The MauriceLeydenCollection
Scopeand Content
RandallMiles
200s
The MauriceLeydenCollectionconsistsof 52 diaries,37 letters,24 envelopes,
28
financial documents(mostly receiptsand ledgers),l3 photographs,and assortedother
items.There are a total of 190 piecesof archivalmaterial.Of the 52 diaries25 belonged
to Maurice Leyden,22 of them belongedto SarahWoodruff Pottle, a relative of Mr.
Leydcn, and 4 belongedto BlancheLeyden, Maurice Leyden's daughter.One diary is
unattributcdand containsonly four entries.The collectionsis arrangedwith the diaries
first, in chronologicalorder,followedany notebooksand ledgerbooks,then the unframed
photographs,
probablyof Maurice Leyden.Following the photographsare the lettersand
their associated
envelopes,alsoin chronologicalorder,with the exceptionof one with no
date and three that are associated
with specificmortgagereceipts.Financialdocuments,
clcctoraldocuments,and essaysfinish out the unframediterns.Thc last three archival
boxes contain the framed items, first the frarned photographs,probably of Mauricc
Leyden.Theseare fbllowcd by frarnedmilitary documentsin chronologicalorder, and
lastis the framedMasterMason'sCertificate.
Eachitem hasbeenplacedin an acid-freefolder,with the exceptionof the framed
items, though these were assignedfolder numbers for record-keepingpurposes.The
diaricswere placedin mylar sleevesbeforebeing put into speciallyconstructedacid-fiee
folders.The unframedphotographswere also placedin mylar sleeves.To minirnize the
needfor handlingeachitem hasbeenunfoldedto the extentallowedby the folders.The
collectionis housein 108 foldersin twelve acid-freearchivalboxestotalinq 8.710cubic
inches.
The Diaries
There are threeknown diaristsin the Maurice Leyden Collection.Most of the
diarieswere kept by Mr. Leyden.The last diary begunby him was completedby one of
his children,most likely BlancheLeyden. Severalother diarieshavebeen attributedto
Blanche Leyden.The remainingdiarieswere kept by a matemalaunt of Margaret
Leyden, SarahWoodruff Pottle.MargaretLeyden was Maurice Leyden's wife. These
diariesspanthe years1860to 1908.Mrs. Pottle'sdiariesarefrom the years1860 to 1886.
MauriccLeyden'sdiariesbeginwith l87l andgo to 1905or 1906.The 1905diary,
MLD48, was definitelybegunby Mr. Leydenand completedby his daughter.The 1906
diary,MLD49, hasMr. Leyden'snamein the front,but the entriesmay all havebeen
madeby his daughter.Mr. Leydendied in 1906.BlancheLeydenleft one diary from the
1890s,thatis 1897,MLD39. The restof her diariesarefrom 1901to 1908.
MargaretLeydenis of particularinterestin this collectionas shewas a prot6g6e
of SusanB. Anthony's.MauriceLeyden's1872diary,MLDl 1, hasentrieswherehe
mcntionsthe womenregisteringto vote and actuallyvoting.Therearealso entriesin that
diary and the following I 873 diary,MLD13, mentioningthe reactionsto the women
votins and SusanB. Anthonv'strial.
fhe Letters
MauriceLeydenwas a Rochester,
NY dentist,businessman,
banker,and
politician.He held office as the MonroeCountyClerk frorn 1885until I 888,rand was an
activememberof the MonroeCountyRepublicanParty.He was alsothe treasurerof the
3'dNew York Regimentof Cavalry.The lettersarean eclecticmix of personal,business,
and political. Most were written to Mr. Leyden,though a few are addressedto Margaret
Leydenor Blanche Leyden.One letter,without a date,doesnot appearto have been
written to any of the Leydens.Three of the lettersconcerna mortgagewhich Mr. Leyden
may have beenadministratingand arehousedwith the mortgagereceipts.The letters
rangein datefrom l4 October,1868to 14 December,
1919.
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Other Items
The remainderof the collectionconsistsmostly of financialdocuments:
bill
ledgersfrom Mr. Leyden'sdentalsupplybusiness,an estateledgerfrom EdwardPottle's
estate(with all entry pagestorn out), householdreceipts,mortgagereceipts,and other
miscellaneous
receipts.Thereare alsoessayson the historyof the Mormons,the
Acquisitionof WesternLands,U.S. - IndianRelations,andthe Treatmentof the Negro.
Theseessayswerewritten on MonroeCountyClerk stationeryand arelikely the work of
Maurice Leyden.Thereis also the deedand mortgagefor a property in Brockport,NY.
The final items,befbrethe frameditems,aretwo family trees,or family histories,fbr the
Garrigustamily. Garriguswas MargaretLeyden'srnother'smaidenname.
Frarnedltems
Therearesevenframeditemsin the MauriceLeydenCollection.The first three
arephotographsof a man astridea horse,a man standingwith a horseoutsideof a house,
and a man riding a horsein a parade.Presumablythe man in eachof thesepicturesis
MauriceLeyden.The otherliamed itemsaredocuments.
Thereis Mr. Leyden's
commissionas a 2ndLieutenantin the 3'dNY Cavalry,his commissionas a Captainin the
3'dNY Cavalry,andhis dischargefrom serviceat the endof the Civil War. The lastitem
in the collectionis MauriceLeyden'sMasterMason'sCertificate.
A Diary Collection of Relatingto MargaretLeyden
MargaretWoodruff Leyden,of Rochester,NY, was one of the women who
registeredto vote with SusanB. Anthony on 01Nov1872.Shewas alsoone of the women
votedwith Ms. Anthony on 05Nov1872.Within the Civil War ManuscriptsArchivesin
the BinghamtonUniversityLibrariesthereis a collectionof fifty-onediaries,spanning
the thirty-nineyearsfrom 1860to 1908,which relatedirectlyto MargaretLeyden.These
diariesare in the MauriceLeydenCollection.
Twenty-fiveof the diariesbelongedto MargaretLeyden'shusband,Maurice
Leyden,a Rochester,
NY, dentist,businessman,
andpolitician.Fourof the diaries
bclongedto Margaretand MauriceLeyden'sdaughter,Blanche.BlancheLeydenalso
continucdthc lastof Maurice'sdiariesafterhe becametoo ill to do so hirnself.The
remainingtwenty-twodiariesbelongedto MargaretLeyden'smatemalaunt,Sarah
Woodruff Pottle,wife of wealthyRochesterbusinessman,
EdwardPottle.Unfbrtunately,
of the tifty-onediariesnonewere writtenby MargaretLeyden.MauriceLeyden'sdiaries
spanthe ycars l 87l - I 906. SarahPottle'sdiariesspanthe years1860-I 886.Blanche
Leyden'sdiariesspanthe years1897-1908.
Thesediariesmay proveusefulin researchinto Wornen'sRights:Maurice
Leydcndoesmentionthc 1872vote,and SusanB. Anthony'ssubsequent
trial, in his
1872and 1873diaries.And, asidefrom that,MargaretLeydenis a prominentfigurein
both her husband'sand aunt'sdiaries.Thereis, ofcourse,potentialfor otherresearch
within this collection.Althoughthe two main diaristswerenot of the samenuclear
family, thcy were closelyrelatedand the diariesmay afford a close,gendered,dual
perspective
of Rochester'supper-middleclassduringthe latterhalf of the nineteenth
century.This is especiallytrue in light of the fact that for ten of the fifteen yearsbetween
1871and 1885therearediariesfrom both MauriceLeydenand SarahPottle.
The Maurice Leyden Collection
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML01
ML001
Contextualization
MLC01
ML002
1862
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1863
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1864
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1865
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1866
Diary
MLD05
ML007
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
Diary
MLD04
ML006
1860
Diary
MLD03
ML005
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
Diary
MLD02
ML004
2005
Diary
MLD01
ML003
Randall Miles
Diary
MLD06
ML02
ML008
Contextualization
MLC02
ML009
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1868
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1870
[Maurice Leyden]
1871
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1871
[Maurice Leyden]
1872
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1872
[Maurice Leyden]
1873
Diary
MLD08
ML011
2005
Diary
MLD07
ML010
Randall Miles
Diary
MLD09
Diary
MLD10
ML012
Diary
MLD11
Diary
MLD12
ML013
Diary
MLD13
1 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML02
ML014
Diary
MLD14
[Maurice Leyden]
1874
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1874
Diary
MLD15
ML03
ML015
Contextualization
MLC03
ML016
2005
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1875
[Maurice Leyden]
1876
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1876
[Maurice Leyden]
1877
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1877
[Maurice Leyden]
1878
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1878
[Maurice Leyden]
1879
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1879
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1880
Diary
MLD16
ML017
Randall Miles
Diary
MLD17
Diary
MLD18
ML018
Diary
MLD19
Diary
MLD20
ML019
Diary
MLD21
Diary
MLD22
ML020
Diary
MLD23
Diary
MLD24
ML021
Diary
MLD25
ML04
ML022
Contextualization
MLC04
ML023
Randall Miles
2005
[Maurice Leyden]
1881
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1881
[Maurice Leyden]
1882
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1882
Diary
MLD26
Diary
MLD27
ML024
Diary
MLD28
Diary
MLD29
2 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML04
ML025
Diary
MLD30
ML026
1883
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1884
[Maurice Leyden]
1885
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1885
[Sarah Woodruff Pottle]
1886
Diary
MLD31
ML027
[Maurice Leyden]
Diary
MLD32
Diary
MLD33
ML028
Diary
MLD34
ML05
ML029
Contextualization
MLC05
ML030
1893
[Maurice Leyden]
1894
[Maurice Leyden]
1896
[Maurice Leyden]
1897
[Blanche Leyden]
1897
[Maurice Leyden]
1898
Maurice Leyden
1899
Diary
MLD37
ML033
[Maurice Leyden]
Diary
MLD36
ML032
2005
Diary
MLD35
ML031
Randall Miles
Diary
MLD38
Diary
MLD39
ML034
Diary
MLD40
ML035
Diary
MLD41
ML06
ML036
Contextualization
MLC06
ML037
2005
Maurice Leyden
1900
Maurice Leyden
1901
[Blanche Leyden]
1901
Diary
MLD42
ML038
Randall Miles
Diary
MLD43
Diary
MLD44
3 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML06
ML039
Diary
MLD45
ML040
Maurice Leyden
1903
Maurice Leyden
1904
Diary
MLD47
ML042
1902
Diary
MLD46
ML041
Maurice Leyden
Diary
MLD48
Maurice Leyden
[Blanche Leyden]
1905
ML07
ML043
Contextualization
MLC07
ML044
Maurice Leyden
[Blanche Leyden]
1906
Diary
MLD50
ML046
2005
Diary
MLD49
ML045
Randall Miles
Blanche Leyden
1907
[Blanche Leyden]
1908
Unknown
No Year
Diary
MLD51
ML08
ML047
Diary
MLD52
ML048
Financial Document [Bill Ledger]
MLJ01
ML049
1887- 1888
Edward L. Pottle
Maurice Leyden
Unknown
No Year
Ephemera [Wallets]
MLU01
Maurice Leyden
No Date
MLU02
ML053
1899- 1905
Notebook
MLB01
ML052
Maurice Leyden
Financial Document [Estate Ledger]
MLJ03
ML051
1886- 1887
Financial Document [Bill Ledger]
MLJ02
ML050
Maurice Leyden
No Date
Photographs
MLP01
S. D. Wardlaw & W. H. Learned
MLP02
S. D. Wardlaw
[Maurice Leyden]
[Maurice Leyden]
1885
1886
4 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML08
ML053
Photographs
MLP03
MLP04
ML054
S. D. Wardlaw
Cornell
[Maurice Leyden]
1886
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP05
N. S. Curtiss & Saunders
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP06
N. S. Curtiss
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP07
N. S. Curtiss
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP08
N. S. Curtiss
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP09
N. S. Curtiss
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
MLP10
N. S. Curtiss
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
Military Service Record
MLM01
Maurice Leyden
ML09
ML055
Envelope
MLE01
S. A. Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Leyden
No Date
S. A. Hatfield
Mr. and Mrs. Leyden
14 October 1868
Letter
MLL01
Calling Card
MLU03
Mary Hatfield
No Date
Calling Card
MLU04
ML056
No Date
Letter
MLL02
ML057
K. P. Ballard
M. Leyden
Maurice Leyden
28 September 1869
Edward L. Pottle
No Date
Edward L. Pottle
4 April 1871
Davis & Leyden
8 August
Maurice Leyden
7 August 1876
Maurice Leyden
30 September 1880
Maurice Leyden
12 November 1880
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
11 November 1880
Envelope
MLE02
Letter
MLL03
ML058
M. L. Pottle
Envelope
MLE03
Letter
MLL04
ML059
Letter
MLL05
ML060
John Ebbs
Balen
Envelope
MLE04
Letter
MLL06
Hester A. Leyden
5 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML09
ML061
Letter
MLL07
ML062
G. Mattison
Maurice Leyden
6 May 1881
Davis & Leyden
4 March 1882
Logan Railey
Maurice Leyden
4 March 1882
[Maurice Leyden]
Logan Railey
7 March 1882
Envelope
MLE05
Letter
MLL08
Letter
MLL09
Printed U.S. Flag
MLU05
ML063
No Date
Envelope
MLE06
Maurice Leyden
16 October 1885
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
15 October 1885
Maurice Leyden
No Date
Maurice Leyden
7 November 1885
Maurice Leyden
13 September 1886
E. R. P. Shurly
Maurice Leyden
14 Deember 1886
E. R. P. Shurly
Maurice Leyden
13 December 1886
Florence Clark
Maurice Leyden
13 January 1887
Letter
MLL10
ML064
Barbara
Envelope
MLE07
Letter
MLL11
ML065
Letter
MLL12
ML066
F. A. Macomber
Parkhurst
Envelope
MLE08
Letter
MLL13
ML067
Letter
MLL14
MLU06
ML068
No Date
Envelope
MLE09
Maurice Leyden
16 March 1887
Maurice Leyden
16 March 1887
Maurice Leyden
17 October 1887
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
15 October 1887
Maurice Leyden
10 November 1887
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
10 November 1887
Letter
MLL15
ML069
G. Mattison
Envelope
MLE10
Letter
MLL16
ML070
Eliza [Leyden]
Envelope
MLE11
Letter
MLL17
Kate [Leyden]
6 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML09
ML071
Envelope
MLE12
Maurice Leyden
19 May 1888
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
19 May 1888
Maurice Leyden
3 July 1888
L. [Leyden]
Brother [Maurice Leyden]
3 July 1888
Bertha E. Upton
Mr. Childs
9 August 1888
Fred W. Smith
Maurice Leyden
27 May 1889
Maurice Leyden
12 June
P. S. Miller
Maurice Leyden
11 June 1889
H. P. Todd
Maurice Leyden
11 June 1892
Maurice Leyden
26 June 1896
Maurice Leyden
26 June 1896
Letter
MLL18
ML072
Eliza [Leyden]
Envelope
MLE13
Letter
MLL19
ML073
Letter
MLL20
ML074
Letter
MLL21
ML075
Envelope
MLE14
Letter
MLL22
ML076
Letter
MLL23
ML077
Envelope
MLE15
Letter
MLL24
G. W. Turner
Patriotic Ribbon
MLU07
ML078
Letter
MLL25
ML079
No Date
[Illegible]
Maurice Leyden
3 July 1897
Maurice Leyden
4 January 1898
William H. Palmer
Maurice Leyden
2 January 1898
F. M. Crandall
F. Judson Hess
26 September 1900
E. N. Walbridge
The Staff
9 November 1900
Maurice Leyden
25 November 1902
Maurice Leyden
24 November 1902
Envelope
MLE16
Letter
MLL26
ML080
Letter
MLL27
ML081
Letter
MLL28
ML082
Envelope
MLE17
Letter
MLL29
B[enjamin] B. Odell
7 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML09
ML083
Envelope
MLE18
Mrs. Maurice Leyden
20 August 1906
Harriet S. Fisher
Mrs. [Margaret] Leyden
19 August 1906
Henry Whitefield Samson
Miss [Blanche] Leyden
8 December 1911
Mrs. Maurice Leyden
20 December 1919
Letter
MLL30
ML084
Letter
MLL31
ML085
Envelope
MLE19
Letter
ML086
MLL32
Barbara
Maggie and Blanche
[Leyden]
14 December 1919
Letter
MLL33
Barbara
Maggie and Blanche
[Leyden]
No Date
Mrs. C. P. Robinson
15 January 1890
Mrs. C. P. Robinson
8 November 1893
Neatie
October [No Year]
City Manager League
No Date
Maurice Leyden
1 April 1889
Envelope
MLE20
Envelope
MLE21
Letter
MLL34
ML087
"Mother"
Un-Used Envelope
MLE22
Unassociate Envelope
MLE23
ML088
Ephemera [Personal Stationery]
MLU08
ML089
Maurice Leyden
No Date
Financial Documents [Receipts: Personal]
MLF01
Maurice Leyden
Scrantom, Wetmore & Co.
6 April 1889
MLF02
Maurice Leyden
May 1889
MLF03
Mrs. [Margaret] Leyden
Rochester Gas Light
Company
Fanny B. Fairman
9 May 1889
MLF04
Maurice Leyden
Smith & Hollister
13 May 1889
MLF05
Maurice Leyden
A. W. Head
15 May 1889
MLF06
Maurice Leyden
Wagoner & Beahan
1 June 1889
8 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML09
ML090
ML091
ML092
Financial Documents [Receipts: Mortgages]
MLF07
M. B. Rosenbloom
Maurice Leyden
25 July 1888
MLF08
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
12 January 1889
MLF09
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
5 February 1889
MLF10
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
29 March 1889
MLF11
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
3 April 1889
MLF12
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
20 April 1889
MLF13
Maurice Leyden
Edward C. Ball
29 April 1889
MLL35
J. C. Horn
Maurice Leyden
18 April 1889
MLL36
Edward C. Ball
J. C. Horn
29 April 1889
MLL37
J. C. Horn
Mrs. [Margaret] Leyden
29 April 1889
Financial Documents [Receipts: G.A.R. Post Dues]
MLF14
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
No Date 187?
MLF15
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
7 April 1887
MLF16
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
13 March 1888
MLF17
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
13 February 1889
MLF18
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
2 April 1889
MLF19
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
No Date 1890
MLF20
Maurice Leyden
Grand Army Memorial Co.
16 June 1890
MLF21
Maurice Leyden
H. H. Pyott
No Date 189?
Maurice Leyden
23 September 1885
Envelope
MLE24
Financial Documents [Receipts: Commercial Travelers’ Association]
ML093
MLF22
M. Leyden
J. Will Page
28 July 1885
MLF23
Maurice Leyden
J. Will Page
22 September 1885
MLF24
E. L. Leyden
J. Will Page
22 September 1885
Financial Documents [Receipt: County Clerks’ Office]
MLF25
ML094
J. Fahy & Co.
1 July 1887
Hiram H. Hatch
26 January 1833
Henry A. and Frederick W.
Brewster
6 May 1835
Legal Document [Deed]
MLU09
ML095
Maurice Leyden
John and Maria Hewit
Legal Document [Mortgage Transfer]
MLU10
John Hewit
9 of 10
Box #
Folder #
Item #
From
To
Date
ML09
ML096
Republican Party Campaign Letters
MLV01
Maurice Leyden
2 October 1900
MLV02
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date 1900
Republican Party Stationery
MLV03
No Date 1900
Substitute Delegate Convention Passes
MLV04
ML097
Essay [History of the Mormons]
MLB02
ML098
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
Essay [Treatment of the Negro]
MLB05
ML101
No Date
Essay [History of U.S. - Indian Relations]
MLB04
ML100
[Maurice Leyden]
Essay [History of the Acquisition of Western Lands]
MLB03
ML099
15 October 1900
[Maurice Leyden]
No Date
Family Trees [Garrigus Family]
MLU11
No Date
MLU12
No Date
ML10
[ML102]
Framed Photograph
MLP11
[ML103]
No Date
Framed Photograph
MLP12
[ML104]
[Maurice Leyden] on horse.
[Maurice Leyden] with horse next to house
No Date
Framed Photograph
MLP13
[Maurice Leyden] riding in parade
No Date
ML11
[ML105]
Framed Military Service Record [Commission as 2nd Lieutenant]
MLM02
[ML106]
Edwin D. Morgan
Maurice Leyden
30 July 1861
Framed Military Service Record [Commission as Captain]
MLM03
Maurice Leyden
10 October 1864
ML12
[ML107]
Framed Military Service Record [Discharge]
MLM04
[ML108]
[Illegible]
Maurice Leyden
29 November 1865
Framed Ephemera [Master Mason’s Certificate]
MLU13
James M. Austin
Maurice Leyden
25 February 1864
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