Manuscript Group 1306, Halsey Family Papers 1791 – 1956
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New Jersey Historical Society Library
Manuscript
Collection
Manuscript
Group # 1306
Halsey
Family Papers
Papers,
1791-1956
1
archival box
Updated
by S. Sullivan
March
2000
Scope
and Content Notes:
The
Halsey Family Papers contains photographs, newspaper clippings,
passports, and correspondence pertaining to the family of Silas
Condit Halsey (1832-1906), United States Consul to Sonnenberg,
Germany during the 1890s. These documents span the years
1791-1956, with bulk dates of 1791-1900 and are contained in one
archival box. Also included are materials
concerning/relating to the Day and Price families as well as
Samuel Halsey (1801-1884), Isaac Halsey (1757-1820), Ella Louise
Price Halsey, and Jesse Hildreth Halsey (b. 1871). Of
special interest are three groups of material kept by Silas C.
Halsey: documents and newspapers of the Civil War era, autographs
of nineteenth-century artists and photographs of the Sultan of
Jahore, the royal family of Coburg, Germany and of Queen
Victoria.
Manuscript
Group # 1306
Halsey
Family Papers
Papers,
1791-1956
Item
Level Inventory
Folder
Description
Date
1
Newspaper Clippings:
Obituary of Mrs. (Cornelia Livingston Van Rensselaer) Theodore
Strong n.d.
Clipping titled, Here are Five Generations, from
Newark paper March 3, 1902
Clipping from The Town Talk (Newark)
June 1, 1895
Oldest City Scene Found (Hartford, Connecticut)
December
Handwritten Genealogical Notes Concerning:
Sara Smith Halsey
Isaac Halsey
Harriet Eliza Woodruff
Jesse Dickinson Price
Ella Louise Price
Silas Condit Halsey
Obituary of Samuel Halsey
Fragment of the obituary of Miss Halsey
Newspaper articles:
First
Mayors Bowl (Newark Sunday News)
Halsey Memorial Window to be Unveiled (Newark
Evening News) Oct. 1914
Halsey Estate goes to Cousins
circa 1903
Notice of wedding of Silas C. Halsey and Lillie L. Price
Weddings re: Halsey-Price wedding
Fashionable Wedding at Elizabeth
Fashionable Weddings
A Fashionable Wedding in Elizabeth, (New York Sun)
Obituaries:
Harriet E. Price (wife of Jesse D. Price)
Mrs. Mary Hutchings Halsey (wife of Samuel Halsey)
Silas C. Halsey Dead, New York World
June 13, 1906
S.C.H. obituary in New York Sun
June 13, 1906
S.C.H. obituary in Jersey City Journal
June
13, 1906
Silas C. Halseys estate, Newark Call
Will of Silas Halsey Filed, Newark News
July 6, 1906
obituary from New York City Daily Trade Record
obituary from New York City Commercial
2
Photograph of the Halsey family in England
Photo of an unidentified woman in flowered dress
Blue photograph of Silas Halsey and family at picnic
Honorable George A. Halsey
Pictures of Silas C. Halsey, his
wife Nellie, and daughter, Hildreth (sister of C.D. halsey) taken
in Colburg
Portrait
of Mrs. Silas C. Halsey
Photos
of Hildreth King
Photo
of unidentified woman (Mrs. Silas C. Halsey)
1887
3
Set of nineteenth century photos including:
Lincoln
Sherman
U.S. Grant
Stephen A. Douglass
Silas C. Halsey
Charles Day Halsey
Aunt Polly
General Dix
Unidentified photo of woman and (daughter)?
4
Handpainted photograph of Allie Price
Photograph of Jesse Dickenson Price,
father of Ella Louise Price, 2nd wife of Silas Condit Halsey
1880-3
Harriet
Eliza Woodruff Price
circa 1880-90
Photo
taken in the early (18)60s of Ellen Louise
Price and Alice Price
Jessie
Hildreth Halsey from Grandma
September 1886
5
Indenture between Charles and Eliza Day and William Wallace
January 2, 1833
Letter from John S. Rousse, secretary of
the Newark India Rubber Manufacturing Company to Charles Day
February 12, 1847
Letter
from M.W. Day to brother Charles T. Day
March 5, 1842
Document
of assignment executed between Matthias Day and Elias B. Crane
April 16, 1844
Essay,
Story of the Clamp Skate, by Charles T. Day
December 1896
6
Photograph of the men who attended a dinner in honor of Judge
Joseph Alexander dubbed, a remarkable gathering of
Octogenarians at the Essex Club,
The Town Talk
June
1, 1895
Photo of a group of men taken at the
Waverly, New Jersey Fair Grounds
Photos
of the home of Silas Condit Halsey
7
Indenture between Norman Pinney and Jesse D. Price for land in
Mobie,
Alabama
November
1, 1836
Indenture between Trustees of the First
Presbyterian Chuirch of Newark and Jesse Baldwin for pew number
99. Document signed by Elisha Boudinot, Jesse Baldwin, and
witnessed by Isaac Alling and Joseph Banks
August 1, 1791
Indenture
between Mary Woodruff, wife of Aaron Woodruff, and Jonathan
Woodruff of Westfield, New Jersey
April 18, 1825
Will
of Isaac Halsey, father of Samuel Halsey, Polly Briant, Daniel
Halsey, Besty Meeker, Havilah S. Halsey, and Joseph Halsey
n.d.
Indenture
between Aaron Beach, Thomas and Lewis Hamersby witnessed by
William Pennington
October 21, 1817
Indenture
between Abraham and Nancy Beach and Lewis C. and Thomas Hamersby.
Witnessed by William Pennington for lot in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Newark to Samuel Halsey
October1817/67
8
The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America
passed at the Second Session of the First Congress: 1862
Carefully collated with Originals at Richmond, edited by
James M. Matthews., (Richmond, Virginia: R.M. Smith, 1862).
Printed congratulatory order from General
Custer
April 9,
1865
Certificate
announcing the appointment of Silas C. Halsey as Quarter Master
of the Staff of Brigadier General Cornelius Van Vorst
August 23, 1862
Letter
from Silas C. Halsey in Petersburg, Viurginia to wife
April 23, 1865
Invitations:
Two tickets to the United States impeachment of the President
May 5, 1869
Two tickets to the Inauguration of the President of the United
States March 4, 1885
Two
tickets to the Sixth Grand Concert of Madame Alboni in
America at Metropolitan Hall
September
17, 1852
Two
tickets to the Fourteenth Grand Concert of Mlle Jenny
Lind in America at Metropolitan Hall
June 4,
1851
To
Inauguration Reception
March 4, 1869
To
the United States Naval Ball for the Grand Duke Alexis and the
Officers of the Russian Fleet
November 1871
Ticket
for a seat in the Gallery of the United States Senate
Inauguration
Day
March
4, 1869
Ticket
for the Confederate Reading Room
Calling
Card of Mr. and Mrs. Silas C. Halsey
Letter
from __ __ Brand to Vest
November 7, 1864
Military
Pass for S.C. Halsey for travel to Suffolk
April 12, 1863
Furlough
paper concerning Private George Beach signed by Drake DeKay
Letter
containing a piece of the Rebel Flag flown over Fort Pulaski from
Shaff
April 19, 1862
Pass
for Silas C. Halsey to travel to Petersburg
April 20, 1865
Printed
letter signed by Cyrus W. Field concerning sale of stock to
Messrs Tiffany and Company
August 21, 1858
Ribbon
commemorating General U.S. Grant
Fragment
of military stationary
April 28, 1865
9
Letter from Metropolitan Opera House to Fraulein L. Lehmann
January 19, 1888
Autographs and Calling Cards of painters, sculpters and others
Autographs of:
R. Kuling, Brattleboro, Vermont
Thomas Nelson page
David? Belasco
Visiting Cards:
E[dward] W. Kemble with sketch
Palmer Cox
George du Manunes
C[harles] D[ana] Gibson
Ellen Terry
Dewolf Hopper
Frederick Remington
George Wharton Edwards
Albert E. Sterner?
Edwin A. Abbey
T[homas] Moran
William T. Smedley
–? ?engell
10
Letter from ? of Pelham manor, New York to Mrs. Silas C. Halsey
July 29, 1907
Invitation
to the Golden Weding celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Halsey
addressed to the S.C. Halsey Family
1875
Letter
from Nellie Melba to the Manager of the United States Mortgage
and Trust Company
n.d.
Letter
from John Drew to Mr. Halsey
n.d.
Letter
from John Drew to Mrs. King
November
24, 1924
Letter
from Phillips Brooks to Mr. Osborne
April 4, 1889
Letter
from W.G. Sampson, Admiral in Spanish War, to Friend
April 16, 1898
Invitation
to wedding of Euphemia Van Rensselaer to Charles Day Halsey
Nov. 20, 1895
Letter
from Silas C. Halsey to father
April 11, 1852
Letter
from Lilli Lehmann to Sir
1886
Letter
from Walter J. Damont to Mr. Dennis
n.d.
Letter
from little brother, to little sister
circa 1886
11
Three photographs of the Sultan of Jahore taken in Dresden (two
are signed)
1890
Photo
of Queen Marie of Roumania with her 1st baby
News
clipping on Sultan of Jahore
1959
Photo
of German Royal Family, taken in Coburg
1890
Photo
of photo of British Royal family taken in Coburg
1890
Letter
from Vlodium [Vladimir Romanoff] Alexievitch de Russie to Mme
Hamilton King
June 9,
1956
Six
German invitations
Six
Calling cards
Letter
from secretary of Princess Marie of Edinburgh to Jesse Hildreth
Halsey
Letter
from secretary of Princess Marie of Edinburgh to Mrs.
Halsey
12
List of invitees for the dinner
Print
of the Leroy Female Seminary
Certificate
of donation to the endowment of Ingham University in LeRoy, New
York
Four
picture postcards of the Halsey homestead in Southampton, Long
Island
First
draft of Antecedents by Van R. Halsey
Currency:
Thirty Cents issued by the City of Richmond, Virginia
April 14, 1862
Assignat[sic] de 25 Sols
January 1792
Advertisement
for the State Fair at the Waverly Fair Grounds
October 3-6, 1899
Two
examples of micrography by Joseph Alexander, at age 92:
Lords Prayer and Psalm 103 in a heart
1895
Oversize
Permission for Furlough granted to George Swinton
October 31, 1863
Special
passport for Silas C. Halsey, Consul of the United States at
Sonnenberg, Germany
August 13, 1889
Special
passport for Silas C. Halsey signed by James G. Blaine
June 22, 1889
Confederate
Bond (1,000 dollars) number 49725 at 8%
July
1, 1868
Confederate
Bond (1,000 dollars) number 35031 at 7% with engraving of
General Stonewall Jackson
Confederate
Bond number 7631 payable to O.W. Kean
Confederate
Bond (1,000 dollars) number 35035 at 7% with engraving of
General Stonewall Jackson
Presidential
Certificate making Silas C. Halsey Consul of the United States
at Sonnebert, Germany. Signed by Benjamin Harrison and
James G. Blaine
July
1, 1889
Old
Newspapers:
The Vicksburg, MS Daily Citizen
July
2, 1863
Portion of the [Newark?] Daily Whig
April 23, 1838
The Newark Daily Advertiser
August 18, 1855
Newark Daily Advertiser (Lincolns assassination)
April 17, 1865
Newark Daily Mercury
September 5, 1849
Richmond Examiner
March 27, 1865
Richmond Whig
April 26, 1865
New York Observer
March 27, 1830
New York Observer
September
27, 1823
Two
copies of large photo of British Royal Family featuring Queen
Victoria
Two
photos of royalty in regalia
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