Memoranda on American superstitions
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4770
Scope and content
Manuscript notes on superstitions, prophecies, and traditions compiled by Judge Furman. Also, newspaper clippings on American superstitions. Includes some notes on witchcraft.
Dates
- undated.
Creator
- Furman, Gabriel, 1800-1854. (Person)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Gabriel Furman (1800-1854) was a Brooklyn lawyer, justice, and state senator, as well as an antiquarian, collector, and lecturer. He published "Notes, Geographical and Historical Relative to the Town of Brooklyn" in 1824, and was a lifelong compiler of research, manuscripts, and documents, many of which were edited for publication after his death as Antiquities of Long Island (1875).
Extent
.2 cubic feet. (.2 cubic feet.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- 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)