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Northrup family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4551

Scope and content

Account books, ledgers, cashbooks, order books, and tax books for members of the Northrup family of Tompkins County (N.Y.); includes accounts for saddlery, general merchandise, carriage equipment, and produce.

Scope and content

Also, diaries kept by Halsey T. Northrup (1864-1903) and his son (1896-1898) with reference to the oil industry in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and including the laying of pipe. Diaries include domestic details, personal finance, and family matters.

Dates

  • 1831-1903.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Cattaraugus County family, part of the Ulysses S. Grant family tree.

Extent

38 volumes. (38 volumes.)

Language of Materials

English