Scope and content

Typewritten letter from Hillsborough, California, asking for a copy of a photograph in the Diver collection of railroad photographs, Collection of Regional History, and inquiring further about the contents of the Diver collection.

Scope and content Miscellaneous 19th century family and personal letters, largely from women (7 items); maps of Islington (N.Y.?), with details of lots and other land documents, 1786-1849 (7 items); list of assets of Charles Ruben & Co., 1875; manuscript with lyrics of popular songs, including a temperance song, 19th century; letter from general Alexander Stewart Webb and his wife to the Daughters of the Cincinnati, 1899; document found in a book relating to John Boden and the war between French and...

Abstract

Miscellaneous letters and documents, primarily stampless lettersheets, from New York State and elsewhere include family letters, business letters, and legal documents. Also a few envelopes, stampless and stamped.