Guide to the Amos B. Stanton Papers,
1843-1930

Collection Number: 4265

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
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Fax: (607) 255-9524
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Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
January 1987
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Amos B. Stanton papers, 1843-1930
Collection Number:
4265
Creator:
Amos B. Stanton, d. 1864
Quantity:
.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, documents, clippings, publications, diaries.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Stanton, Amos B., d. 1864.
Stanton family.
Crosby, John.
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 86th (1861-1865).

Subjects:
Family--New York (State)--Steuben County.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Amos B. Stanton Papers, #4265. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Correspondence Boxes 1-2
Series II. Papers Box 2
Series III. Volumes Box 2
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Correspondence
1843, 1851-1857
 Box 1 Folder 1
1861
 Box 1 Folder 2
January-February 1862
 Box 1 Folder 3
March-May 1862
 Box 1 Folder 4
June-July 1862
 Box 1 Folder 5
August-September 1862
 Box 1 Folder 6
October-December 1862
 Box 1 Folder 7
January-March 1863
 Box 1 Folder 8
April-May 1863
 Box 1 Folder 9
June-July 1863
 Box 1 Folder 10
August 1863
 Box 1 Folder 11
October-November 1863
 Box 1 Folder 12
December 1863
 Box 1 Folder 13
January-March 1864
 Box 2 Folder 1
April-May 1864
 Box 2 Folder 2
June-September, November 1864
 Box 2 Folder 3
ca. 1861-1864
 Box 2 Folder 4
1865-1869
 Box 2 Folder 5
1870-1871
 Box 2 Folder 6
1872
 Box 2 Folder 7
1873-1876
 Box 2 Folder 8
1881, 1930, n.d.
 Box 2 Folder 9
Series II. Papers
Certificates:
S. Council, 1854
Marriage Certificate, 1854
Military Appointment, 1862
Box 2 Folder 10
Copy of Stanton pension application file
 Box 2 Folder 11
Copy of Stanton's military service record
 Box 2 Folder 12
Copy of Burial List
 Box 2 Folder 13
Pamphlet: National Cemeteries of the Richmond Area
Box 2 Folder 13
Indenture: Preston-Ordway, Steuben County, 1883
Box 2 Folder 14
News clippings
 Box 2 Folder 15
Miscellany
 Box 2 Folder 16
Photograph from A. B. Stanton Diary, 1864
Box 2 Folder 17
Constitution, By-laws, and Rules of Order of Canisteo Mountain Lodge, 1854
Box 2 Folder 18
2 booklets: Rebellion Record, ca. 1862 ; Toby and the Wasp, 1883 (advertising Piso's cure)
Box 2 Folder 19
Scrap of Collar from a Confederate Officer's Coat
 Box 2 Folder 20
Object is described in a letter dated May 29, 1864 (Folder 2-2)
Diary of J. B. Crosby, 1857
Box 2 Folder 21
Series III. Volumes
Diary: John Crosby, 1854
Box 2
Diary: Amos B. Stanton, 1863
Box 2
Diary: Amos B. Stanton, 1864
Box 2
Diary: Crosby?, 1871
Box 2