Scope and content

Papers of Fred D. Rumsey and his family include a Rumsey family genealogy; Dean family genealogy; correspondence; broadsides; accounts; certificates; speeches and notes; material on agriculture, the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry, and the New York State Grange; photographs; diaries; Bibles with family history; publications; clippings; and memorabilia.

Scope and content Bound typescript copies of excerpts from a diary kept by John Drake, Jr. of New Hamburg contain references to family matters, financial difficulties, imprisonment for debt, and local events; biographical and genealogical data on the Dearin, Drake, Flagler, and Graham families; and copies of four letters written by Drake in 1830 to Rev. Elphalet Price concerning his excommunication from the Presbyterian Church. Also, a pamphlet containing constitution and bylaws of the Pomona Grange, n.d.,...