Scope and content Letters and a journal written by Eugene C. Belden (1844-1864), including accounts of his Civil War service with the 137th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Other items pertain to militia service of other family members in New York and Massachusetts; William Franklin Belden's work as Justice of the Peace in Richford, New York (1866-1885); miscellaneous genealogical material; and papers of or about Ira and William Belden. Also, auction catalog of early American furnishings at Belden Estate,...

Abstract Correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, notes for books, accounts, outlines and notes for sermons, newspaper clippings of book reviews and obituaries. Includes correspondence with publishers concerning royalties, copyrights, and related matters; letters concerning historical and genealogical research, and real estate, mortgage, and security investments; also, 48 letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Copyright League concerning Eggleston's lobbying...

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Correspondence regarding Cornell University and the Francis family genealogy.

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Manuscript, typed, mimeographed and printed material derived from family and genealogical research; local, county, court, church and cemetery records; and printed local and family history, primarily in southern and central New York State and nearby Pennsylvania counties. Includes research notes and correspondence concerning Cayuga, Schuyler, Tompkins, Madison, Chenango, Tioga and Chemung Counties, New York.

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2 volumes, one manuscript the other a typewritten transcription, containing information about the location of houses in Penn Yan with descriptions of the buildings and their use(s) along with a genealogical survey of their owners or residents and their descendants.

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Correspondence about genealogical matters, undated notes and notebooks on genealogy of the Rice and related families, heraldry, genealogical methodology and bibliography; newspaper clippings, and eight pamphlets on genealogy and history.

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Letters, diaries, deeds and other papers of the related Shanklin and Avery families.