Guide to the Perrine Family Papers,
1793-1908.

Collection Number: 3946

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Mary Warren
Date completed:
March 1999
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 2004

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Perrine family papers, 1793-1908.
Collection Number:
3946
Quantity:
.5 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Letters, legal documents, broadsides
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Material concerning the Perrine and Frost families, including diplomas of George Gustavus Perrine and Nesbit F. Frost; marriage certificate of W. D. Perrine and Lucinda S. Kendig, June 30, 1985; genealogical charts of the Perrine family; cypher book, receipt, military appointment and discharge and last will of Peter Perrine; and correspondence of the Perrine family.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Material concerning the Perrine and Frost families, including diplomas of George Gustavus Perrine and Nesbit F. Frost; marriage certificate of W. D. Perrine and Lucinda S. Kendig, June 30, 1985; genealogical charts of the Perrine family; cypher book, receipt, military appointment and discharge and last will of Peter Perrine; and correspondence of the Perrine family.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Perrine family.
Frost family.
Frost, Nesbit F.
Kendig, Lucinda S.
Perrine, George Gustavus.
Perrine, Peter.
Perrine, W. D.

Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Diplomas.
Genealogies.
Marriage certificates.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Perrine family papers, #3946. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
1816-1825
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 1
1830-1832
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 2
1843-1846, 1907
Correspondence
 Box 1 Folder 3
1793-1794
Mss. Vol.: "Peter Perrine His Book"
 Box 1 Folder 4
1770, 1826, 1845
Legal Documents
 Box 1 Folder 5
1896
Mss. Vol. by George G. Perrine: "Copy of Record & Dates of the Perrine Family collected by Mrs. J. F. Messick (Jane LaRue Perrine) of Somerville, N.J., Dec. 1879"
Box 1 Folder 6
Perrine Family Genealogy
 Box 1 Folder 7
n.d.
"The Perine House" - Staten Island Historical Society article
Box 1 Folder 8
1804, 1814, 1843, n.d.
Miscellaneous Receipts, Poetry
 Box 1 Folder 9
Material related to the Dodd Family, and to Reverend Obadiah Holmes
 Box 1 Folder 10
1865
D.S. : George Gustavus Perrine from General Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary, June 29
 Mapcase J-8
1865
D.S.: Perrine, Deacon, by Arthur Cleveland Coxe, July 2
 Mapcase J-8
1866
D.S.: Perrine, by Arthur Cleveland Coxe. May 27
 Mapcase J-8
Broadside: W. D. Perrine reward for robber of jewelry shop
 Mapcase J-8
1806
New York State Militia Commission: Peter Perrine, signed by Morgan Lewis
 Mapcase J-8
1810
New York State Mlitia Commission: Peter Perrine, Signed by Daniel D. Tompkins
 Mapcase J-8
1908
Bookkeeping diploma, Nesbit F. Frost, Pottsville, Pa.
 Mapcase J-8