03176mpc  2200529 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040001900112100001900131245003800150300001500188520133600203524010601539510006501645600002101710600001701731600001901748600001801767600001801785610003801803610003901841610003301880610002801913610004401941610004701985610002402032610004402056610002702100610004402127650003002171650002902201650004102230650002402271651002202295651002402317651002702341651004102368651004402409651005002453651004402503651004702547655002202594905002102616998000902637209478919991215120000.0910411i17761922nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV91A186  a(NIC)notisAKT3463  aNICcNICeappm1 aKernan family.00aKernan family papers,f1776-1922.  a517 boxes.  aLetters, clippings, speeches, and miscellaneous items relating to the activities of the Kernan family of Utica, including letters to Francis Kernan referring to his election as U.S. representative (1862), as Democratic candidate for governor (1872), U.S. Senator (1875-1881), to the presidential campaigns (1864-1892), the currency question (1877-1878), the tariff (1888-1889), state and national Democratic party politics (1862-1892).  Papers on the development of transportation include correspondence of John D. Kernan, Railroad Commissioner (1883-1887); miscellaneous material relating to the Utica & Black River R.R. (1883-1890); Flint & Pere Marquette R.R. Company (1883); Guatemala R.R. (1885); Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company (1886); Gloversville Railroad plan (1889); Utica, Clinton, Binghamton R.R. Company (1901); the proposed improvement of the Erie, Oswego, and Champlain canals (1900); and the plan to builf canals on the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers (1905).  Miscellaneous correspondence relates to the effects of the Embargo (1808-1809); political and military events during the War of 1812 (1812-1815); Democratic party politics (1832-1834), account of draft riots, (1863); and manners and morals during the Civil War.  Also, included are genealogical records of the Hyde, Butler, Avery, and Clapp families.  aKernan family papers, #772.  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.0 aDescribed in Report of the Curator and Archivist, 1948-1950.10aKernan, Francis.30aHyde family.30aButler family.30aAvery family.30aClapp family.10aUnited States.bCongress.bHouse.10aUnited States.bCongress.bSenate.10aNew York (State).bGovernor.10aDemocratic Party (U.S.)20aUtica and Black River Railroad Company.20aFlint and Pere Marquette Railroad Company.20aGuatemala Railroad.20aDenver and Rio Grande Railroad Company.20aGloversville Railroad.20aUtica, Clinton and Binghamton Railroad. 0aRailroadszUnited States. 0aCanalszNew York (State) 0aPresidentsxUnited StatesxElection. 0aEmbargo, 1807-1809. 0aErie Canal (N.Y.) 0aOswego Canal (N.Y.) 0aChamplain Canal (N.Y.) 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyWar of 1812. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and government. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryyCivil War, 1861-1865. 0aUnited StatesxSocial life and customs. 0aNew York (State)xPolitics and government. 7aGenealogies.2aat  a19991215120000.0  s9554