Newspaper clippings; manuscript items, 1790 - 1905
Scope and Contents
Vol. 19 (formerly Harris 5135 G119); Early Reminiscences and Recollections by W. T. Eddy and others (Ithaca Journal columns); "Free whites" data from 1790 Census of Ulster County, NY (New Burgh, Marbletown; Charles Deniston); [Description/ account of] Lansing, NY (Spring 1791); Petition of the towns of Caroline, Danby, and Newfield to become part of Tompkins County (in the N.Y. Senate Journal, 1822); Plan for emigrating to the Territory of Michigan, by John Mulks, Wm. R. Collins, and Ira Tillotson, agents (Ithaca Journal, Dec. 8, 1824); Catskill-Ithaca Turnpike, by editor of the Stamford [Delaware County, NY] Mirror (n.d.); Ithaca Railroad History, early; L. C. Smith Typewriter Factory (story and pictures); Caroline Telegraph Company letterhead (early 1900s); Twelve Valiant Brothers of Trumansburg Masonic Lodge, no. 157, with pictures (following the Morgan Episode); Autographs of inspectors of elections on election returns in Ulysses and Lansing (Apr. 26, 1821) and in Caroline and elsewhere (Nov. 5, 1827); Peleg Ellis's Commission as Captain of the Cayuga County Militia, with seal and signed by Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins; Lt. Col. Henry Bloom, Commandant (Apr. 26, 1813); Postmaster Roswell Beardsley, Lansing (story and pictures); State Street, Ithaca, N.Y. (picture, 1860); Dewitt Family genealogy; Death notices and obituaries: Mary Ackley; Chauncey Mulks, wealthy Syracuse recluse, with picture (1903); E. Asbury Robison, grandson of early Caroline settler, John Robison (Aug. 20, 1903[?]); James F. Latimer, of Delaware, Wisc. (Nov. 11, 1904); Edward Lounsbury, son of early Caroline settler, Peter Lounsbury (ca. 1904); Gov. Alonzo B. Cornell (Oct. 5, 1907); Estate of Peleg Ellis's daughter, Ann H. Smith (d. 1900); Removal of Simeon DeWitt's body (in the Ithaca Democrat, June 4, 1924); County Treasurer Ingersoll Scandal (1900); Benoni Mulks; Rev. Samuel J. Parker (story, Apr. 4, 1899); Tompkins County Agricultural Society meeting (1904); Dewitt Historical Society Officers appointed by Pres. Griffis (Apr. 5, 1900[?]); Leavenworth Mansion, Finest Frame House in the World (Nov. 10, 1904); "Voitlander and I in Pursuit of Shadow Castings," by James F. Ryder, roller boy at the Ithaca Journal, under Nathan Randall, A. E. Baraby, and J. H. Selkreg, ca. 1837; Onondaga County, stories of; Naming of Lake George; Guide to New York City during the Dewey Celebration; Southern California, notes of a traveler; Sam Patch's Jump Over the Genesee Falls, Rochester (Nov. 13, 1899)
Dates
- 1790 - 1905
Creator
- From the Collection: Mulks, Charles F., 1837-1907. (Person)
- From the Collection: Vaughn, Jane P. M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Middaugh family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
2.8 cubic feet. (2.8 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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