Financial and legal records, blueprints and preliminary sketches, manufacturers’ catalogs and advertisements, account books, and clippings relating to the business activities of Geneva, New York boilermaker Alfred Catchpole’s various manufacturing companies; as well as the personal interests and endeavors of Catchpole’s nephew, Franklin Robert Smith.

The Benjamin Clapp papers document business affairs in the coal, grocery, lumber, and produce industries in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., largely from 1863 to 1871. The collection contains business correspondence, financial records, and price lists. Also included are business cards, clippings, and 46 volumes of account books.

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.