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Cheever and McIntyre families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3353

Scope and content

Correspondence, bills and receipts, inventories, registers, and legal cases of the Cheever and McIntyre families and business associates. Includes inventory of the estate of Samuel Cheever, 1875; leases, blueprints of roads; deeds; other material relating to Edwin Cheever and and Helen McIntyre; and account book titled "Erie Canal, c.1836-c.1838. The papers of the brothers James and Archibald W. McIntyre consist of personal letters, wills, deeds, and business documents; a series of letters from Archibald McIntyre to Duncan McMartin, Jr., 1806-43; school accounts, 1825-26, 1840, for New Hartford; brief accounts of matters relating to wheat and gristmill interests of Samuel and Frederick Kellogg of Whitestown, 1797-1820; Civil War correspondence of James McIntyre and other Civil War items, 1860-64.

Dates

  • 1797-1939.

Creator

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission required to quote the Archibald W. McIntyre letters (Box 20)..

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Cheever was a lawyer and judge in the Albany, New York, area.

Extent

7.2 cubic feet. (7.2 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Location of Originals Note

Holder of originals: Archibald W. McIntyre letters:--originals are in the Ticonderoga Historical Society.

Bibliographic References

-- REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1946-1948.
Description rules
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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