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Warrants, notes, summonses for trespass and damage, petition for incorporation of Athens township, survey reports for roads; persons mentioned include Edward Herrick, John M'Kean, and Jonathan Stevens.

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Genealogical records, property transactions, bills, school reports, accounts, correspondence, clippings, summons, warrants, militia records, and other papers of the Corbitt family of Schuyler County, New York, and the apparently related families Bush, Peter, Gilbert, Mapes, Newman, and Chase; several other family names are mentioned. Figuring most prominently are Otis R. Corbitt, Aaron Corbitt, and Walter Corbitt.

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Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.

Abstract Last will and testament of Colonel Pierre Benjamin Faneuil, Boston, Massachusetts, 1877; signed manuscript Revolutionary War pension request for Tyler Porter, with list of battles, Massachusetts, 1818; New York State Militia Return of Officers ... under Command of Brigadier-General Lyman Curtiss, 1834; Beebee & Co. Bullion Exchange Bankers, New York financial statement, 1851; will of Christian Gingery of Warwick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, includes mention of "mulato Girl," 1778;...

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Account book for sheep and other agricultural products, personal accounts, and for the serving of summons on behalf of Genesee and Covington Counties (state undetermined).

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Receipts, monthly statements, promissory notes, shares in Cheese Box Factory, certificates, court summons, letters, and account books. Also photographs of members of the Walker and Wilbur families of Steuben County, New York, the Auburn State Prison, a bicycle, a rag man, and dolls.