Scope and content
Invoices, receipts, accounts, and letters, 1802, to Isaiah Townsend and Stewart and Townsend from various companies and individuals; letters, 1809, to I. and J. Townsend from Charles Martin & Co. ordering iron, codfish, and tile. Letters written in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County (N.Y.) to Isaiah and John Townsend pertaining to local social conditions, with reference to storekeeping, local school and business concerns, and the Dunkirk Association. Also, letter to John Townsend, Albany, 1838, seeking aid in getting appointment as New York City Health Officer.
Dates
- 1802-1841
Creator
- Townsend family. (Family)
Extent
.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)
Language of Materials
English
- Albany County (N.Y.) -- Commerce.
- Charles Martin and Co
- Chautauqua County (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
- Chautauqua County (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
- Dunkirk Association
- Families -- New York (State) -- Albany.
- Families -- New York (State) -- Dunkirk.
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
- Stewart and Townsend (Albany, N.Y.)
- Stores, Retail -- New York (State) -- Chautauqua County.
- Townsend, Isaiah.
- Townsend, John.
- Townsend, Josaiah.
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)