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Letters, bills, receipts, insurance policies, resolutions, notes, articles of co-partnership, a foreclosure; also personal correspondence of Dr. Charles Elmendorf; also included are broadsides and circulars. Collection pertains to Masonic rites, and programs for the various lodges; also material relating to the Odd Fellows, Knights Templar, and the Philosophers of the Living Fire, in New York State Counties Yates and Ontario, and in Illinois, Kentucky, and Ireland.

Abstract Begins as a memoir containing reminiscences of Lovejoy's boyhood, adolescence and young adulthood including memories of family, the town of Benton, Methodist Episcopal church members and activities including revivals and personal spiritual growth. Diary entries (1-5 per year) record activities and opinions as a religious leader in the Methodist Episcopal church; births and deaths of family members and friends; quarter meetings and district conferences attended; sermons heard and prayers for...

Scope and content The diary of Samuel S. Mariner of Penn Yann, N.Y. is divided into two sections, the first section is an index of names, locations and subjects mentioned in the diary and a brief genealogy of the Mariner family. The second section is a record of Samuel's life from ages 23 to 26. Topics covered include work, travel, visitors, property, weather, agriculture, discourses on pastors and sermon topics, political observations, marriages, births, illnesses, deaths, concerts, fairs, and town...

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Printed text of the constitution for the Keuka Divison number 72, Sons of Temperance, a membership list, financial records (1847-1848), a list of fees collected for membership cards (1852), and a list of fees collected for initiations. A chart of flower types and scribbled notes (1866, 1877), unrelated to the bulk of the volume are also contained in it.

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One volume containing meeting minutes (1880-1883) and a list of members (1882). Miscellaneous items including a printed constitution and by-laws for the Independent Order of Good Templars, State of New York, a membership certificate, a circular on Juvenile Templars and a Good Templars Mutual Benefit Association announcement.