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Where
are the deeds conveying Camp Sunset to the Marist
Brothers and the sale by the Marist Brothers to others?
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Who
designed the house Payne purchased for William C. and
Flora Payne Whitney on 57th street, now the site of
Bulgari?
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Who
was the artist who designed and executed the frescoes
on the interior courtyard of the main house?
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I
located a quarry near the coal dock. Where were
the other quarries (numbering 4)?
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Where
was the barn which was shared by the Donaldson
brothers?
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Can
we trace the ownership of the New Paltz Patent from the
Donaldsons to the Gordons?
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Do
any pictures or portraits exist of Archibald &
Helen Russell, of Neidlander, of the Astor who
owned the property, of Durkee?
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When
did the Jesuits sell their property (called Manresa on
early maps) to Mother Cabrini?
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When
did the Irish Christian Brothers purchase the estate
from the Russells? Were there any intermediate
owners?
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Who
was the grantor and the grantees of the Foxhall
Patent? (nb., There is a Foxhall Street in
Kingston and one of the wings of Kingston Hospital is
called the Foxhall wing.)
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Why
were the river or north lots of the New Paltz Patent so
large? (Hint. I am told there is information on
this at the New Paltz library.)
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I've
been told that in 1942 the Marist Brothers were offered
the entire estate. Is there any way to
corroborate this? Brother Joseph J. R. Bélanger
has been tracing the Riordan property, which was an
alternate to Esopus in 1942.
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Can someone find the
stone and photograph it? Where
are the children of Ursula Burroughs Love? Do
they still own property along Riverby?
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Did
John Burroughs (1909 - 1958) ever marry? (He is
listed in the Social Security Death Index, but little
info except dates of birth and death.
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Find
the connection, if any, between Mary Wurts and the
organizers of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, William
and Maurice Wurts.
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Attempt
to find information on Russells, Hollands, and
Neidlingers in New York City sources.
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Make
the connection between the Livingstons, the
Pells and the Duanes..
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Find
a map of the subdivision of the New Paltz patents,
especially the three mile or river lots.
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Find
information on New Paltz, Kingston, Hurley,
Marbletown & Rochester patents.
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Find
the Episcopal nuns' convent from which the eight nuns
were buried in Ascension Cemetery. It probably
was in Kingston. I was told by a Redemptoristine
Sister that she remembered a convent near St Mary's
church in Kingston. This was corroborated by
Brother Joseph Matthews, whose older brother mowed the
lawn for the Sisters when he was a teenager.
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Locate any relevant photos in the
files of Julian Burroughs which are located in the New
York State Museum in Albany NY. See
www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc21212.htm
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In same place, locate correspondence
between Julian Burroughs and Emma Larson, the supervisor
of Payne's three properties.
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Find a photo of the original
greenhouse. I remember seeing such a photo when I
was a Junior in 1942-1945. Sean O'Shea also
remembers the photo.