Letters patent for the invention of the apple machine or improvement of grinding apples fit for the cider press; articles of agreement betweenJoel Farnham (Tioga County, New York) and Andrew Wiltse concerning apple machines; patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in footrests, for Frederick A. Farnham, Owego, New York; territorial assignment of patent, S. R. and G. W. Ballard, Coldwater, Michigan, to Frederick Farnham, for the right of the carding engine.

Letters, receipts, applications, and statements pertaining a family of Owego, Tioga County, New York and their household and business expenses; a letter from Congressman S. B. Leonard relating to Joel Farnham's application for a cider press patent; also, a statement by Frederick Farnham about his spinning-wheel and wooden ware factory and cider mill.