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Diaries and account books of a Waterloo, New York wheelwright and farmer.

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Naturalization papers, business correspondence, a letter from David Reeder describing his activities as a student at General Theological Seminary and discussing Eastman College at Poughkeepsie; also, statements of account, inventories of household goods, agreements for work to be done on Reeder's farm, an indenture, lease, and other property agreements; Onondaga, Ontario, Seneca, and Yates Counties, New York.

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Daybook (1871-1872) for a hardware store in LeRoy, New York; farm diary for S. Taintor Company; letters from Robert Pearsall Smith (1859); will of Samuel Mayo (1734); bills, receipts, certificates, and other printed material relating to family and business matters, Genesee and Livingston Counties.

Scope and content Account book of an unknown farmer, probably from Tioga County, N.Y. includes a record of all transactions, a farm inventory, and home remedies; an undated scrapbook compiled in Mark Twain's Autobiography and First Romance, with song lyrics, stories, and a few handwritten poems; Civil War furlough permit for Charles S. Gryan, New York Volunteers, 24th Regiment; and a 1903 letter from J. S. Kingsley, Principal, Newark Valley High School to R. W. Richardson, Owego, N.Y., thanking him for a...