Elias W. Cady papers, 1801-1857.
Collection Number: 2399
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Elias W. Cady papers, 1801-1857.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2399
Abstract:
Letters to Cady and deeds, receipts, inventories, sermons, and poems.
Creator:
Cady, Elias W., 1792-
Quanitities:
54 items.
Language:
Collection material in English
Farmer.
Farmer in Dryden, New York and New York assemblyman, 1850 and 1857.
Letters to Cady relate to sheep raising, wool sales, lumbering, farm machinery, land
sales, legislative issues including civil and criminal codes, free common schools,
an agricultural college, the Sodus Canal, telegraphy, temperance, and family matters.
There are also deeds, receipts, inventories, sermons, and poems. Correspondents include
Jedediah Barber, Ezra Cornell, John McGraw, Henry W. Sage, Josiah B. Williams, and
others.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Elias W. Cady papers, #2399. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Barber, Jedediah, 1787-1876.
Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1874.
McGraw, John, 1815-1877.
Sage, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1814-1897.
Williams, Josiah B. (Josiah Butler), 1810-1883.
Places:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Dryden (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Temperance.
Telegraph.
Sheep.
Real property, Exchange of.
Lumbering.
Logging.
Canals.
Agricultural colleges.
Form and Genre Terms:
Sermons.
Poems.
Inventories.
Deeds.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.
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Series I. Correspondence - Personal and Family
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| Box 1 |
Sarah Child to Mehitabel Bramhall
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1801-09-02 | |
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Scope and Contents
Daughter Sarah Child of Stamford to My Honored Mother Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall.
Family News
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Joseph Bramhall to Bertha Bramhall
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1813-03-09 | |
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Scope and Contents
Brother Joseph Bramhall, Amenia, N.Y. to Dear Sister (Bertha Bramhall). Epidemic
of sickness, family horse
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Moses Bramhall to Mehitabel Bramhall
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1814-02-25 | |
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Scope and Contents
Indenture between Moses Bramhall of Canaan, Columbia County, and Mehitabel Bramhall.
Release of right of dower
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Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1817-03-10-1817-03-11 | |
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Scope and Contents
Russell Cady of Canaan to Respected Brother Elias W. Cady, Dryden. Selling of household
goods
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Silvina Bramhall to Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall
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1818-12-27 | |
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Scope and Contents
Silvina Bramhall of Amenia, New York to Honored Mother Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall.
Family News
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A list of land owned by John C. Hogeboom
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1819-02-24 | |
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Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1819-10-21 | |
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Scope and Contents
Russell Cady of Canaan to Dear Brother Elias W. Cady, Dryden. Family News
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John C. Hogeboom to Elias W. Cady
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1820-01-27 | |
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Scope and Contents
John C. Hogeboom at Ghent to Elias W. Cady. Dryden Property
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Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1820-05-25 | |
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Scope and Contents
Family News
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| Box 1 |
Silvina Bramhall to Mehitabel Bramhall
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1820-11-12 | |
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Scope and Contents
Silvina Bramhall of Dryden to Dear Mother Mehitabel Bramhall at Amenia. Family News
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Mehitabel Bramhall to Silvina Bramhall
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1821-08-01 | |
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Scope and Contents
Mehitabel Bramhall to daughter Silvina Bramhall, Dryden. Family News
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Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1821-08-12 | |
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Scope and Contents
Russell Cady at Canaan to brother Elias W. Cady, Dryden. Family illness
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Betsey Delano to Mehitabel Bramhall
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1824-10-08 | |
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Scope and Contents
Betsey Delano to Mother Mehitabel Bramhall at New Canaan. Death of cousin Ebenezer
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| Box 1 |
Elias W. Cady to Aaron Konkle
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1834-02-05 | |
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Scope and Contents
Contract between Elias W. Cady, acting as agent for John C. Hogeboom, and Aaron Konkle
concerning land in Elmira (then Tioga County: Chemung formed March 29, 1836. (Paid
in full, June 1835)
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John C. Hogeboom to Elias W. Cady
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1834-05-13 | |
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Scope and Contents
Arrangement concerning sale of land
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| Box 1 |
Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1835-01-08 | |
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Scope and Contents
Russell Cady to brother Elias W. Cady. Sheep farming techniques
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John C. Hogeboom to Elias Cady
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1835-01-16 | |
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Scope and Contents
Business transactions, including purchase of sheep
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Russell Cady to Elias W. Cady
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1835-05-26 | |
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Scope and Contents
Russell Cady to brother Elias Cady. Market for wool, family news
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John C. Hogeboom to Elias W. Cady
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1837-11-30 | |
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Sale of lot in town of Chemung, Tioga County
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Elias to Russell
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1838-06-18 | |
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Elias at Dryden to brother Russell. Farming News (Unsigned or incomplete)
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John C. Hogeboom to Elias W. Cady
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1838-09-26 | |
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Sale of lot in Chemung, Tioga County
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| Box 1 |
Colin Robinson to Elias Cady
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1843-06-01 | |
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Scope and Contents
Colin Robinson, Syracuse to Elias Cady. Shipment of sugar and molasses
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John Osburn to John Cady
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1849-10-25 | |
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Scope and Contents
Receipt for barley shipped by canal boat from John Cady for $205.81; signed John Osburn,
New York City
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Lochlin to John Cady
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1849-10-25 | |
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Scope and Contents
Statement of barley bought by Mr. Lochlin from John Cady. New York City
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Robert Cahoon
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1849-10-26 | |
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Scope and Contents
Receipt for barley delivered to brewery - Robert Cahoon
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M. Goodrich to E.W. Cady
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1850-01-12 | |
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Scope and Contents
M. Goodrich, Dryden (Member of Congress, 1871-73) to Hon. E.W. Cady (NYS Assemblyman
from Tompkins County, Dist. 2, 1850+) concerning New criminal and civil code - problems
involved in reforming legal system
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Garry Chambers to E.W. Cady
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1850-02-01 | |
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Scope and Contents
Garry Chambers of McLean, New York to Hon. E.W. Cady at Albany. Petition to repeal
new school law
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C.D. Hart to E.W. Cady
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1850-02-11 | |
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Scope and Contents
C.D. Hart of McLean (probably Charles; see Landmarks b. 1801 - d. 1880) to E.W. Cady.
Opposition to school law, in favor of agriculture school
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E.P. Healy to E.W. Cady
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1850-02-28 | |
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E.P. Healy, Dryden to E.W. Cady. Opinion of county on school law, and agricultural
college temperance as political question, scarlet fever epidemic
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H.W. Sage to E.W. Cady
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1850-03-09 | |
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Scope and Contents
H.W. Sage, Ithaca to Hon. E.W. Cady. Proposed Canal Bill (Sodus Canal) (see Landmarks,
I, 37-38)
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J.B. Williams to E.W. Cady
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1850-03-16 | |
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Scope and Contents
J.B. Williams, Ithaca to Hon. E.W. Cady, Albany. Sodus Canal Bill
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John Cady to E.W. Cady(?)
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1850-03-17 | |
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Scope and Contents
John Cady to (probably) E.W. Cady - envelope p.m. 3/20/50 to EWC, Albany. Home News
an politics
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Henry Brewer to E.W. Cady (?)
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1850-08-31 | |
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Scope and Contents
Henry Brewer of Enfield to (probably) E.W. Cady. Purchase of wheat drill
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E. Cornell to E.W. Cady
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1850 | |
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E. Cornell (Pres. of N.Y. & Erie Telegraph Co.), New York to Hon. E.W. Cady. Proposed
law about liability of telegraph clerks
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H. Root to E.W. Cady
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1851-05-10 | |
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H. Root of Chatham to brother E. (E.W. Cady). Business
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James Walker to Elias W. Cady
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1852-08-16 | |
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James Walker, Peace Dale, Rhode Island to Elias Cady. Purchase of wool.
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Jedediah Barber to Elias W. Cady
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1853-01-18 | |
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Jedidiah Barber of Homer, New York to Elias W. Cady. Business - transporting lumber
by team
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Horace Pomeroy to Elias Cady
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1853-03-17 | |
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Horace Pomeroy, Troy, Bradford County, Pa. to Elias Cady. Purchase of a mowing machine
- is mowing machine practical?
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Horace Pomeroy to Elias Cady
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1853-06-08 | |
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Horace Pomeroy to Elias Cady. Purchase of mowing machine - Cady has agency for Ketchem's
(Kitchen's) mower.
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J.R. Speed to E.W. Cady
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1853-09-28 | |
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J.R. Speed of Caroline to Hon. E.W. Cady. County Agricultural Fair - wants Cady to
exhibit his "fine cattle and merino sheep."
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E.C. Bramhall to Elias W. Cady
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1854-04-07 | |
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Scope and Contents
E.C. Bramhall to Uncle Elias W. Cady. Obtaining a deed.
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John McGraw to E.W. Cady
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1856-08-27 | |
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John McGraw, New York City to E.W. Cady. Barley market prospects
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E. Cornell to E.W. Cady
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1857-01-23 | |
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E. Cornell, N.Y.S. Assembly, Albany to Hon. E.W. Cady. Proposed increased tax on
telegraph company.
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E. Cornell to E.W. Cady
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1857-03-09 | |
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E. Cornell, Ithaca to Hon. E.W. Cady. Proposing amendment to April 15, 1854 law to
allow formation of a corporation to improve the breeding of short horn cattle.
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E.W. Cady to Oliver
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1857-03-12 | |
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E.W. Cady at Albany to Son Oliver. He has just talked with Dr. Elisha Harris of the
Staten Island Marine Hospital who thinks EWC will help him keep his place; EWC thinks
he can help the Cadys to find help, presumably from among immigrants ("…...a Dutch
Girl would be what we should want....") KJ 6/24/1969
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Sheep Sold
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1861 | |
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Scope and Contents
Fragment - List of sheep sold.
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John Cady to E.W. Cady
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date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
John Cady to Father E.W. Cady. The Farm.
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Series II. Undated Material
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| Box 1 |
List of property in Broome, Cayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga Counties
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date unknown | |
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Publius Lentulus to Senate of Rome
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date unknown | |
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Copy of a description of the Person Jesus Christ - as it was found in an ancient manuscript
sent by Publius Lentulus, President of Judea to the Senate of Rome; excerpt from 125th
Psalm; sermon on Faith.
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Poem "The Exile"
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date unknown | |
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Names on outside flap
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date unknown | |
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Scope and Contents
Edmund Bramhall, Sally Hulbert, Clarisa Hulbert, Hariet Hulbert
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Poem - an elegy on death of Bramhall
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date unknown | |
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Sermon - "Is the Holy Ghost God?"
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date unknown | |
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Sermon - "Can the doctrine of election be proved from Scripture?"
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date unknown | |
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Description of Giovanni de Medici
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date unknown | |