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Harwick family letters

 Collection — manuscript box: 54 - folder 1
Identifier: 2992m

Scope and content

Letters mainly to and from members of the Harwick family, including Jeremiah Harwick in Clarendon, New York and A.C. Harwick in Ithaca, New York. Also, a letter from James Laird in Juniata, Nebraska to his grandfather, Cornelius Wood, in Bloomingburgh, New York; a letter from George Cax in Bushwick to his brother, Guy C. Niel; and a letter from H.E. Blake in Ithaca to A.C. Harwick. Topics covered in the letters include news of family and friends, living expenses, prospects for a fruit-selling business, and the weather.

Dates

  • 1854-1874.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

A.C. (Andrew Cornelius) Harwick and H.E. (Henry Everett) Blake were students in Cornell University's Class of 1873. A.C. Harwick became a lawyer living in Buffalo, New York, while H.E. Blake became a civil engineer in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Extent

8 items. (8 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:
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