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By Marlee Walters and Katie Alleman, Pratt School of Information Interns
Collection Overview
Title: Charlotte A. Hix Estate, 1940-1948
Extent: 1.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Documents are arranged by type into five series. Within each series, documents are divided into sub-series by creator and recipient, if applicable. All documents are arranged by date.
Subjects: Affidavits, Bronx Certified Mortgages, Coudert Brothers, Hix, Charlotte A., Lawyers Mortgage Corporation, Legal Documents, Lot 13439-42, New York (State) Insurance Department, New York (State) Supreme Court (New York County circuit), New York (State) Surrogate's Court (New York County), Receipts (Acknowledgments), Statement of Accounts
Forms of Material: Correspondence
Languages: English
Abstract
Charlotte A. Hix died in 1922 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery. In 1926, Green-Wood became the administrator c.t.a. of her estate. Charlotte had been the recipient of a legacy from her father, and as her heirs died and left their estates, containing legacies from her, Green-Wood became more involved with legal and financial transactions, recorded in her correspondences, receipts, and court documents.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection consists of 10 file folders in one vertical file box containing 146 documents. The documents fall into five series: correspondence to and from Green-Wood, receipts for payments made to Green-Wood, court documents, statement of accounts, and miscellaneous documents. The documents range in date from 1940 to 1948, with one document from 1926.
Collection Historical Note
Charlotte Amelia Hix (nee Stevenson) died on February 22, 1922 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery. In 1926, Green-Wood became the administrator c.t.a. of her estate. Charlotte's parents, Walter and Elizabeth Stevenson, died in 1847 and 1873, respectively. Charlotte had seven brothers and sisters: Mary, George, James, William, Richard, Susan, and Sarah, all of whom preceded Charlotte in death, except for Sarah. As Walter died intestate, Charlotte eventually inherited her father's legacy. Having no other living siblings, Charlotte left her estate, including three properties in the Bronx and Manhattan, to her sister Sarah Matilda Stevenson. Sarah left her estate (including the legacy from Charlotte) to Caroline Phillips Van Loon when she died in 1936. Caroline Phillips Van Loon eventually bought out Green-Wood's administratorship of Charlotte's estate in 1948.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Green-Wood Cemetery
Related Materials:
Memo file on lot 14339-42 [Stevenson Hix, Charlotte Amelia]
Processing Information:
Accession #: 004-2015
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Correspondence, 1941-1948],
[
Series 2: Receipts, 1942-1948],
[
Series 3: Court Documents, 1941-1948],
[
Series 4: Statement of Accounts, 1941-1948],
[
Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1926 and 1947],
[All]
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1941-1948
- This series contains 82 letters to and from Green-Wood. The most frequent correspondent was Coudert Brothers, followed by the Lawyers Mortgage Company.
- Folder 1: Correspondence to Green-Wood Cemetery from Coudert Brothers, 1941-1948
- This folder contains 36 letters from Coudert Brothers, a law firm with offices in New York and Paris, to Green-Wood Cemetery, regarding the estate of Charlotte Hix. The letters span from July 1941 to June 1948.
- Folder 2: Correspondence from Green-Wood Cemetery to Various Recipients, 1943-1948
- This folder contains 35 letters from Green-Wood to various correspondents, mostly Coudert Brothers. The other correspondent is the Lawyers Mortgage Corporation. All of the letters are carbon copies except two, which are originals that would have been sent. The letters span from November 1943 to February 1948 and are from the Assistant Secretary, signed "H" (assumed to be James W. Henderson as listed on the Green-Wood stationery).
- Folder 3: Correspondence to Green-Wood Cemetery from Various Correspondents, 1942-1947
- This folder contains 11 letters from various correspondents, including Lawyers Mortgage Company and Lawyers Mortgage Corporation, Bronx Certified Mortgages, Frank F. Sullivan Real Estate, and Bank of New York. The letters span from July 1942 to October 1947.
- Series 2: Receipts, 1942-1948
- This series contains 40 statements, check stubs, and receipts of payment delivered to Green-Wood with payment on various mortgages.
- Folder 4: Check Stubs from Lawyers Mortgage Corporation, 1942-1947
- This folder contains 18 check stubs, attached to checks issued as payments to Green-Wood as the mortgage holder for properties owned by Charlotte A. Hix. Two stubs calculate the amount of interest the holder is entitled to, while the other 16 list the amount of interest to be paid.
- Folder 5: Statements from Lawyers Mortgage Company, 1944-1947
- This folder contains 14 statements of remittances made to Green-Wood from the Lawyers Mortgage Corporation. For most dates, there are two statements, as Charlotte owned multiple properties (the properties concerned here would be the two in Manhattan).
- Folder 6: Check Stubs from Muldoon, Propper, and Wallace, 1943-1945
- This folder contains 6 check stubs from Felix A. Muldoon, Karl Propper, and John K. Wallace, trustees of Bronx Certified Mortgages. These stubs represent checks and payments made to Green-Wood on the mortgage of Charlotte's Bronx property.
- Folder 7: Check Stubs from State of New York Insurance Department, 1946, 1948
- This folder contains two check stubs from the State of New York Insurance Department, Liquidation Bureau, to the creditors of Lawyers Mortgage Company.
- Series 3: Court Documents, 1941-1948
- This series contains 15 court documents, including Notice of Motion and Notice of Court Hearing documents, summaries of inventory and account, agreements, judicial settlements, general releases, affidavits, and a release, waiver, and consent document. The courts involved were the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, and Surrogate's Court: New York County. The documents pertain to securing the mortgages, distributing subsequent legacies, statements of accounts, and transferring administratorship.
- Folder 8
- Series 4: Statement of Accounts, 1941-1948
- This series contains seven sets of documents, which are statements of accounts of the estates of Walter Stevenson and Charlotte A. Hix. These documents record payments made to Green-Wood as administrators of Charlotte's will, including mortgage interest payments and payments made on the estate. As Charlotte was Walter's heiress, his estate has a separate statement of accounts, as Green-Wood received and made payments on that legacy.
- Folder 9
- Series 5: Miscellaneous, 1926 and 1947
- This series contains two documents that did not fall under the other series. One document is an office memo from Green-Wood Cemetery stating that it is acting as administrator of Charlotte A. Hix's estate and is dated 1926. The other document is a deposit slip from Lawyers Trust Company acknowledging a deposit made by Green-Wood in 1947.
- Folder 10
