Amos B. Stanton papers, 1843-1930.
Collection Number: 4265
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Amos B. Stanton papers, 1843-1930.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4265
Abstract:
Primarily Civil War letters from Stanton to his wife. Also, family letters, certificates,
pension files, clippings, publications, and diaries of John Crosby and Amos B. Stanton.
Creator:
Stanton, Amos B., -1864.
Quanitities:
.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Amos B. Stanton of Adrian, N.Y. (Steuben County) served as a 1st lieutenant in the
86th Regiment, New York Volunteers, an Elmira, N.Y. regiment. He was killed at Petersburg
on June 16, 1864.
Primarily Civil War letters from Stanton to his wife. Also, family letters, certificates,
pension files, clippings, publications, and diaries of John Crosby and Amos B. Stanton.
| Series I. Correspondence | Boxes 1-2 |
| Series II. Papers | Box 2 |
| Series III. Volumes | Box 2 |
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Amos B. Stanton Papers, #4265. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Crosby, John.
Stanton family.
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 86th (1861-1865)
Places:
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subjects:
Families -- New York (State) -- Steuben County.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
1843, 1851-1857
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
1861
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
January-February 1862
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
March-May 1862
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
June-July 1862
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
August-September 1862
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
October-December 1862
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
January-March 1863
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| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
April-May 1863
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
June-July 1863
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
August 1863
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
October-November 1863
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
December 1863
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| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
January-March 1864
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| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
April-May 1864
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
June-September, November 1864
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
ca. 1861-1864
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
1865-1869
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
1870-1871
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
1872
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
1873-1876
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
1881, 1930, n.d.
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Series II. Papers
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Certificates: S. Council, 1854 Marriage Certificate, 1854 Military Appointment,
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1854, 1854, 1862 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Copy of Stanton pension application file
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| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Copy of Stanton's military service record
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Copy of Burial List
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| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Pamphlet: National Cemeteries of the Richmond Area
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Indenture: Preston-Ordway, Steuben County,
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1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
News clippings
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Miscellany
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Photograph from A. B. Stanton Diary,
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1864 |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Constitution, By-laws, and Rules of Order of Canisteo Mountain Lodge,
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1854 |
| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
2 booklets: Rebellion Record, ca. 1862 ; Toby and the Wasp, 1883 (advertising Piso's cure)
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1862, 1883 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Scrap of Collar from a Confederate Officer's Coat
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Scope and Contents
Object is described in a letter dated May 29, 1864 (Folder 2-2)
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Diary of J. B. Crosby,
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1857 |
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Series III. Volumes
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| Box 2 |
Diary: John Crosby,
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1854 | |
| Box 2 |
Diary: Amos B. Stanton,
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1863 | |
| Box 2 |
Diary: Amos B. Stanton,
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1864 | |
| Box 2 |
Diary: Crosby?,
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1871 | |