I well understand about so many topics to research :-) One other resource that might be of interest at http://www.archive.org/stream/memorialoffranci00duyciala/memorialoffranci00duyciala_djvu.txt. This appears to be a memorial to Dr. Hawks, read before the NY Historical Society in 1867. You have to get past the florid language of the times, but there is some insightful info there.