Guide to the William Constable Pierrepont Diaries,
1823-1885

Collection Number: 1094

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
William Constable Pierrepont diaries, 1823-1885.
Collection Number:
1094
Creator:
William Constable Pierrepont, 1803-1885.
Quantity:
29 v.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Diaries contain day-to-day weather records and information concerning the sale of Pierrepont lands in Jefferson, Lewis, and Saint Lawrence Counties, the development of Pierrepont Manor, and periodic trips to New York City. Also, photocopies of Irving Parmeter's articles on the Pierrepont journals, 1830-1831. Includes Pierrepont's Journal THE TAMING OF THE WILDERNESS edited by Inez B. McConnell. Also, records of the Zion Episcopal Church, Pierrepont Manor, New York.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Diaries contain day-to-day weather records and information concerning the sale of Pierrepont lands in Jefferson, Lewis, and Saint Lawrence Counties, the development of Pierrepont Manor, and periodic trips to New York City. Also, photocopies of Irving Parmeter's articles on the Pierrepont journals, 1830-1831. Includes Pierrepont's Journal THE TAMING OF THE WILDERNESS edited by Inez B. McConnell. Also, records of the Zion Episcopal Church, Pierrepont Manor, New York.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Pierrepont, William Constable,1803-1885.
McConnell, Inez B.

Subjects:
Real property--New York (State)--Jefferson County.
Real property--New York (State)--Lewis County.
Real property--New York (State)--Saint Lawrence County.
Meteorology--Observations.

Places:
Jefferson County (N.Y.)--History, Local.
Lewis County (N.Y.)--History, Local.
Saint Lawrence County (N.Y.)--History, Local.
Pierrepont Manor (N.Y.)--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Description.

Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
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William Constable Pierrepont diaries, #1094. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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