Of particular importance are the 1750 deed from the Mohawk Indians to John Christopher Hartwick, the 1752 license to purchase 24,000 acres, and the 1755 land grant to Hartwick. Day Collection 1741-1829. This collection includes letters, deeds, account sheets, petitions and maps relating to John Christopher Hartwick and Hartwick Seminary. The majority of the documents deal with property rights, negotiations and sales between John Christopher Hartwick, William Cooper, F.A. Muhlenberg, and Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, and correspondence regarding Hartwick's estate after his death. Included are several maps of Hartwick's patent.
Some transcripts are available in the repository.
Yale Collection 1796-1808. The Yale Collection is composed of letters, accounts, and legal briefs relating to the estate of John Christopher Hartwick. The papers are dated from 1796 to approximately 1808. Most of the documents seem to have belonged at one time to the Rev. John C. Kunze, the first director of the Seminary. The papers document early problems the executors and curators encountered in establishing the institution and in defining the role of the trustees.