Van Ness family papers
Contributors: Van Ness, Annette; Van Ness, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Peter), 1782-1852; Van Ness, James; Van Ness, John Peter, 1770-1846; Van Ness, Marcia, d. 1832; Van Ness, Thomas Casey; Van Ness, William Peter, 1778-1826; Van Ness, William W., 1776-1823
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; United States; Bank of the United States (1791-1811); United States. District Court (New York); National Metropolitan Bank (Washington, D.C.); Banks and banking (Washington, D.C.); Mayors; History
Description: Correspondence, bonds, deeds, genealogical material, leases, licenses, memoranda, receipts, newspaper clippings, and other papers.  Includes material on the establishment of Washington, D.C., as the nation's capital.  Correspondents include William Brent, Aaron Burr, Daniel Carroll, Stephen Decatur, Joseph Gales, Richard Harrison, John C. Hogeboom, Washington Irving, Abram Miller, H. M. Morfitt, Littleton Waller Tazewell, and Abraham Van Vechten.
Notes: Open to research.

In part, positive photocopies and typewritten transcripts. [S.l.].

Gift, Bertram Smith and Lewis M. Turner, 1933.

Gift, Leslie Van Ness Denman, 1946.

Gift, Barton Van Ness, Jr., 1971.

Purchase, 1911.

Chiefly represented are John Peter Van Ness, U.S. representative from New York (1801-1803), mayor of  Washington, D.C. (1830-1834), and president, Bank of the United States at Washington, D.C., and National Metropolitan Bank (1814-1846); and his brother, William Peter Van Ness, judge, U.S. District Court (New York).  Other family members include Cornelia Roosevelt Van Ness Taylor, Annette Van Ness, Cornelius P. Van Ness, James Van Ness, Marcia Van Ness, Thomas Casey Van Ness, and William W. Van Ness.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.