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Livingston County (N.Y.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alvan B. Doolittle papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064927712]
Identifier: 4062
Scope and content Papers consist of personal and business correspondence; legal documents concerning properties and lawsuit, including records from the years 1857-1859 when Doolittle was a justice of the peace; correspondence and documents concerning Nebraska Territory land agreements with the Omahas (Indians); bills and receipts for lumber (some shipped by canal), horses, and various merchandise; a few insurance policies; some items concerning Granger town and school business; and materials relating to...
Dates: 1837-1893.

E. L. McFetridge farm journals

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064718442]
Identifier: 3682
Scope and content

Five journals describing daily life on a farm in Sparta, Livingston County, New York from 1860-1864.

Dates: 1860-1864.

Markham and Puffer families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1811
Scope and content Includes Hampshire County, Massachusetts deeds (1778-1857) for the names Ballard, Bates, Beals, Carter, Ford, Fuller, Giddings, Hamlin, Kettell, Packard, Pratt, Spaulding, Stoel, and Taylor; notes, writs of execution, and other legal documents, 18th century Massachusetts; material relating to patents on voting machines (1905); farm account books (1877-1902), a stock register (1860s, 1870s), and other accounts of William G. Markham; a ledger (1897-1901) of the Rochester Fluorometer Company;...
Dates: 1755-1909.

New York State College of Agriculture Department of Rural Sociology surveys

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 21-33-1485
Abstract

Collection includes schedules, interviewers' notes, correspondence, and other records containing information on individuals, households, farms, neighborhoods, and organizations gathered during the following projects in New York and elsewhere.

Dates: 1938-1966.