County Clerk’s Office in Hudson, NY
Indenture Document form the 1870s
1815 Indenture Document of Samuel Lenning
1836 SaratogaCounty Supreme Court Document
Letter from William Walderson
1823 Indenture for Walderson Family

Hammersley Collection Box #3:

1762 map of Van Sehaick Patent lots
2 Posters of Witenagemot Oak
Map of Hudson River between Albany and North Creek
Map of land given in a deed between Annettie Lievers and Roelof Garrets, 1686/7

Hammersley Collection Box 3 (2 continued):

Folder 23: Photo of boat “Ethel-h” and photo of train, photo of houses on water, photo of first tug boat to go through the Locksyat, photo of failing lock on canal, photo of building new canal locks, photo of bridge over canal, photo of “64 tering” lock, photo of Harmony Mills, Cohoes, photo of Cohoes Falls
Folder 24: 1956 drawing of 3rd st in Waterford, photo of man by J.H. Llyod Photographer, 1935 photo of building, photo of church, drawing of Broad St, 1913 photo of Union Bridge
Folder 25: Photo inside of Presbyterian church, photo of Broad and 3rd St, undeveloped photo of Dutch church, 1901 photo of 34 Broad St, photo of old Presbyterian church, photo of fallen leaves near a tree, photo of lower mill
Folder 26: Photo of Waterford Bridge, photo of 1st St East, photo of people on what appears to be a boat, 1922 photo of George Taylor, photo of home in Waterford, 1905 photo of home
Folder 27: 1938 photo of catholic church, photo of flood, photo of Waterford home, photo of Sober’s Bridge, photo of people inside of building, photo of Debris in front of Union Bridge entrance, 1891 photo of bridge, photo of construction
Folder 28: 1913 photo of what appears to be a soldier with a gun, photo of Riverdale Church, photo of Union Bridge, photo of furniture, photo of Presbyterian Church, 1944 photo of rocks on water, 1913 photo of Presbyterian Church
Folder 29: 1909 photo of Union Bridge, photo of children in parade on Broad St, 1951 postcard with photo of Church, photo of 1804 Union Bridge, photo of Hudson River above Waterford, bird’s eye photo of Southern Waterford, photo of falls on Mohawk River
Folder 30: photos of UnionBridge 1909, photo of home
Waterford Photos Folder: empty
Folder 1: pamphlet of Water Treatment Plant in Waterford
Folder 2: 1986 newspaper clipping on “Old Waterford”
Folder 3:notes on the half moon
Folder 4: The Step Saver circular (1952), writing on PeeblesIsland,
Folder 5: photo of a speech, photo of church, photo of gathering, photo inside of Presbyterian Church, photo of people cleaning up inside of a building, photo of destroyed church,
Folder 6: MethodistChurch yearbook 1942
Folder 7: Writings from 1813 SupremeCourtofSaratogaCounty
Folder 8: Book on the First Century of the first Presbyterian Church in Waterford 1804-1904
Folder 9: Correspondence between David Huntington and Mt.Hammersley
Folder 10: “Grace Episcopal Church Waterford, NY” by William H. Law
Folder 11: Central Celebration program fro the Presbyterian Church
Folder 12: Program for 25 years service of the Presbyterian Church 1940
Folder 13: History of the FirstBaptistChurch in WaterfordNY 1812-1915
Folder 14: Manual of the First Presbyterian Church
Folder 15: Book – The First Century of the “First Presbyterian Church 1804-1904”
Folder 16: Program for the 150th anniversary commemorative activities for Waterford’s first Presbyterian church in May 1954
Folder 17: Program for 1804-1904 Centennial Celebration for First Pres. Church in April 1904
Folder 18: Newspaper clipping for Funeral of Professor Alexander Falconer
Folder 19: June 1948 copy of 1777 indenture deed
Folder 20: October 1949 letter to Col. Sydney E. Hammersely
Folder 21:1918 Charter of the Village of WaterfordNY
Folder 22: 1948 Charter of the Village of WaterfordNY
Folder 23: Indenture between John Bleeker and Ann Von Alstine 1820
Folder 24: Last will and testament of Robert Bullock 1808
Folder 25: 1808 approval of last will and testament of Robert Bullock
Folder 26: Jan 1785 indenture between Nicholas Visher and David Kelkins for land
Folder 27: March 1828 indenture between James Robertson and Jessie (his wife) for land
Folder 28: April 1828 bond for $200
Folder 29: 1821 agreement for $5,000
Folder 30: April 1820 indenture for land
Folder 31: Copy of 1665 deed
Folder 32: Jan 1950 copy of report of Col. Hammersley to NYS Historian
Folder 33: Copies of “The OldTown by the Ford” and “Waterford, 1794-1912” 1912
Folder 34: 1770 indenture of Veeder family
Folder 35: 1777 agreement between Nicolas Grossbeck and his wife
Folder 36: 1808 indenture between Bullock and Shtar

Paul Grattan Donation 8 Box 2:

Silver name plate identifying the 3rd St home of Thomas Jefferson Eddy family
Book of Arithmetic belonging to Thomas Jefferson Eddy family
Book: “World’s Columbian Exposition and Midway Plaisance: The Nut Shell”
Book: “The New Album of Niagara FallsNY”
Book: “Essential of Homoeopathic Therapeutics:
12 Checkbooks
Family photo album
3 Bank Statement with Checks

Paul Grattan Donation 8 Box 3:

1888 Books of Medical Sciences
1933 Date Book
1882 “Album” with notes
Small photographic album
Harold Peckham’s “The Physicians Perfect Call List and Record”
Empty notebook by R.C. Waldron 1883
1907 Diary – pages ripped out
School Composition Book
Pamphlet on “A Fool’s Paradise by Ivan Abramson
Harold Peckham’s paper on “Across the Atlantic on a Cattle Ship”
Assorted newspaper clippings, bank statements, drawings, letters, medical papers, tax receipts, and other documents
“Hill’s Manuel of Social and Business Forms a Guide to Correct Writing”
Pictures of Waterford and family photos, photos of Waterford Lions Club
Bank statements and newsclippings
Drawing of Hugh White Homestead, laboratory invoices, letters to Gratin from historical society

Paul Schneider Donation Box 2

Letter to A.G. Peckham from Two Bird Club, assorted letters, letters from The Arlington
Assorted letters to H. Sherwin
Assorted letters to Mrs. Sherwin
Letter – T.J. Eddy
Assorted letters to Agnes Eddy
Assorted letters to H. Peckham
Letters to Mrs. Peckahm
Silhouette picture of Anna Linker
Small books of prayer, shopping lists, issue of “The Challenge”
Documents from Women’s American Baptist Home, shopping lists,
Prayer books and other Baptist Church Documents
More BaptistChurch documents
Book- “The Awakening Orient”

Paul Schneider Donation Box 1:

Photo of Stadium at RPI
Cardbaord cut-out of male’s face
Broadway Mall catalogue, book of coupons, and Evergreen Studios gift catalogue
1891 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1891 issue of The Dietetic Gazette a Monthly Journal of Physiological Medicine
Two journals from WaterfordHigh School

Paul Grattan Donation Box #1:

1779 book of essays by Rev. Knox
Volume 3 of “Young Lady’s Library”
1888-1890 Account Book of Allen Peckham
11 letters to T.J. Eddy from 1841
1895 “Log Book” of Peckham family history

Paul Grattan Box #4:

Book of anatomy by Dr. Potter
Book “The Adventure of Peregrine Pickle” by Dr. Smollett
Math book “A Treatise on Gunter’s Scale and the Sliding Rule” by George Curtis
Book “To Teachers and Students of Medicine throughout the United States” by Samuel Henry Dickson
Book “Freemason’s Monitor”
Issac Eddy’s notebook
Piece of cloth with flower design
Notebook from 1884

Paul Gratton Box #5

1931 photo of flood
1961 color photo of 2 men
Unlabeled small photo of houses on water
Photo of bridge
1915 photo of “Hahnemann”
1991 photo of United Traction Trolley Car
Photo of bridge and grocery store, unlabeled
Portrait photo of young man, unlabeled
1895 photo of Annie Page
Photo of “Emma’s Persian Cat”
Newspaper clippings of “Dr. Peckham to be Feted by Masons”
Paper labeled with H.P. Peckham, M.D.
A 2 Silver Dollars bill
1834 “Troy and Ohio Line” note
Contagious and Infections Diseases card
Business cards
Invitation for the 3rd Annual Reception for the Delta Alpha Class
Poetry by Richard Wilde
Check from West End Trust Company
Bank of Waterford bank statement
Carpenter receipt
Note from Helderberg Cement company
Check to Dr. Peckham
Check to Thomas O’Connor
Handwritten note
1765 receipt from R.C. Reynolds furnishings
Receipt from Otto Faust, veterinary surgeon
Notes of bids
Note from Iroquois Millwork Corporation
Receipt from Owen W. Owens Sons, Inc.
Statement from Younglove Coal Co.
Peckham’s prescription pad
Envelope from The Western Union Telegraph Co
Congratulations note from Peckham to William Grattan
Handwritten notes of dates
Last of people with numbers
List of people
Part of handwritten note
1920 letter to cousins by Frank Bartou
Address written on paper
“New York Men of Letters” papers
Journal about Paris
Book “The Fruits of Obedience”
Handwritten notes
Letter addressed to Dr. Peckham
Dissertation Speech
Unopened Letter addressed to Dr. Peckham
Letter addressed to Mrs. Peckham
1840 handwritten letter
Handwritten letter to “Lucy” 1832
1873 letter from the Department of the Interior
Letter from U.S. Pension Agent
1886 letter with envelope
1868 invitation to Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Lant
1865 hand written letter
1931 show listings for RKO Theatres
Letter from William Glaze of Palmetto Iron Works
Half of a check
Easter card
Envelope from Dr. Peckham
Numbered list
Receipt from J.E. Bootman books
Check to Miss Eddy
Checks to Miss Eddy from 1890/1

Paul Grattan Box 4

Book of expenses
Book of eye exams
Issue of “Cottage and Farm”
1961 bill from County of Waterford
Receipt from Fancy and Staple Groceries from 1914
Handwritten notes
Business cards
Christmas and New Years Greeting Card
Photo of female child
1904-1909 Reunion Class book from WilliamsCollege
Newspaper clippings “Union Forever”
Letters to “brother and sister” 1838
Letter to “my dear friend”
Envelope to Miss Eddy
Letters to Dr. Peckham
Letters to Miss Eddy
Envelope labeled “Old Time Letters”
Paper of Revolutionary, Naval, and Military Pension Laws”
Letter to Mrs. Thew from Mrs. Eddy
Handwritten letter
Letters to Harry Eddy Therwin
Letter from Frank Barton
Invitation to Commencement for Waterford Free Academy to Miss Eddy

Paul Grattan Box 2

1989 Check Slip
Papers from Madden Lumber Dealers
Deposit slips from Bank of Waterford
Lecture on “The Mystic Brotherhood”
1978 Issue of The Waterford Bulletin
1985 election materials
1931-1968 “Mohawk Papers”
1959 Calendar of birds
1889 and 1912 Calendars
Assorted photos – Waterford Tennis Club, Meals on Wheels
Several saved newspapers, newsletters, letters
1864 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
1907 Armour’s Art Calendar

Box #35: Programs of Waterford Study Club years 1970 through 1990

Box #36:

Folder 2003.663: Agreement between Eddy Valve Co. and International Moulders and Foundry Workers’ Union on May 1, 1958
664: empty
665: Writing Book by Thomas B. Eddy
666: Thomas B. Eddy notebook 1858
667.a:Envelope addressed to Mrs. Eddy
667.b: Letter to Mrs. Eddy by Valentine
668: Troy Associations Admit card for Newton Eddy 1853
669: Readings by Mrs. W.F. Sherwin for the WaterfordBaptistChurch 1882
670: Readings by Mrs. W.F. Sherwin for the WaterfordBaptistChurch 1884
671: Readings by Mrs. W.F. Sherwin for the WaterfordBaptistChurch 1882
672: 1850 card of honor for Newton Eddy from SandLakeAcademy
673: 1849 card of honor for Newton Eddy from SandLakeAcademy
674: empty
676: 1850 Newton Eddy pledge card for Causes of Intemperance 1850
677: empty
679: 1851 composition by Newton Eddy “The Graveyard at Midnight”
680: 1883 program of “entertainment at the M.E.Church”
681: “Lectures on Man” at the Troy Tabernacle
682: 1883 Programme for the M.E. Lecture Course by Mr. Sherwin
683: Select Readings by Mrs. W.F. Sherman at the BaptistChurch advertisement 1882
684: Programme for Fireman’s Tournament 1880
685: Graduation program for WaterfordHigh School 1901
686: Graduation program for WaterfordHigh School 1901
687: WaterfordHigh School Commencement program for 1912
688: War Ration Book
689: War Ration Book
690: War Ration Book
691: War Ration Book
692: 1916 Grocer Receipt
693: 1916 Grocer Receipt
694: War ration Book
695: WWII Ration Book Holder
696: 1916 Receipt from Waterford Times
697: 1916 Receipt from F.B. Peck Coal Co.
698: 1916 Receipt from Kavanaugh Knitting Company, Inc.
699: 1912 Playbook for Waterford HS Alumni Association play “Mystery”
700: 1915 Program for the Waterford HS Alumni Banquet
701: 1911 Program for Waterford HS Alumni Banquet

Box #37:

527: 1944 Newspaper clipping “F.W. Reimherr Dies Suddenly”
529: 1901 Graduation essay by William H. Barker
530: Grocery list
535: 1928 Newspaper clipping “Central Park Fishing Season Closes as School Bell Rings”
541: Certificate to William H. Barker for Young Men’s Christian Association
542: 19621 Newspaper clipping “Waterford Historian, Expert on Cannon-Making Dies”
675: Member list
678: 1850 Newton Eddy’s composition “Death”
702: 1924 book “The Massasoit Mill Property of Samuel L. Munson”
703: 1889 Surprise Party invitation
704: 1888 L’Iroquois Club Second Annual Reception Invitation
705.12: Handwritten list of dates
706: 1912 Voting announcement for Water Commissioners
707: 1913 Letter from the Bull Moose Club
708: Letter from Bull Moose Club
709: 1939 Essay to the Lansingburgh Gazette
710.1-3: Essay “The Minotaur”
711: 1914 Letter from Republican Village Committee on election
712: 1906 Letter from Waterford Water Works Co.
713: 1862 Letter from Francis A.