Dryden (N.Y.) -- History.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George E. Goodrich papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065197810]
Identifier: 3712
Scope and content
Includes photocopies of letters to George E. Goodrich relating details pertinent to the pioneers of Dryden, New York. Goodrich used some of this material for THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DRYDEN, published in 1898. Also, genealogies, biographies, and early Dryden papers including receipts, license, work orders, list of town clock subscribers, indenture, and deed.
Dates:
1818-1915,-1897-1899 (bulk).
McElheny family papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064939550]
Identifier: 2589
Scope and content
Includes diaries (2 vols., 1853-63) kept jointly by Thomas J. McElheny and his wife Adelaide (Ada) Taber, concerning daily activities in Dryden, news of their cousins, the John McGraws, and other relatives and friends, travel within the state, church attendance, and containing many comments on political and social events. Also, correspondence between Thomas and Ada McElheny, their daughters, relatives, and friends (1851-88), a letter (1878) from Jennie McGraw (Fiske) to her cousin Thomas...
Dates:
1846-1907.