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Ithaca Hotel indentures

 Collection — manuscript box: 13 - folder 1
Identifier: 2506m

Scope and content

Manuscript indentures by which Merab B. Welch sold the Ithaca Hotel to Joseph M. Lyon, and Joseph Lyon and his wife Julia B. Lyon sold it to Warner H. Welch later the same day. Each document is signed by the seller(s) and by notary public Marcus Lyon. Although their last name is spelled "Lyon" in the text of the documents, Joseph and Julia Lyons sign their last names "Lyons."

Dates

  • 1870 December 24.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

The Ithaca Hotel stood at the corner of State Street and Aurora Street in Ithaca, New York. In the Gazetteer and business directory of Tompkins County for 1868, Warner H. Welch is listed as the proprietor.

Extent

2 items. (2 items.)

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)