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Bower family.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bower family diaries

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064940830]
Identifier: 2501
Scope and content Typescript excerpts from the diary, January 4, 1844 - February 19, 1845, of John Bower, in which the writer mentions his daily activities, including work in a woolen mill, social visits, church attendance and the sermons preached, temperance and abolition meetings, singing school, gardening, and beekeeping. Also, scattered references to the weather, a partial genealogy of the Bower family, and an index of names appearing in the excerpts. Typescript diary, 1868, of (Joseph) Edward Bower...
Dates: 1844-1868.

Bower family papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 78 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065253993]
Identifier: 569
Scope and content

School accounts and personal accounts of Thomas Bower, including inventories, deeds, and miscellaneous papers of the Bower and Cooper families of Ulysses, New York. Also, membership lists and constitution of the Ulysses School District Temperance Society.

Dates: 1833-1850.

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Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County. 1
Deeds. 1
Diaries 1
Families -- New York (State) -- Ulysses. 1
Pleasant Valley (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs. 1