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Robert R. Coles documents and sketches |
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Robert R. Coles was a descendant of one of the five original proprietors of the community that was to become Glen Cove. He was an astronomer, historian, educator and a major force behind the development of the Robert R Coles Long Island History Room. His grandfather, Isaac Coles, was an antiquarian who amassed an enormous collection of historical materials including letters, documents, journals, accounts, maps, photographs. etc., which the Coles family generously donated to the Library. Manuscripts in the collection pre-date the founding of the community in 1668; photographs date from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, and newspapers on microfilm date from the nineteenth century. First house in Glen Cove (1668) sketched from memory by W. M. Valentine circa 1835 Handbound book of botanical etchings (four etchings on each page, eight pages in total) Cotton cover with fringe and hemp rope trim 13" x 11" Documents including deeds and indenture Pertaining to lands surrounding Matinicock Meeting House (Matinecock), Quaker Meeting House, Friends Meeting House, Cow Neck, Westbury, Buckram (Locust Valley), Oyster Bay, Jericho, Muscheto Cove (Glen Cove) Names mentioned: Robert Boune (Bowne), Daniel Cocks, John Cock, Joshua Cock, Joseph Cock, Henry Cock, Rosannah Cock, Thomas Carpenter, Samuel Prior, John Prior, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, Benjamin Hicks, Samuel Burdsall (?), Samoan Hawxbush (?), Daniel Underhill, Amos Underhill, Charles Valentine, Joseph Weeks, William Frost, Josiah Latteir (?), Richard Lattier(?), Wright Frost (?), Jacob Formu(?), Stephen Mott, Gideon Seaman, Edmund Willis, Adam Mott, Edmund Posh, William Willets, William Mudge, Joseph Underhill, James Underhill, John Titus Jr. Simeon Louies, Daniel Kirk, Isaac Downing, Adam Mott, Refine Weeks, Daniel Robins Dates: 1725-1785 Biographical story of local residents, including notable African American (Negro, Black.) written by the Directress of The Lincoln House. Names included: Freelove Carpenter Hartley, Mary E. Warren Abbott, John Paul Jones, Charlotte Causre Russel, Stephen Hicks, Laura Carpenter, Georgianna Townsend, and Mary Ann Levi. June 5, 1936 Draft of the history of land purchases that is the site of the Matinecock Quaker Meeting House. Author and date unknown. Draft is typed on the backside of a court filing for tax lien cancellation dated September 10, 1925 by George R. Holahan Jr. History of Glen Cove by Hon. Franklin Coles, 13 pages. Undated Student notebook from Cook’s Collegiate Institute in Poughkeepsie, NY with notes on U.S. history and some pages of algebra. A.J. Reed, undated 8 ½" x 7" Franklin Coles’s voter appeal letter as candidate for Member of Assembly for the Second Assembly District of Nassau County. October 31, 1917. Campaign photograph of Franklin A. Coles 2"x 4" (added to box on 2-5-24; was in Vertical File previously) Letter to Robert R. Coles from the American Geographical Society informing him of his election as a Fellow of the Society. December 18, 1928. Historical account of the land acquisition and construction of the Friends Meeting House in Glen Cove. Handwritten notes on the back of Franklin A. Coles’s voter appeal letter dated 1918. Unsigned and undated. 21 pages. Letter from Daniel J. Fogarty, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus to Franklin A. Coles concerning the 250th. anniversary of the settlement of Glen Cove. February 25, 1918. Collection of notes on historical dates and places associated with Glen Cove. Mentioned are: churches, fire department, post office, mills and factories, schools, and banks. Unsigned and undated. 23 pages. Thank you note from Dorothy Ackart to Robert Coles. Handwritten note with detail on number of free white males and slaves within Coles Family households. Title listed as Heads of Families Town of Oyster Bay 1790 census information citing Washington Government Printing Office 1908. Miscellaneous papers with lists of local names. Unsigned and undated. Lists of Coles Collection including ancient documents: poems, deeds, books, promisory note, survey, et cetera. Names mentioned are Richard Reid, Gary Hammond, and Richard Winsche. Institutions mentioned are County of Nassau Division of Museum Services at Hofstra University, and Townsend Society of America. Resolution letter from the committee formed for the 250th Anniversary celebration of the settlement of Glen Cove. Franklin Coles was chosen as Chairman and Daniel Fogarty as Secretary. Some names listed include Valentine, Birdsall, Bowne and Patridge. April 16 & 17, 1918 |
Collection |
Robert R. Coles Collection |
Catalog Number |
1981.001.016 |