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A. N. Wood family papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6989

Scope and content

Letters from A. N. Wood on Wood, Taber & Morse letterhead to his family, 1875-1883; letters to Mrs. A. N. Wood from Chicago, IL and Canaseraga, NY; letter from Calista Wood to her daughter Olivia, 1882; letter from B.L. Wilson (?) to Henry E. Eaton, 1876; letter to Greenleaf Watkins from Albert B. Watkins about genealogy, 1883; and Radnor Township, Delaware County, Penn. land documents, 1854 and 1867. Also a cigar box of "Peter Schuyler Perfectos," G. W. Van Slyke & Horton, Albany, NY.

Dates

1854-1883.

Creator

Wood, A. N. (Allen Nelson) (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Allen Nelson Wood (1818-1892) was the senior partner of the firm of Wood, Taber& Morse, manufacturers of steam engines in Eaton, N.Y. He and his wife Calista M. Wood had one daughter, Olivia, who married Henry E. Eaton. The Eatons lived in Syracuse.