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Regional history miscellany

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6943

Scope and content

Miscellaneous 19th century family and personal letters, largely from women (7 items); maps of Islington (N.Y.?), with details of lots and other land documents, 1786-1849 (7 items); list of assets of Charles Ruben & Co., 1875; manuscript with lyrics of popular songs, including a temperance song, 19th century; letter from general Alexander Stewart Webb and his wife to the Daughters of the Cincinnati, 1899; document found in a book relating to John Boden and the war between French and English, 1758 (with notes and transcripts); Abstract of Title, memorandum to deed relating to Stephens, Russell families of Bath, Steuben County, NY, with mss. fragment with Calvin Upson's charges for searching, 1834-1854; copy of a letter from George Taylor Stewart, superintendent of the Metropolitan Hospital, to Miss Agnes Brennan, superintendent of the training school of Bellevue Hospital, 1901; "Honored Heros," poem by Civil War veteran Genus Jerome J. Garrett (Co. B, 3rd. Wisconsin Cavalry, 126 Sherman St. Rochester, NY), ca. 1910(?).

Dates

  • 1786 - 1901
  • Undated

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

.1 cubic feet. (.1 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:
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