Guide to the Lyman Stuart Collection,
1803-1895

Collection Number: 1997

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Lyman Stuart collection, 1803-1895.
Collection Number:
1997
Creator:
Lyman, Stuart
Quantity:
.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence and other papers of several New York State families, discussing everyday events and problems, agriculture, religion, and prices; also, Civil War letters of the Carver brothers of Savannah, New York; other letters concern life in Montana and the Dakota territories and western Canada (1870s). Includes correspondence of the Barnhardt family, Luke Blodgett, D. Watson Davis, Henry Dean, and Aaron Lane; correspondents include Theodore and W. H. Allen, Lydia Barnhardt, George Boardman, John and George Coventry, Alex Vattemore, the Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company, and the Waterloo Woolen Manufacturing Company.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence and other papers of several New York State families, discussing everyday events and problems, agriculture, religion, and prices; also, Civil War letters of the Carver brothers of Savannah, New York; other letters concern life in Montana and the Dakota territories and western Canada (1870s). Includes correspondence of the Barnhardt family, Luke Blodgett, D. Watson Davis, Henry Dean, and Aaron Lane; correspondents include Theodore and W. H. Allen, Lydia Barnhardt, George Boardman, John and George Coventry, Alex Vattemore, the Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company, and the Waterloo Woolen Manufacturing Company.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Stuart, Lyman,
Allen, Theodore.
Allen, W. H.
Barnhardt, Lydia.
Bernard family.
Blodgett, Luke.
Boardman, George.
Carver family.
Coventry, George.
Coventry, John.
Davis, D. Watson.
Dean, Henry.
Lane, Aaron.
Vattemore, Alex.
Salina and Central Square Plank Road Company (New York State)
Waterloo Woolen Manufacturing Company (Waterloo, N.Y.)

Subjects:
Agriculture--New York (State)
Family--New York (State)

Places:
New York (State)--Religious life and customs.
Savannah (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Montana--Social life and customs.
Dakota Territory--Social life and customs.

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Lyman Stuart collection, #1997. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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