George S. Kephart family papers, 1790-1989.
Collection Number: 3268
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
George S. Kephart family papers, 1790-1989.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3268
Abstract:
Legal documents, 1790-1897, include articles of agreement, deeds, mortgages, and property
titles in and around Ithaca, New York; family material includes photos and correspondence
Creator:
Kephart, George S.
Kephart, Leonard W.
Kephart, Laura.
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
George S. Kephart is the great-grandson of Horace Mack, Sr. and Eliza Ann Ferris,
and the grandson of Horace Mack, Jr. and Lucy Wheeler.
Consists of collections #3268 and #1697.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
George S. Kephart family papers, #3268. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Legal documents, 1791-1897, include articles of agreement, deeds, mortgages, and property
titles in and around Ithaca, New York, drawn up by Horace Mack, Sr. and Jr., Benjamin
G. Ferris, and Joshua Ferris. Also included are affidavits of application for military
land grants by Revolutionary War soldiers, 1818; maps of Tioga County (New York) township
divisions, surveyed, 1808; will of Thomas Hathway bequeathing a portion of land to
the Publick Universal Friend (Jemima Wilkinson), 1795; expense account, probably of
Benjamin Ferris, for a trip to Albany, 1827; and correspondence between Mack and Ferris
family members about banking, legal favors, and property interests. Personal papers
include bills and receipts, 1804-1902; a deed for land in Montgomery County, New York
for John Shelly signed by Governor George Clinton; a well water analysis, Ithaca,
New York, 1895; manuscripts on local history, 1901, 1975; and miscellaneous correspondence.
Also, material concerning the Riley and Kephart families. Correspondence of Horace
Kephart and printed material pertaining to his work as a naturalist and early advocate
for establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Papers relating to George S. Kephart include photograph album/scrapbooks from Bangor,
Maine, New York-Minneapolis, Klamath, Oregon, and Chicago-Washington; personal reminiscences;
materials about World War I service in France; writings and publications; Cornell
Crew materials; and materials about the Kephart Glen in the Cornell plantations.
Memorabilia, primarily relating to Leonard W. Kephart (Class of 1913), including postcards,
letters, programs, photographs, views of Ithaca, clippings, 1909 high school class
prophecy, and a variety of items from his time at Cornell and later. Manuscript of
poem: "Trooper [Trumpeter] George" written by Horace Mack, Jan. 22, 1899, illustrated
by Julia Mack; other poems and rhymes by Horace Mack.
Items relating to Laura Kephart, including a letter to her cousin (with criticism
of Franklin D. Roosevelt) and miscellaneous photographs.
Also inscribed copy of "Courtney: Master Oarsman - Champion Coach" by Margaret K.
Look, "The Cornell Navy," by C.V.P. Young, and 1913 Cornell Students' Handbook.
Horace Mack's diploma from Hamilton College, 1898
Names:
Ferris, Benjamin G., 1802-1891.
Ferris, Eliza Ann.
Shelly, John.
Ferris, Joshua.
Hathway, Thomas.
Mack, Horace, Jr.
Mack, Horace, Sr.
Wilkinson, Jemima, 1752-1819.
Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931.
Kephart, Leonard W.
Kephart, Laura.
Riley, Julia Mack.
Farris family.
Kephart family.
Mack family.
Riley family.
New York (State). Governor (1801-1804 : Clinton)
Cornell University -- : Students.
Cornell University. Class of 1913
Cornell University -- : Pictorial works
Places:
Chicago (Il.) -- Pictorial works
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Pictorial works.
Klamath (Or.) -- Pictorial works.
Bangor (Me) -- Pictorial works.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Tioga County (N.Y.) -- History, Local
Ithaca (N.Y.) -- History.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918.
Real property -- New York (State) -- Montgomery County.
National parks and reserves -- United States.
Naturalists.
Families -- New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Maps.
Mortgages.
Deeds.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Bills for Goods and Services
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1804-03-16-1902-02-04 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
H. Mack Checks drawn on Ithaca Banks
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1874-1875 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1823-1907 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes receipts for payments of mortgages, debts, assigned judgements, and other
legal fees; balances due; and statement of contracts
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous Deeds and Mortgages in and near Ithaca
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1837-1868 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous Deeds
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1846-07-08-1891-04-07 |
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Scope and Contents
Mortgage deeds for land in Minnesota; sale of land in Minnesota; Deed of Mining Claim
in Montana; tax sale of land in Warren County, PA
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Horace Mack Power of Attorney
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1833-07-22, 1848-05-20 |
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Scope and Contents
Documents asking Mack to act as proxy at any election of directors at Chemung Canal
Bank or any meeting of stockholders. Document asking Mack to handle a real estate
transaction.
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
News Publications
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1838-10-24-1941-10-02 |
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Scope and Contents
Ithaca Journal and Daily Advertiser; Weekly Argus; Journal of Commerce, Jr.; The Owego
Gazette; Ithaca Daily Journal; Weekly Argus and Rough-hewer
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Genealogies, Indentures, and Photocopies
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1791-1842 |
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Scope and Contents
Genealogy of Mack, Ferris, Hathaway, Kephart, and Riley families
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Legal documents
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1815-08-19-1864 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Keystone Lumber Company and First Bank of Elmira
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1867-1870 |
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Scope and Contents
Legal papers concerning the company and bank.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Forest County Oil Lands
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1869-1897 |
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Scope and Contents
Letters, legal papers, and a Brief of Title from Horace Mack, Jr. regarding ownership
of lands.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous
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1895 |
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Scope and Contents
A water analysis of an Ithaca Well, and an unidentified/undated poem
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
"The Streams and Water Courses of Tompkins County"
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1901-11-26 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
"Springs and Artesian Wells, Water, Supply, Floods, and Matters Incidental"
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Undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
"A Tin Box from the Library Closet" Manuscript
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1975 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
"A Tin Box from the Library Closet" Part I, narrative by Julia W. Riley
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1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Material Related to the "Tin Box" Article
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1976 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Washington, George
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1758, 1895, 1905, 1952-1953, 1974 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondance regarding Washington and a copy of Washington's letter
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Bounty Land lot 45: Deeds and Correspondance
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1791-1799 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Bounty Land lot 45: Sale of Rights
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1791-01-21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Jeremiah Van Rensslaer
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1791-01-22 |
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Scope and Contents
Grants Rensslaer the power of attorney concerning the land grant due John [Sheeley]
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Promise to Pay
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1791-12-20 |
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Scope and Contents
Promise to pay for patent of land granted
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Land Grant in Hector
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1791-12-27 |
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Scope and Contents
Land grant for land in Hector due John (Shiely or Sheely)
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Land Grant About [Sheely] Land
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1791-12-28 |
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Scope and Contents
Copy made 1818-08-22
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| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Indenture for Land Grant for lot 45
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1794-06-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Indenture for Land Grant for lot 46
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1794-10-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Abstract of Letters Patent for Land in Hector
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1799-12-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Articles of Agreement
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1815-02-20-1816-11-12 |
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Scope and Contents
Five Articles of Agreement about lot 45 in Hector and land in Seneca County.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Abstract of Land Title and Letters
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1816-1820 |
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Scope and Contents
Abstract of land title to John [Sheeley] lands and letters about land from Henrey
Frey to Robert Troupe
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Abstract
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1816-09-16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1816-10-16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1816-10-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1818-08-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1819-09-23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1819-08-09 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1819-09-08 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1819-11-26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Letter
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1820-01-04 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Deeds and Mortgages
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1831-1840 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Indenture for Lot 49 in Ithaca
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1831-01-03 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack, Stephen B. Munn, and his wife Eliza Ann for $1300
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Indenture for Lot 85 in Ulysses (now Ithaca)
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1833-09-02 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack and Adam Markle in what is now Ithaca for $612
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Article of Agreement
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1835-08-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack and Charles Pumpelly for the sale of two farms near Ithaca for
$4000
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Deed
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1836-05-26 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Thomas Downing, Sarah (his wife), and Horace Mack for land on Green Street
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Indenture for Lot 85 in Ithaca
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1836-06-04 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack and Effringham W. Walgrove, Sarah Ann Walgrove, and Mr. Chant
Taylor
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Copy of Mack/Walgrove Deed
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1836-06-04 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Deed for Lots A and B in Ithaca
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1836-06-27 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Richard Varick de Witt and Horace Mack
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Bond owed to Mack by Walgrove
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1836-06-04 |
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Scope and Contents
Bond for $7626.80 owed to Horace Mack by Effrinham W. Walgrove
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Bill due Cornelia W. Ferris and Various Others
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1837-07-10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Deed for Lots 84 and 85 between Ithaca and Danby
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1837-12-26 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Jacob Rezean, Lydia (his wife), and Horace Mack
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Elmira Court Judgement
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1839-02-15 |
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Scope and Contents
About lots 94 and 95 naming several defendents and plaintiffs
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Deed for Properrty on Lot 70
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1840-12-04 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack, William Mott II, and Lydia (his wife) for property on lot for
$3500.
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Articles of Agreement
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1822-1850 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Agreement about Lot 45 Property
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1822-01-12 |
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Scope and Contents
Agreement with Egbert Benson, esq. and Lewis H. Weldon about the property of the deceased
John Lawrence
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Lot 45 Sold to Obadiah Smith
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1823-05-01 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Explanation of Title for John [Sheeley] Land
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1837-09-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Purchase of Lot 45
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1828-11-13 |
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Scope and Contents
William A.G. Thompson and John M.D. Lawrence put deposit of $26.25 and owe $498.75
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Copy of Above
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1828-11-13 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Copy of Above
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1828-11-14 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Copy Deed of John [Sheeley] Land Sales
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1794-06-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Copy Deed of John [Sheeley] Land Sales
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1794-10-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Copy Deed of John [Sheeley] Land Sales
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1798-06-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Map of John [Sheeley] Lot and Subdivisions
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Letter Resume about Lot 45
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1850-10-07 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Articles of Agreement, sales of land
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1844-1868 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Sale of 1/3 Interest in Cascadilla Mill Property to Horace Mack
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1844-08-06 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Survey of Part of Lot 84 in Ithaca
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1844 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Sale of Lot 70
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1845-01-16 |
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Scope and Contents
Sale at public auction at the Ithaca Hotel between Robert Gosman and Horace Mack
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Sale of Lot 69
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1846-12-24 |
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Scope and Contents
Sale at public auction for $662.44 to Horace Mack and Stephen Mack
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Bond Between Horace and Stephen Mack
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1862-08-16 |
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Scope and Contents
To the sum of $800
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Land and Titles of Horace Mack
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1868-10-05 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Map of Parts of Ferris Property
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Letters
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1817-1828 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
To: Ferris From: John Nicholson
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1817-03-24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: ?
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1827-10-18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: ?
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1828-07-26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Tompkins County National Bank about Horace Mack
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1827-01-26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Letters, affidavits
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1818-1849 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Affidavit of Jonathan Barwell (and others) Application
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1818-05-05 |
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Scope and Contents
Application for Revolutionary War land accepted
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Affidavit of John Cummings Application
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1818-05-05 |
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Scope and Contents
Application for Revolutionary War land accepted
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Affadavit of John Roberts Application
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1818-05-09 |
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Scope and Contents
Application for Revolutionary War land rejected (did not serve 9 month minimum)
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Reapplication of John Roberts
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1818-05-09 |
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Scope and Contents
In the Court of Common Pleas
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Affadavit of Peter Barnes Application
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1818-05-23 |
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Scope and Contents
Application for Revolutionary War land rejected (did not serve 9 month minimum)
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Draft of Affadavit for Henry Smith
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1822-01 |
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Scope and Contents
For Revolutionary War land
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Department of War Letter
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1826-08-29 |
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Scope and Contents
Letter declaring the law authorizing Revolutionary War land as expiring 1827-10
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
To: Mr. Stephen B. Munn From: A.B. Munn
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1827-07-15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
To: Thomas Maxwell From: The Pension Office, J.L. Edwards
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1838-04-08 |
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Scope and Contents
About an application for pension
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
To: Mr. Munn From: John Ste[ar]nes
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1838-11-17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Article of Agreement
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1849-07-13 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Horace Mack and Joel Davenport
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Statement of Amesa Parkers' Discharge
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Discharge from service 1783-06
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Letters
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1831-1836 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: William Joshua Ferris From: John Allen
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1831-03-04 |
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Scope and Contents
About purchase of land
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Horace Mack From: Rulger B. Miller
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1832-01-02 |
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Scope and Contents
"Letter announcing member of Republican Con. Of Legislature"
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: S.B. Munn Jr. From: Horace Mack
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1832-01-04 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: S.B. Munn Jr. From: DBJ(?)
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1832-07-19 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: A.L. Hagg
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1832-08-22 |
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Scope and Contents
Enclosing $38
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Horace Mack From: Daniel L. Bishop
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1833-02-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: James B. Clarke
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1833-04-06 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: James B. Clarke
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1833-04-24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: James B. Clarke
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1833-04-24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: James B. Clarke From: ?
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1833-05-30 |
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Scope and Contents
Payment of $95
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: James B. Clarke From: ?
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1833-07-18 |
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Scope and Contents
Payment of $100
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Howard(?) Mack From: J.[L]. Spun, Jr.
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1834-02-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Letters between Stephen Mack and Ackley and Tillotson
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1834-06-18 |
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Scope and Contents
Regarding balance of funds
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: James B. Clarke
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1834-09-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Horace Mack From: George O. Pumpelly
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1835-07-23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Mack (probably Horace) From: J.L. Spun, Jr.
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1836-06-21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Mack From: Various Correspondents
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1836-07-13 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
To: Mack From: Mack
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1836-08-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Letters
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1838 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: A.D.W. Bruyn From: Patent Office
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1838-05-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-07-21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-07-23 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-07-28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-07-31 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Horace Mack From: James B. Clarke
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1838-09-01 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Horace Mack From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-12-10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe From: ?
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1838-12-10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Fragment with no Signatures
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1838-12-26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
To: Col. John J. Speed, Jr., and Horace Mack From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1838-12-18 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Letters
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1839 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
To: Horace Mack From: John James Speed, Jr.
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1839-04-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
To: John James Speed, Jr. From: Horace Mack
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1839-04-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
To: John James Speed, Jr. From: Horace Mack
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1839-04-25 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
To: Mr.'s Mack and Speed From: V.E. Poilles(?)
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1839-05-08 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Letters
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1840-1844 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
To: Mr.'s Horace Mack and J.J. Speed, Jr. From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1840-04-21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
To: Horace Mack From: Stephen B. Munn
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1840-10-13 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
To: Horace Mack From: Stephen B. Munn
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1840-10-15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Promisory Note To W.[J.] De Witt
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1841-03-03 |
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Scope and Contents
From ? For $34.69
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
To: Horace Mack From: Jeremiah Sullivan Beebe
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1842-11-01 |
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Scope and Contents
"Compare this with Beebe's letter of Jan. 22, 1853, from rags ro riches in 11 years."
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Payment Received of N.J. Williams
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1844-01-26 |
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Scope and Contents
From Stephen B. Munn (per hand of Horace Mack) for $100
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Letters
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1848-1854 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: R.H. Lovejoy
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1848-01-05 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: John Carmichael
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1849-08-16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: John Carmichael
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1849-08-21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: H.B. Stanton
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1850-03-08 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: Hon. [D.S.] Dickinson
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1850-05-11 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: John James Speed, Jr.
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1853-01-22 |
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Scope and Contents
"Compare this letter with Beebe's letter of Nov. 1, 1842."
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Horace Mack From: John James Speed, Jr.
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1853-02-20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
To: Stephen B. Munn From: ?
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1854-02-27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Stephen B. Munn
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1857-02-22 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1795-1893 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
To: Mr. Joshua Ferris From: Pierre Van Cortlandt
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1795-02-26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: J.W. Watkins
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1797-07-10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: Stephen Lush(?)
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1802-10-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Detailing property interest by lot number
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Statement of Dr. Jonathan Lawrence
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1802-1811 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Diagram of S.W. Section of Township #7
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1808 |
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Scope and Contents
Township of the twelve townships of Watkins and Flint. Diagram by J. Pumpelly.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Indenture for Lot 94
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1816-05-07 |
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Scope and Contents
Indenture for land purchased between Silas Cook and Catherine Cook and David Woodcock
in the Town of Ulysses. 3 acres for $150.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
To: Joshua Ferris From: Hon. G.H. Bartow
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1817-01-29 |
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Scope and Contents
"Hon. G.H. Bartow in Senate Albany Jan. 1817
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Land Title Transfer
|
1818-12-26 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Sarah Sackett to Joshua Ferris and John. H. Avery for $10
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Map of S.W. Quarter of Township #1
|
1820-06 |
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Scope and Contents
Tioga County
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Indenture for Land in Spencer
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1824-06-02 |
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Scope and Contents
Signed by John Faxon and Joshua Ferris
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Indenture for Land in Spencer
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Scope and Contents
Signed by Douglas Faxon and Joshua Ferris
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Transfer of Title Paper without a Deed
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1829-05-13 |
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Scope and Contents
Signed by A. Dana and Transferred to Ferris and Miller
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Quitclaim Deed About land in Township 8 and Other Land
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1832-07-21 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Jeremiah S. Beebe and Susan Matilda (his wife) and Horace Mack and Wife. Land
in Tioga County.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Ithaca and Owego Railroad Bond and Scrip for 14 Shares
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1833-1853 |
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Scope and Contents
And other stocks
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Deed about Land in Spencer
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1835-11-14 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Chester Granger (and others) of Vermont and Joshua Ferris
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Indenture for Land in Ithaca
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1837-07-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Between Jacob M. McCormick and wife Catherine and Benjamin G. Ferris and Stephen B.
[Ca]shing.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Indenture for Sherriff's Sale of Land
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1844-05-25 |
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Scope and Contents
"Form printed by Mack and Andrus"
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Letters Testamentary
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1868-10-26 |
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Scope and Contents
In the case of James H. Anderson to Marvey A. Dowe and Richard Sebring of Ithaca
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Mack-Ferris Genealogies Notes
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1872 |
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Scope and Contents
On the back of Cornell University schedule of Commencement Excercises, 1872.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Abstract of Title to Lot 94
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1877 |
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Scope and Contents
In town of Ulysses, with notes.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Payments due to Dr. S.P. Sackett
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1883-09-18 |
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Scope and Contents
From Mr. Robert Howland for various visits.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
List of some Books Published in Ithaca
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1893 |
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Scope and Contents
And newspaper articles
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
From Last Will and Testament of John Rumsey to the Cornell Library Association
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
List of what was received. Signed by Benjamin G. Ferris and D.F. Finch
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Miscellaneous Papers
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1795, 1808, 1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Thomas Hathaway Will
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1795-08-15 |
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Scope and Contents
Original and photocopy. Also a transcription made by William A. Kearns, Dept. of History,
Memorial University of New Foundland.
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Map of N.W. Section of Township 1
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1808-10 |
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Scope and Contents
In the 12 Townships of Tioga County. This connected to a map of the S.W. quarter of
the 7th township and was surveyed by James Pumpelly.
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Lot Purchasers in Tioga County
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1870 |
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Scope and Contents
A 7 page listing of N.W. Section Township 1 giving lot numbers, subdivisions, acreage,
and purchaser.
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Photographs, Letters, Julia Mack Riley
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Undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Clippings, Julia Mack Riley
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Most from Ithaca Chronicles (of 1835).
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Expenses to Albany
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1827 |
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Scope and Contents
Probably Benjamin Ferris
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Ferris Family - "The Ferris Place Sage" Part II
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Undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Ferris Family - "The Ferris Place Sage" Part II
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Undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Hathaway Family - Warren and Coke Families and the Mayflower Society, Part I
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Undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Hathaway Family - Warren and Coke Families and the Mayflower Society, Part II
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Kephart-Sauer Family, Part I
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Kephart-Sauer Family, Part II
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Kephart-Sauer Family, Part III
|
Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Mack-Wheeler, Hoar, Fisk Families, Part I
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Mack-Wheeler, Hoar, Fisk Families, Part II
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Mack-Wheeler, Hoar, Fisk Families, Part III
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Re. The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America …
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
See box 6.
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Various Families
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Undated |
| Box 6 |
The American Ancestors of Frank Pomeroy Wheeler
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1926 | |
| Box 6 |
The History of the Treman, Tremaine, Truman Family in America, with the Related Families
of Mack, Dey, Board and Ayers, Parts I and II
|
1901 | |
| Box 6 |
Jeffrey Ferris Family Genealogy
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1963 | |
| Box 6 |
Utah and the Mormons, By Benjamin Ferris
|
1854 | |
| Box 6 |
The Book of Mormon
|
1937 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Horace Kephart
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1894-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Scrapbook pages of correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, and other
material
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Horace Kephart
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1894-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Scrapbook pages of correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, and other
material
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Horace Kephart
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1894-1975 |
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Scope and Contents
Scrapbook pages of correspondence, photographs, news clippings, articles, and other
material
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Letters from Horace Kephart
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1894-1897 |
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Scope and Contents
To Willard Fisk and others
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
"The Kephart Kidlets" Photograph
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1898 |
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Scope and Contents
Reproduction of photograph. Wife and children of Horace Kephart.
|
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| Box 8 |
Copies of Material in the Archives of Western Carolina University
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1974-07-23 | |
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Scope and Contents
Binder. Received with Richard W.
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| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Photograph Album-Scapbook, Bangor, Maine
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1924-1930 |
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Scope and Contents
Kephart Family
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| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
Photograph Album-Scapbook, New York-Minneapolis
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1930-1937 |
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Scope and Contents
Kephart Family
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| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
Photograph Album-Scapbook, Klamath, Oregon
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1937-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Kephart Family
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
Photograph Album-Scapbook,Chicago-Washington
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1944-1960 |
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Scope and Contents
Kephart Family
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| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Personal Reminiscences
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1985 |
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Scope and Contents
Kephart Family
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Photograph Album-Scrapbook: Company "E" and First Detachment, 10th Engineers in France
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1978-10 |
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Scope and Contents
Published in Journal of Forest History, Vol. 22. Scrapbook from 1973, containing photographs
from 1917-1919, 1965.
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| Box 9 | Folder 7 |
"A Few War I Clippings …"
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Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Including La Chanson du Soldat Quand Madelon, the most popular song among French soldiers
and their allier troops in France in WW I.
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Journal of Forest History, A Forester in the Great War
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1978-10 |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 |
George Kephart's Writings And Publications Part I
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1912-1943 |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 |
George Kephart's Writings And Publications Part II
|
1968-1972 |
| Box 9 | Folder 11 |
George Kephart's Writings And Publications Part III
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1976-1978 |
| Box 9 | Folder 12 |
George Kephart's Writings And Publications Part IV
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1979 |
| Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Ithaca High School Fire Photographs
|
1912 |
| Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Cornell Crew
|
1976-1983 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondance re. '16 Crew
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Cornell Crew
|
1977-1984 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondance and other material re. '16 Crew
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Photographs of '16 Crew
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1957-1967 |
| Box 9 | Folder 17 |
Cornell Crew, Newsclippings
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1916 |
| Box 9 | Folder 18 |
Campfires Rekindled, by George S. Kephart
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1977 |
| Box 9 | Folder 19 |
"Kephart Glen within the Cornell Plantations"
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1984 |
| Box 9 | Folder 20 |
Calked Shoes Life in Adirondack Lumber Camps, Barbara Kephart Bird
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1952 |
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Scope and Contents
Also some correspondance.
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 21 |
House of Kephart von Skiodung-Erlach Family Tree
|
Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Copy. And notes by Kephart
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 22 |
Ferris-Kephart Families
|
Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Transcripts and copies of old letters and other papers.
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 23 |
Ferris-Kephart Families
|
Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Transcripts and copies of old letters and other papers.
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 24 |
Ferris-Kephart Families
|
Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Transcripts and copies of old letters and other papers.
|
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| Box 9 | Folder 25 |
Ferris-Kephart Families
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
Transcripts and copies of old letters and other papers.
|
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
"Trooper George"
|
1899 |
|
Scope and Contents
By Horace Mack, illustrated by Julia Mack.
|
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| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
"Class Prophecy"
|
1909 |
|
Scope and Contents
By Leonard Kephart
|
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| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Horace Mack Correspondance and Poems
|
1888 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Horace Mack Poems
|
1869-1907 |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Family Photos
|
Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Photos of Hydropower Plant and Bridges on Campus
|
Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Photos of Taughannock Falls
|
Undated |
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Scope and Contents
Includes one before rock-fall.
|
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| Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Article about Horace Kephart
|
2001 |
| Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Old Photos of Campus and Crew
|
Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Postcards and Letters
|
1909-1976 |
| Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Cornell Memorabilia
|
1909-1913 |
| Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Programs, Menus, Etc.
|
Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Laura Kephart Letter and Photos
|
1932 |
| Box 10 |
Student Hand Book
|
1913 | |
| Box 10 |
"Courtney, Master Oarsman - Champion Coach"
|
1989 | |
|
Scope and Contents
By Margaret K. Look
|
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| Box 10 |
"The Cornell Navy, 1871-1906" by C.V.P. Young
|
1907 | |
| Box 11 | MU-2020 |
Brooch engraved "Julia W. Mack, Dec. 25th 1890, 1825" and "Lucy L. Fernow, May, 1973"
|
Undated |
| Box 11 |
Black Binder of Rhymes by Horace
|
1890-1899 | |
| Box 11 |
Bound Manuscript of Rhymes by Horace Mack
|
1888 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Horace Mack's Diploma from Hamilton College
|
1898 | |
| Mapcase Folder 1 |
John Shelley Land Deed
|
1790 | |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
40th and 50th Reunion Slides
|
1957-1967 |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Cornell Postcards
|
Undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 3 |
Cornell Classmate Photos
|
Undated |
|
Scope and Contents
Cornelia Kephart, H. Carleton Moore, H. Roy Cates, Errol Bird, Howard Rapp Leye, R.W.
Jones, John Miller, Morgan Washburn.
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 4 |
Dance Cards and other Misc. Items
|
1909-1912 |
| Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Address Book and Check Book
|
Undated |
| Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Misc. Receipts, Tickets, and Programs
|
1909-1912 |
| Box 12 | Folder 7 |
"The Plantations, June 1982"
|
1981-1984 |
|
Scope and Contents
Items from photo album
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Letters Regarding Cornell Plantations
|
1972-1974 |
| Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Death of George S. Kephart Letters
|
1986 |
|
Scope and Contents
Sympathy letters to Rev. Roy Kephart (George Kephart's son and father of Libby Kephart
Hargreaves)
|
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| Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Ithaca High School and American Steel and Wire items
|
1908-1912 |
| Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Railroads; Statler Hotel, Buffalo; Maps of London and Paris
|
1908-1914 |
| Box 12 | Folder 12 |
Cornell Club of Washington and NY, Alumni News
|
1966-1973 |
| Box 12 | Folder 13 |
Horace Mack Letters
|
1875-1907 |
| Box 12 | Folder 14 |
Newspaper Articles
|
1886-1973 |
| Box 12 | Folder 15 |
Lucy Wheeler Mack, Excelsior Journal
|
1885 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains listings of birthdays
|
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| Box 13 | ` |
Leonard W. Kephart Cornell University exams and notes
|
1910-1913 |