CASH BOOK FOR THE ESTATE OF GERARD G BEEKMAN

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

CASH BOOK FOR THE ESTATE OF GERARD G BEEKMAN

Entry/Object ID

HHV 004.199

Description

Brown marbled cardboard, leather bound book; “Cash Book / For the Estate / of / Gerard G Beekman / Stephen D Beekman / Executor” written in ink in large letters on the cover; inside cover has pencil mark (similar to “2/-“) in upper left corner; first page has “Amount $ 4367 00” (sic); in pencil at top of page with “Estate of G. G. Beekman 4th” in ink below; next two pages blank, and following fifteen pages contain listing of accounts written in ink beginning with “D Stephen D. Beekman Executor” at top of page and ending with “Recd for a pair of oxen belonging to Estate from Gerard R Beekman / sold less $2 for freight & selling $ 118;” “Cash” or “Contra” appear at top of alternate pages; first date is “1847 May” and last is “1850 May;” names include “Cornelia Beekman,” “Col James W Webb,” “Johanna Hammond,” “Gertrude See,” “Susan E Thomas,” “David Humphrey,” “Elijah Boyce,” “J W Tompkins,” “Daniel Losey,” “Abraham Bird,” “Catherine Bartlett,” “Jane B Mills,” “Ann de Peyster;” also mentioned “shad poles,” lots, bonds, livestock, swamps, grist mill, survey, lithographic map (and correction), lumber, chain bearing, taxes, “error over charge / made by Referees made by their / report in May 1849 in price / of Lot in Beekman…;” “Received of the Hudson River Rail / Road Company for going through the farm of G. G. Beekman (deceased) 4300;” remaining pages of book are blank except for lower left corner which contains a small mark in ink.

Made/Created

Date made

1847 - 1850

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Former Number

Other Number

PM.2013.3

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

8 in

Width

6-3/4 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (20.3 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)

Material

Paper, ink, Pencil, Cardboard

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Covers' edges worn and chipped; all covers' corners bent and worn away; leather binding worn and frayed at top and bottom of spine; interior intact; and clean and legible; reverse worn, especially in lower center; some surface dirt, staining and foxing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gerard G. Beekman III

Notes

Subject

Person or Organization

Stephen D. Beekman

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church

Note Type

Department

Note

Library