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Simon Gratz autograph collection

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Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107

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Simon Gratz (1840-1925) was among the most recognized and respected Jewish Americans in the city of Philadelphia. He was born into one of the oldest families and, perhaps, most notable. He inherited a legacy of high ambition and accomplishment going back to the family’s early settlers in the United States—Barnard and Michael Gratz. The Gratz Brothers were most enterprising in shipping, land acquisition, and trading, which allowed for the cementing of the strong and influential relationship between the family and the city. Simon’s father, Edward Gratz, was known for his activities with the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and his most famous aunt, Rebecca Gratz, for her “charm” and philanthropy.

Gratz completed his primary education before the age of 13 and then entered the University of Pennsylvania. Graduating at 16, he then entered the university’s law school. While still a law student, he joined the law office of Garrick Mallery and Furman Sheppard. After graduating in 1855 and being admitted to bar, he began practicing in the city. For three years he served as assistant city solicitor, which enabled him to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. He was elected to the Pennsylvania legislature before the age of 21 and served one term.

In 1869 Gratz was appointed to the Philadelphia Board of Public Education and became chairman of the Committee for the Girl’s Normal School. Additionally, he served for two terms as the board’s president pro-tem. He was most known however for helping to improve many schools that were seen as “primitive.” He also served as president of the Board of Revision of Taxes, president of the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia, member of the Board of Trustees of the Jefferson Medical College, and vice-president of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and president of its council.

To distract himself from his professional commitments, Simon Gratz sought “intellectual amusement” through autograph collecting, becoming one of several popular autograph collectors during his time. He started collecting at the age of 17. Gratz in his A Book About Autograph Collecting stated that collecting “is good for the body, as well as the mind,” and to achieve fulfillment through such practices one must “seek occasional relief from the tedium and cares of active professional or business life, by turning to one chosen hobby for relaxation and quiet pleasure.” He used his collection to connect with some of the revered personalities in the United States and abroad, which ultimately supplied him with a great deal of entry points in the study of history. It is through the famed individual, according to Gratz, that we have the greatest opportunity to study:

"the collecting of autographs appeals most strongly to those who seek a delightful relaxation in an eminently intellectual amusement. An autograph letter from the hand of a noted man is the closest personal memorial of him that can be had. Here we have the identical paper that his hands touched and on which he wrote the words we read—words expressing thoughts as they emanated from his brain. We almost feel as if we were in direct contact with the writer. If he was good as well as great, a feeling of reverence for the paper we treasure steals over us. We are moved by the desire to learn the leading events of his life; and, if he was a prominent character in history, we wish to know the historical events in which he was a participant. In this way our treasured personal memorial leads us into the field of intellectual activitiey and history research" (p. 14-15).

His collecting activities led to his lengthy association with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, to which he would deed all of his collection in 1917. This collection reflects much of his philosophy of leisure and collecting. There are many types of documents contained with the collection with a range of people and organizations represented. Gratz had a reputation for collecting internationally. H etraded items with many individuals from around the world, and many of the documents in the collection are written in French, Italian, Russian, or Chinese.

Gratz’s contemporaries in the collecting and dealing of autographs and other artifacts included Walter R. Benjamin, George Briley, Georg M. Cannaroe, Louis J. Cist, Ferdinand J. Dreer, Thomas Addis Emmet, Frank M. Etting, Adrian H. Joline, James T. Mitchell, and Charles Roberts, A. S. W. Rosenbach. With these men and other collectors, Gratz entered a long debate about what constituted genuine collecting practices and what determined the value of autographs. This conversation commenced as autograph collecting increased in popularity and historical documents rose in market value. According to Gratz, many people became “collectors” who “beg[ed] signature,” increasing their stocks by requesting autographs. Objecting to such methods for enriching his store.” He lamented the transition of autograph collecting from a recreational practice to a full-fledged business. He asserted, “from the beginning of the taste for gathering autographs, most of the notable collections have been formed by men of education, refinement, and prominence; and, as a natural consequence, the ways they have followed in pursuing their hobby have been such as were in complete accord with the highest standards of propriety. Their acquisitions, prior to the time when the commerce in autographs commenced, were almost exclusively by the gift of masses of letters and manuscripts which has accumulated, for many generations, in the archives of families of ancient or noble lineage. When, in the early part of the 18th century, a large and steady increase in the number of collectors began to manifest itself, a legitimate business in the purchase, gift, or exchange, of the names they wanted. At a later day, a number of men from whom better things might have been expected, resorted to methods which, in varying degrees, were discreditable.” Much of his displeasure may have been inspired by an increase in the sale of fraudulent documents at suchtions. During one auction he was publicly corrected by Walter R. Benjamin regarding an item that Gratz thought to be authentic, but that was actually a fake.

By the time of his resignation from the board of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, he had amassed an expansive collection, all of which was donated to the organization. He resigned on May 10, 1921, having served more than 51 years consecutively. After his death in 1925, the school board decided to honor him with the naming of a school—the Simon Gratz High School.

The collection is alphabetically arranged.

This collection is particularly rich in papers of Protestant American clergymen. It includes letters, 1795-1820, of American Presbyterian clergy addressed to William Wallace Woodward, a Philadelphia bookseller and manuscript sermons (some of which are included in the Gratz Sermon Collection) of such clergymen as Abiel Abbot, Lyman Beecher, Nathaniel Chauncey, Timothy Edwards, Ashbel Green, Levi Hart, Alexander Murray, James Muir, William B. Sprague, Solomon Stoddard, Samuel Willard, and others.

The collection includes letters and portraits of many other prominent Americans and Europeans: Theodosia Burr Alston; Governor Edmund Andros, 1677; Susanna Anthony, 1770; General John Armstrong, 1769; John Jacob Astor, 1842; Governor Jonathan Belcher; John Bradford, 1720; George Bryan; Dewitt Clinton, 1822; George Clinton; George Clymer; William Dearborn, 1808; John Dickinson; William Duer, 1786; Benjamin Eastburn, 1734; William Eaton, 1805; Edward Everett, 1827; Albert Gallatin, 1801-1811; Joseph Galloway, 1769; Adolphus W. Greely; Jonathan Greenleaf, 1843; Alexander Hamilton; William Harrison, 1786; Patrick Henry; Samuel Hopkins, 1770; Jared Ingersoll; Washington Irving; John Jay, 1822; Dyre Kearney, 1787; James Kent; Francis Scott Key; John Laurens, 1778; Thomas Mifflin, 1791; John P. Montgomery, 1776; Gouverneur Morris, 1806; Isaac Morris; John Nicholson, 1795; Samuel Otis, 1789; James Parker, 1793; Edmund Pendleton; Richard and Thomas Penn, 1755; Peyton Randolph; Joseph Reed, 1812; Colonel James Rodney, 1764; Henry De Saussure, 1787; Theodore Sedgwick, 1799; Jonathan D. Sergeant, 1784; J. Bayard Smith, 1778; William Tweed, 1871; John Tyler, Jr., 1842; James Wadsworth, 1780; John F. Zubley, 1767; and others.

Other miscellaneous items are: manuscripts of James Monroe, 1794-1828, on the French Revolution; instructions to James Monroe by Edmund Randolph, 1794-1796; Aaron Burr letters, 1775-1811; Erick Bollmann, 1810; William Eaton, 1802; Joseph Bonaparte correspondence, 1815-1827; parchment deeds, 1691-1786, of Pennsylvania and New Jersey; Judge John Cleves Symmes to Captain Dayton on settlements west of Ohio and on the Miami, 1789; papers relating to Indian affairs, 1789-1806; Irish Revolution papers, 1806-1813; Mexico and South America, 1785-1843; United States Bank, 1805; Bank of North America, 1813-1814; Canadian Rebellion, 1837-1838; political relations between France and America, 1783-1793; letters of writers, artists, scholars, scientists, physicians, apothecaries, penologists, reformers, ca. 1711-1910, including Joseph Lancaster’s correspondence on education, James Rumsey’s manuscripts and printed material, 1788, concerning his invention of the first steam vessel, and other papers bearing on intellectual trends.

Ashton, Dianne. Rebecca Gratz: Women and Judaism in Antebellum America. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1997. Cappon, Lester J. “Walter R. Benjamin and the Autograph Trade at the Turn of the Century.” Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 78(1966): 20-37. Freund, Miriam K. Jewish Merchants in Colonial America: Their Achievements and Their Contributions to the Development of America. New York: Behrman’s Jewish Book House, 1939. Gratz, Simon. A Book About Autographs. Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1920. Osterweis, Rollin G. Rebecca Gratz: A Study in Charm. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1935. “Simon Gratz.” The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 50(1926): 88-90.

The processing of this collection primarily included rehousing the material. The collection maintains its original arrangement.

Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Weckea D. Lilly
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

Aa - Adami, 1640-1902.
Box 1
Adams - Adamson, 1723-1900.
Box 2
Adc - Ak, 1772-1910.
Box 3
Ala - Ali, 1577-1900.
Box 4
Alla - Alle, 1730-1923.
Box 5
Alli - Am, 1752-1898.
Box 6
Theodosia Burr Alston, 1779-1812.
Box 7
Anc - Ane, 1727-1890.
Box 8
Ang - Ant, 1687-1914.
Box 9
Ap - Ar, 1753-1897.
Box 10
Asb - Assm, 1750-1896.
Box 11
Ast - Atk, 1695-1872.
Box 12
Asylum Co., 1761-1839.
Box 13
Atl - Az, 1766-1890.
Box 14
Baa - Bain, 1743-1892.
Box 15
Bair - Bald, 1759-1880.
Box 16
Bale - Banv, 1729-1917.
Box 17
Bank of the United States, 1791-1841.
Box 18
Bar - Barl, 1750-1890.
Box 19
Barn - Barro, 1713-1898.
Box 20
Barry - Bate, 1753-1895.
Box 21
Bates - Baz, 1627-1903.
Box 22
Bea - Beck, c. 1650 - 1900.
Box 23
Becke - Bell, 1730-1914.
Box 24
Bella - Bent, 1680-1897.
Box 25
Benta - Bev, 1684-1917.
Box 26
Bes - Bil, 1752-1924.
Box 27
Bin - Bix, 1709-1896.
Box 28
Bla - Blai, 1757-1903.
Box 29
Blak - Blo, 1640-1898.
Box 30
Blu - Bok, 1735-1921.
Box 31
Bole - Bopp, 1712-1899.
Box 32
Bor - Bous, 1712-1894.
Box 33
Bout - Boy, 1703-1905.
Box 34
Bra - Bram, 1705-1879.
Box 35
Bran - Brem, 1676-1925.
Box 36
Bren - Bri, 1734-1907.
Box 37
Broa - Brot, 1570-1908.
Box 38
Brou - Brown, Jos., 1655-1911.
Box 39
Brown, M. - Bruce, 1668-1879.
Box 40
Bruch - Bucki, 1729-1893.
Box 41
Buckl - Bul, 1668-1911.
Box 42
Bum - Burnh, 1717-1890.
Box 43
Burr, Aaron, 1774-1833.
Box 44
Burns - Bury, 1758-1898.
Box 45
Bus - By, 1673-1925.
Box 46
Cab - Camen, 1749-1888.
Box 47
Camer - Campbell, J., 1735-1880.
Box 48
Campbell, L. - Carl, 1684-1895.
Box 49
Carm - Cary, 1648-1919.
Box 50
Cas - Chaf, 1559-1902.
Box 51
Chal - Chapl, 1670-1902.
Box 52
Chapm - Chaz, 1648-1895.
Box 53
Che - Cho, 1727-1901.
Box 54
Civil War Printed, 1837-1907.
Box 55
Civil War, 1802-1886.
Box 56
Church Papers, 1720-1869.
Box 57
Chr - Clark, H., 1700-1922.
Box 58
Clark, J. - Clarke, J., 1709-1901.
Box 59
Clarke, M. - Clel, 1675-1900.
Box 60
Chow & Company, 1784-1813.
Box 61
Clem - Cly, 1733-1908.
Box 62
Coa - Cok, 1683-1901.
Box 63
Col - Coll, 1624-1890.
Box 64
Colm - Condy, 1709-1890.
Box 65
Cone - Cony, 1761-1895.
Box 66
Cook - Cooper, S., 1746-1890.
Box 67
Cooper, T. - Corm, 1788-1889.
Box 68
Corn - Cour, 1630-1914.
Box 69
Cous - Coz, 1707-1890.
Box 70
Crab - Cram, 1773-1979.
Box 71
Cranch - Crittenden, 1600-1898.
Box 72
Cro - Cul, 1655-1905.
Box 73
Cum - Cur, 1716-1899.
Box 74
Cus - Cy, 1680-1890.
Box 75
Dab - Dal, 1700-1891.
Box 76
Dam - Dau, 1665-1896.
Box 77
Dave - Davis, H., 1726-1921.
Box 78
Davis, J. - Day, 1704-1907.
Box 79
Deeds, 1672-1806.
Box 80
Dea - Delam, 1665-1919.
Box 81
DeLan - Dep, 1686-1897.
Box 82
Der - DeW, 1641-1908.
Box 83
Dex - Did, 1734-1909.
Box 84
Die - Doc, 1746-1910.
Box 85
Dod - Doro, 1653-1883.
Box 86
Dorr - Drai, 1716-1890.
Box 87
Drak - DuC, 1607-1913.
Box 88
Dud - Dunca, 1700-1880.
Box 89
Dunck - Dur, 1775-1901.
Box 90
Dus - Dy, 1756-1903.
Box 91
Ead - Eat, 1629-1899.
Box 92
Eb - Edwards, J., 1723-1900.
Box 93
Edwards, M. - Elk, 1721-1899.
Box 94
Ell - Elm, 1763-1906.
Box 95
Elp - Ep, 1672-1899.
Box 96
Er - Eva, 1651-1902.
Box 97
Eve - Ey, 1720-1903.
Box 98
Fab - Farq, 1673-1895.
Box 99
Farr - Ferg, 1629-1902.
Box 100
Fern - Fir, 1706-1904.
Box 101
Fis - Fit, 1707-1898.
Box 102
Fl - Fon, 1626-1875.
Box 103
Foo - For, 1724-1925.
Box 104
Foreign Papers, 1512-1925.
Box 105
Fos - Franc, 1559-1904.
Box 106
Frank - Fren, 1694-1892.
Box 107
Frer - Fy, 1693-1890.
Box 108
Gab - Gaj, 1763-1893.
Box 109
Gal - Gan, 1761-1883.
Box 110
Gara - Garr, 1756-1910.
Box 111
Gart - Geo, 1711-1890.
Box 112
Ger - Gib, 1628-1890.
Box 113
Gid - Gil, 1646-1890.
Box 114
Gio - God, 1608-1890.
Box 115
Geo - Goo, 1745-1895.
Box 116
Gor - Graf, 1711-1895.
Box 117
Grah - Grat, 1703-1894.
Box 118
Gratz - Greb, 1760-1906.
Box 119
Greec - Greev, 1721-1900.
Box 120
Greg - Grif, 1753-1891.
Box 121
Gri - Gru, 1750-1904.
Box 122
Gu - Gy, 1555-1893.
Box 123
Haa - Hali, 1690-1919.
Box 124
Hall - Hall & S., 1718-1898.
Box 125
Hall, T. - Hame, 1760-1900.
Box 126
Hami - Hanc, 1662-1895.
Box 127
Hand - Hard, 1738-1923.
Box 128
Hare - Harris, S., 1705-1907.
Box 129
Harris, T. - Harw, 1694-1909.
Box 130
Has - Haw, 1732-1902.
Box 131
Hay - Heg, 1757-1922.
Box 132
Hei - Henn, 1637-1913.
Box 133
Henr - Herr, 1664-1893.
Box 134
Hers - Hig, 1616-1899.
Box 135
Hil - Hit, 1600-1910.
Box 136
Hoa - Hok, 1705-1915.
Box 137
Hol - Hon, 1664-1920.
Box 138
Hoo - Hop, 1679-1910.
Box 139
Hor - Hou, 1724-1892.
Box 140
Hov - Hoy, 1767-1899.
Box 141
Hub - Huk, 1710-1921.
Box 142
Hul - Huntington, D., 1754-1908.
Box 143
Huntington, E. - Hy, 1665-1880.
Box 144
Ib - Ing, 1693-1891.
Box 145
Inm - Iz, 1756-1923.
Box 146
Jack - Jak, 1777-1908.
Box 147
Jam - Jeb, 1718-1899.
Box 148
Jef - Johns, 1584-1903.
Box 149
Johnson - Johnston, 1738-1895.
Box 150
Johnston, J. - Jones, H., 1742-1898.
Box 151
Jones, J. - Jones, T., 1733-1893.
Box 152
Jones, W. - Ju, 1758-1903.
Box 153
Ka - Keh, 1777-1910.
Box 154
Kei - Kennedy, C., 1764-1917.
Box 155
Kennedy, D. - Key, 1742-1896.
Box 156
Kia - Kingston, 1724-1899.
Box 157
Kink - Kl, 1742-1898.
Box 158
Kn - Ko, 1641(?) - 1921.
Box 159
Kr - Ky, 1670-1924.
Box 160
L. - Lal, 1737-1894.
Box 161
Lam - Lan, 1645-1925.
Box 162
Lancaster, Joseph, 1797-1838.
Box 163
Letters to Lancaster, Joseph, 1793-1811.
Box 164
Letters to Lancaster, Joseph, 1722-1893.
Box 165
Lap - Lav, 1722-1893.
Box 166
Law - Led, 1697-1909.
Box 167
Lee - Lem, 1680-1902.
Box 168
Len - Lev, 1683-1894.
Box 169
Lew - Lim, 1626-1897.
Box 170
Lin - Lis, 1647-1915.
Box 171
Lit - Loch, 1733-1890.
Box 172
Lock - Lore, 1721-1906.
Box 173
Lori - Luce, 1720-1890.
Box 174
Luci - Lym, 1582-1899.
Box 175
Lyn - Lyt, 1754-1890.
Box 176
Mab - McClo, 1752-1913.
Box 177
McClu - McDou, 1768-1901.
Box 178
McDow - McIl, 1759-1893.
Box 179
McIn - McKim, 1752-1920.
Box 180
McKin - McLen, 1754-1921.
Box 181
McLeo - McPhe, 1763-1890.
Box 182
McPhu - Maj, 1701-1924.
Box 183
Mal - Marb, 1735-1922.
Box 184
Marc - Marr, 1674-1892.
Box 185
Mars - Mart, 1648-1925.
Box 186
Maru - Matl, 1713-1921.
Box 187
Matt - Mea, 1550-1890.
Box 188
Mec - Mercer, H., 1710-1898.
Box 189
Mercer, J. - Mes, 1755-1902.
Box 190
Met - Miller, D., 1623-1901.
Box 191
Miller, E. - Milm, 1699-1924.
Box 192
Military Papers, 1742-1867.
Box 193
Miln - Mix, 1636-1917.
Box 194
Mob - Monr, 1645-1909.
Box 1645 Box 195
Mons - Moore, J., 1554-1924.
Box 196
Moore, M. - Morgan, H., 1543-1896.
Box 197
Morgan, J. - Morrison, G., 1721-1921.
Box 198
Morrison, J. - Mou, 1731-1891.
Box 199
Mow - Mun, 1707-1909.
Box 200
Mura - Murray, A., 1724-1884.
Box 201
Murray, C. - My, 1696-1910.
Box 202
Na - Nel, 1669-1919.
Box 203
Nen - Ney, 1686-1897.
Box 204
Ni - Nod, 1660-1900.
Box 205
Noe - Ny, 1600-1899.
Box 206
Oa - Old, 1689-1906.
Box 207
Oli - Osc, 1604-1917.
Box 208
Osg - Ox, 1629-1890.
Box 209
Paa - Pap, 1732-1912.
Box 210
Para - Parn, 1666-1908.
Box 211
Parr - Patterson, N., 1703-1894.
Box 212
Patterson, R. - Pear, 1717-1901.
Box 213
Peas - Penno, 1555-1906.
Box 214
Penns - Pes, 1711-1924.
Box 215
Pet - Phila., 1678-1892.
Box 216
Phili - Phy, 1717-1883.
Box 217
Pic - Pid, 1771-1861.
Box 218
Pie - Pitc, 1718-1891.
Box 219
Pitk - Poi, 1716-1915.
Box 220
Pol - Porter, D., 1704-1892.
Box 221
Porter, E. - Pot, 1729-1912.
Box 222
Pou - Pre, 1748-1910.
Box 223
Printed Papers, 1832-1876.
Box 224
Pri - Prou, 1717-1910.
Box 225
Prov - Py, 1471-1894.
Box 226
Qua - Qui, 1614-1919.
Box 227
Rab - Ral, 1705-1890.
Box 228
Ram - Ras, 1679-1899.
Box 229
Ram - Ras, 1679-1899.
Box 229
Rat - Rec, 1592-1903.
Box 230
Red - Reid, 1753-1914.
Box 231
Reig - Rh, 1711-1893.
Box 232
Rib - Richi, 1718-1910.
Box 233
Richm - Ris, 1761-1901.
Box 234
Rit - Robertson, I., 1648-1893.
Box 235
Robertsn, J. - Roc, 1624-1903.
Box 236
Rodd - Rodney, T., 1727-1875.
Box 237
Rodney, T. (cont.) - Roe), 1715-1872.
Box 238
Rog - Roos, 1633-1898.
Box 239
Root - Ros, 1627-1919.
Box 240
Rot - Rup, 1741-1899.
Box 241
Rus - Rz, 1747-1898.
Box 242
Sab - Sal, 1702-1922.
Box 243
Sam - Say, 1665-1910.
Box 244
Sanitary Fairs, 1864.
Box 245
Sca - Schm, 1641-1915.
Box 246
Schn - Schu, 1631-1923.
Box 247
Schw - Scr, 1733-1897.
Box 248
Scu - Shap, 1735-1900.
Box 249
Ser - Shap, 1652-1897.
Box 250
Shar - Sheo, 1764-1890.
Box 251
Shep, 1663-1893.
Box 252
Sher - Shu, 1705-1900.
Box 253
Sib - Sim, 1737-1921.
Box 254
Sin - Sl, 1727-1909.
Box 255
Sma - Smith, G., 1700-1907.
Box 256
Smith, H. - Smith, P., 1765-1914.
Box 257
Smith, R. - Smy, 1755-1890.
Box 258
Sn - Sout, 1666-1901.
Box 259
Souv - Spi, 1640-1900.
Box 260
Spo - Stanl, 1697-1922.
Box 261
Stans - Sten, 1675-1901.
Box 262
Step - Stevens, I., 1746-1904.
Box 263
Stevens, J. - Stew, 1760-1921.
Box 264
Sti - Stop, 1676-1925.
Box 265
Stor - Str, 1719-1909.
Box 266
Stu - Sun, 1630-1919.
Box 267
Sur - Sz, 1765-1924.
Box 268
Taf - Tat, 1744-1914.
Box 269
Tau - Tc, 1700-1891.
Box 270
Te - Tha, 1706-1919.
Box 271
The - Thompson, H., 1739-1922.
Box 272
Thompson, J. - Thompson, J., 1766-1891.
Box 273
Thompson, P. - Thw, 1721-1902.
Box 274
Ti - Tol, 1707-1918.
Box 275
Tom - Trac, 1571-1921.
Box 276
Trai - Tro, 1703-1895.
Box 277
Tru - Turner, H., 1694-1900.
Box 278
Turner, J. - Tz, 1675-1882.
Box 279
Ue - Ux, 1675-1910.
Box 280
Vac - Vander, K., 1677-1907.
Box 281
Vanderl - Van Rensselaer, J., 1647-1893.
Box 282
Van Rensselaer, K. - Vaughan, J., 1564-1899.
Box 283
Vaughan, L. - Vim, 1535-1917.
Box 284
Vin - Vu, 1745-1909.
Box 285
Waa - Walc, 1661-1889.
Box 286
Wald - Walker, N., 1725-1875.
Box 287
Walker, R. - Waln, 1717-1922.
Box 288
Walp - Warm, 1676-1922.
Box 289
Warn - Wate, 1776-1907.
Box 290
Watk - Wea, 1707-1898.
Box 291
Web - Wei, 1710-1902.
Box 292
Wel - Wen, 1745-1890.
Box 293
Wer - Whed, 1740-1892.
Box 294
Whee - White, S., 1634-1921.
Box 295
White, T. - Wid, 1714-1912.
Box 296
Wie - Willc, 1700-1897.
Box 297
Wille - Williams, J., 1650-1911.
Box 298
Williams, L. - Williamson, 1706-1925.
Box 299
Willin - Wilson, H., 1713-1910.
Box 300
Wilson, J. - Wilt, 1768-1898.
Box 301
Wim - Wisn, 1669-1888.
Box 302
Wist - Wood, I., 1723-1900.
Box 303
Wood, J. - Woodw, 1699-1902.
Box 304
Wool - Wright, J., 1718-1890.
Box 305
Wright, L. - Wy, 1715-1890.
Box 306
Xa - Xi / Ya - Young, R., 1744-1891.
Box 307
Young, S. / Za - Zu, 1711-1904.
Box 308
Notes on Autograph Collection, 1869 & n.d.
Box 309
Account Books, 1862-1925.
Box 310
Miscellaneous / Book on Autographs, 1782-1906.
Box 311
Woff - Zub, 1672-1916.
Box 312
Unidentified, Foreign, & Miscellaneous, 1714-1892.
Box 313
Letters of Albert Gallatin, 1801 - 1805, 1801-1805.
Box 314
Letters of Albert Ballatin, 1806 - 1811, 1806-1811.
Box 315
United States Board of Treasury - 1787 / Treasury Department 1797-1834, 1787-1834.
Box 316
Gratz - Sermon Collection [John Hull, 1656-1660; Joseph Sewall, 1701-1713; John Pynchon, 1649; Samuel & Joseph Sewall, 1672-1673 / 1701-1706 / 1703-1706; Samuel Willard, 1694; Solomon Stoddard, 1680's-1728; Unknown, 1630-1679; Miscellaneous, 17th Century Dutch-1829; Items removed from volumes, 1863-1894; The Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch, 1880], 1630-1826.
Box 317
Gratz - Sermon Collection [Samuel Checkley, 1726-1763; Nathaniel Chauncey & Thaddeus Mac Carty, n.d. / 1750-1787; First Institution Catechism, 1725; ________, (of Gyles & Berry), 1723-1724; Barnards, 1708-1773; John Rogers, John Rodgers, & John Ewing, 1693-1802; Miscellaneious, 1759-1829; Joseph Baxter, 1711-1726; W. Ch. & East C., 1704-1721], 1693-1829.
Box 318
Gratz - Sermon Collection [Edkley & West, 1782-1803 / 1766-1804; David Tappan, 1775-1802; Joseph Lathrop, 1798-1836; Joseph Lathrop, 1773-1813; Joseph Lathrop, 1758-1830; Samuel Mathor, 1775-1785; Stephen West, 1762-1815; James Mui, 1781-1802; PS 17:8, June 1797 / August 30, 1807 / & n.d.], 1758-1836.
Box 319
Gratz - Sermon Collection [John B. Romeyn (NY), 1798-1824; Eliphalet Nott (NY), 1816-1837; J. H. Livingstno (NY & NJ), 1808-1820; Henry Kollock (Savannah), 1800-1810; J. MacDonald (NY), 1798-1815; Abiel Abbot (Andover, MA), 1789-1838; Richard S. Storrs (Warren, CT), 1802-1818], 1789-1838.
Box 320
Gratz - Sermon Collection [Varied Authors, 1650-1652; Winter, 1674-1713; John Pointer, 1823; Mattheew Wilkes, 1773; Benjamin Wallin, 1734-1788; Frederick Christian Michaelis, ca. 1717 (or '27); Alexander Murray, 1794-1808], 1650-1823.
Box 321
Gratz - Sermon College [varied authors; Levi Hart; Diary of Levi Hart; Williams; Miscellaneous; Miscellaneous (N.E.); Time Edwards; S. Hopkins; W. Springfield; & S. Hopkins; Levi Hart (Sermons & Diary); Samuel Hopkins (formerly bound in vol. 22); Incoming Correspondence to Stephen Williams (mostly by James Davenport & JOhn Sergeant)], 1697-1832.
Box 322
Gratz - Sermon Collection [John A. Clark (school notebooks and sermons no. 1-199), 1822-1848.
Box 323
Gratz - Sermon Collection [John A. Clark (sermons no. 200 - 399), 1822-1848.
Box 324
Gratz - Semon Collection [John A. Clark (sermons no. 400-570; parishioner's letter, "Book let out 1843-1848)], 1822-1848.
Box 325
Gratz - Sermon Collection [varied authors], 1712-1823.
Box 326

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