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Merriman family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2294

Scope and content

Nine letters to Dr. Titus Merriman of Elbridge, New York, from his sons in Michigan, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, and England, concerning the death of another brother, hard times in Michigan and the adherence to Millerism there, describing travel between Michigan and New York (1839), a Choctaw Indian dance and ball game seen at Mobile, Alabama (1850), a rough steamer trip (1851) on Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit, and a voyage from New York to Liverpool and a tour of the British Isle (1851); typescript, printed items, and photographs pertaining to the history of Perinton, New York, and its citizens, as well as other upstate persons and places; North Farmington Friends' Cemetery records compiled by Mrs. Merriman and Gertrude Miller; two whaling charts (1827, 1857); small maps; postcards; and photographs.

Dates

  • 1839-1964.

Creator

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English