Scope and content Penciled reports and minutes of a cheese factory in Sheridan, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; signed by C.E. Griswold, Chairman, Manley J. Tooke, Secretary, and others. Also, letter, Sept. 3, 1882, to Tooke, Sheridan, N.Y., from his sister, Mary E. Tooke, Oneida Castle, discussing the extensive local growing of hops, the high prices currently being paid for them, and the use of migrant labor, especially Belgians; also, comments on other local farm conditions, the manufacture of cider in...

Scope and content Items relating to the activities of James Tuke (Tooke) and family include a letter, 1828, from London, Ontario concerning land, prices, immigrants, and farming and other conditions in London; a series of letters, 1852, relating to the acquisition of land in Lima, Indiana; a letter, 1866, describing a Republican victory rally in Elmira; and other correspondence. Also, naturalization papers from James Tuke, 1840; an account book of labor, cloth, and seamstress accounts, Eaton, Madison County,...