Guide to the Emily Boardman Estate Papers,
1888-1903

Collection Number: 1936

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Compiled by:
A. Gates
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, March 2004

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Emily Boardman estate papers, 1888-1903.
Collection Number:
1936
Creator:
Emily Boardman, d.1898.
Quantity:
79 items.
Forms of Material:
A will, accounts, receipts, and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Will, accounts, receipts, and correspondence of Emily Boardman, addressed to George R. Williams pertaining to the settlement of her estate.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Emily Boardman, of Trumansburg, New York, was a sister of Douglass Boardman, an Ithaca, New York lawyer.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Will, accounts, receipts, and correspondence of Emily Boardman, addressed to George R. Williams pertaining to the settlement of her estate.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Boardman, Emily, d.1898.
Williams, George R.

Places:
Trumansburg (N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Accounts.
Wills.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Emily Boardman estate papers, #1936. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Nov. 17, 1888
Will of Emily Boardman of Trumansburg, New York. Heirs named in will are: sisters Maria Sears, Delia Hathaway, Patty Spence, Gertrude Markham, Lucy B. Smith; brothers Russell Boardman, Harry Boardman, Truman Boardman, Douglass Boardman; nephew George H. Smith; and niece Ellen D. Williams.
Folder 1
Dec. 5, 1896
Copy of contract for payment of the Lewis Investment Co. bonds by Emily Boardman to Cornell University.
 Folder 1
Feb. 10, 1898
Warranty Deed between the heirs of J.B. Williams and Charles Thomas of Ithaca, N.Y. seeling to Thomas land located in the town of Ithaca. The heirs are Mrs. May H. Williams, George R. Williams and Ellen B. his wife, Roger B. Williams and Caroline R. his wife, Henry S. Williams and Harriet H. his wife, Augusta H. Williams, Charlotte E. Williams, Mrs. Jane W. Newman and Jared T. her husband, Ella S. Williams, Clara M. Williams, Otis L. Williams, all of Ithaca, New York.
Folder 1
Apr. 25, 1898
Account of the Emily Boardman estate.
 Folder 1
July 11, 1898
Three (3) legal documents stating that George R. Williams of Ithaca, New York is the executor of the Emily Boardman estate.
 Folder 1
Sept. 22, 1898
Investments showing change of the Emily Boardman estate since the last statement.
 Folder 1
Oct. 8, 1898
Tompkins Co., N.Y. Copy of the Appraiser's report on the estate of Emily Boardman.
 Folder 1
Oct. 22, 1898
Legal document accepting the appraiser's report on the estate of Emily Boardman.
 Folder 1
Feb. 8, 1900 (1901?)
Letter from Miss Frances Boardman of Los Angeles, Calif. to George R. Williams concerning the death of her father and the settlement of the Emily Boardman estate.
Folder 1
Feb. 1, 1901
Fifty-eight (58) receipts to George R. Williams, as executor of the Emily Boardman estate, for dividend No. 2 on her estate. Signed by members of the Boardman, Sears, Spence, and Hathaway families, and numerous others.
Folder 1
Feb. 27, 1901
Letter from Miss Frances Boardman to George R. Williams concerning the payment of a draft Williams sent her.
 Folder 1
Apr. (?) 23, 1902
Letter from Theodore Spence of Starkey, N.Y. to George R. Williams concerning the settlement of the Riley Spence estate.
 Folder 1
Nov. 5, 1902
Letter from Mrs. Emma G. Myrick of Palmyra, Iowa to George R. Williams concerning the payment to her of her share of the Emily Boardman estate.
Folder 1
Feb. 24, 1903
Letter from C.M. Masters of Sparta, Wis. to George R. Williams concerning the death of Maria S. Blakeslee and settlement of the Emily Boardman estate.
Folder 1
Mar. 8, 1903 (?)
Letter from Mrs. C. Blakeslee of St. Augustine, Florida to George R. Williams concerning Frances Boardman, an heir of Emily Boardman.
Folder 1
July 28, 1903
Letter from C.M. Masters of Sparta, Wis. to George R. Williams concerning the settlement of the Emily Boardman estate.
 Folder 1
Nov. 5, 1903
Letter from C.M. Masters to George R. Williams concerning the settlement of the Emily Boardman estate.
 Folder 1
Dec. 1, 1903
Statement of account of estate of Emily Boardman.
 Folder 1
Dec. 4, 1903
Letter from C.M. Masters of Sparta, Wis. to George R. Williams concerning the settlement of the Maria S. Blakeslee and Emily Boardman estates.
Folder 1
Dec. 11, 1903
Letter from Grace H. Thian of Minneapolis, Minnesota to George R. Williams giving him the addresses of two relatives of Emily Boardman.
Folder 1
Dec. 14, 1903
Letter from Theodore Spence of Dundee, N.Y. to George R. Williams giving him the addresses of several members of the Spence family.
Folder 1