Abstract

Papers of the Charles H. Barry family of Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York, include family, store, and blacksmith account books, 1806-79; a few personal letters and deeds; justice dockett, 1841-63; report on the condition of the Troy Turnpike, ca.1867; trade cards; and miscellaneous papers.

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Blacksmith account books, 1834-1836, 1836-1844; diaries (on loose sheets), 1846-1860; and papers related to land surveys, schools, and legal matters in Chenango and Broome Counties.

Scope and content Mainly letters by George K. Collins of Company I, 149th Regiment of New York State Volunteers, and his family of Syracuse; they describe army life and campaigns of the Civil War and the Battles of Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and others, and comment on tactics, policies, and commanding officers. Also, a blacksmithing account book (1849-1853), account books of Dr. John Collins of Spafford listing calls, medications, and treatments (1844-1846), and accounts of an insurance...

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Includes blacksmithing accounts, diaries, correspondence, notes, and other material relating to the activities of H. S. and O. E. Martin, proprietors of the St. Lawrence Hub Factory, Norwood, St. Lawrence County, New York.

Scope and content 10 items, mainly from Newark Valley, New York, with some from unidentified places and one from Albany. Included are a manuscript recording the words to an American revolutionary song, "Sir Robert Peel" (undated); recipe for making a half barrel of beer (undated); printed handbill offering a reward for the capture of escaped convict William S. Gleason of Dalton, Massachusetts, issued at Albany, with a manuscript note on the back (May 11, 1849); certificate admitting Mrs. C. Elwell to the...

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Letters written by Civil War soldier William Dalrymple McKerrow, primarily to his wife and son, Willie, while he served with Company C, First Regiment New York State Dragoons from 1862 to 1865. One letter is from McKerrow to Horatio Hodge, a business associate in Arcade.