Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection contains legal documents from hundreds of Riker cases, and includes correspondence, wills, maps, deeds, invoices, estate inventories, and other important legal documents.
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Riker Family Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
2009-2010-M040: Source of acquisition--Swann. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--9/17/2009.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Collection-level record describing unprocessed material made public in summer 2018 as part of the Hidden Collections initiative.
The Riker family had an extensive law practice in New York City, extending over three generations, eight family members, and spanning over a hundred years. The firm practiced on Long Island and in Upstate New York, but the primary area of interest was Manhattan. The Riker firm specialized in estate and property law, working with some of the city's established English and Dutch elite. The contested estate of Sarah Burr in 1894 and the case involving William M. "Boss" Tweed in 1895 were handled by the Rikers.
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