Papers of the Charles H. Barry family of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, include family, store, and blacksmith account books, 1806-79; a few personal letters and deeds; justice dockett, 1841-63; report on the condition of the Troy Turnpike, ca.1867; trade cards; and miscellaneous papers.

The Horatio Seymour papers are concerned chiefly with land holdings and business dealings of the Seymour family, and the related Bleecker and Tibbits families. The collection is comprised of financial accounts, legal agreements, and commercial correspondence. Topics include the development of business in the city of Utica, milling, banking, and iron manufacturing. Other topics include the Saint Mary's Ship Canal and connecting Lake Superior with the lower Great Lakes.

Calendars of the cases to be heard before the New York State Supreme Court, circuit courts, and county courts, some with manuscript notes on the outcome of each case. Counties covered include Cortland, Chemung, Chenango, Seneca, Steuben, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Madison, and Monroe.