Box 6

Scope and Contents:

Documents regarding the sale of Bow Hill to the Hamilton Township Historical Society, consisting mostly of letters exchanged between Netter, Helen A. West (president of the historical society), and Reynier J. Wortendyke (attorney for the Barricklo/Fouche family).

Scope and Contents: Detailed correspondence between Netter, the New Jersey Commission on Historic Sites, Elizabeth Historical Affairs Commission, and Boudinot descendants, concerning a large collection of 15 family portraits, Chinese export porcelain bearing the family arms, silver and furniture which had been assembled and consigned to Knoedler & Co. of New York for sale. Netter took a leadership role in the furnishing of Boxwood Hall. She turned up other Boudinot family items...

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence regarding a collection of rare books and other material being sold by the widow of Henry Bunn. It included a bound volume of the Jersey Chronicle published by Philip Freneau in 1795–1796, which is now at the Library of Congress.

Scope and Contents: Correspondents include: Cottrell, A. T., New Jersey Division of Forestry, Geology, Parks, and Historic Sites, Trenton, NJ. Campbell, Edmund S., University of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, VA. Campbell, an accomplished artist, was from Freehold. City Art Museum of St. Louis, Thomas F. Hoopes, Curator, St. Louis, MO....

Scope and Contents: Correspondents include Cadmus Book Shop, New York, NY. City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO. Clark, Barbara L., Jackson, MI. Cortelyou, John V., Lincoln, NE. He was a descendant of Jacques Cortelyou, a New Brunswick silversmith. Clement,...

Scope and Contents:

Connor was an antiques dealer who ran a shop called The Olde Curiosity Shop in Plainfield. He handled antiques, autographs, books, and prints. The business relationship between Connor and Netter came to an acrimonious end in 1943 over a group of Parker family papers, now at Rutgers.

Scope and Contents:

Known to Netter as Aunt Bird, Crosby sold to her the large and important painting of Molly Pitcher being presented to George Washington after the Battle of Monmouth by Dennis Malone Carter. Netter in turn sold the painting to Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, who then donated it to the Monmouth County Historical Association, where it resides today.

Scope and Contents: Correspondents include: DAR Museum, Washington, DC. Netter offered them a Dutch kast and the Robert Rhea wainscot armchair dated 1695 that is now at the Monmouth County Historical Association. Dawes, Josephine I., Hightstown, NJ, antiques dealer. Davis, Horace J., Philadelphia, PA, antiques dealer. Dunbar, E. N., Boston, MA, book...

Scope and Contents: Correspondents include: Deedmeyer, Frank, Freehold, NJ. A threatened suit against Netter for slander, handled for her by the Dittmar law firm. Du Pont, Lammot, Wilmington, DE. Du Pont, Henry F., Wilmington, DE. Du Pont, Mrs. Eugene, Greenville, DE. ...

Scope and Contents:

Correspondents include:

Dietrich, Otto, Matawan, NJ, regarding two former military barracks buildings available that had been moved to the Netter farm. Netter sold him one of them.

Dawes, Josephine I., Hightstown, NJ, fellow antiques dealer.

Du Pont, Henry F., Winterthur, DE., regarding early glass.