Starrett family papers, 1790-1933.
Collection Number: 142

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Starrett family papers, 1790-1933.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
142
Abstract:
Personal and business papers and letters, including patent rights, wills, notes, bills and receipts, land deed, school lists, land surveys, Civil War and War of 1812 material, indentures, account books, almanac, newspapers, broadsides, maps, material on local Democratic politics, items on estate management, recipes, and formulas.
Creator:
Starrett family.
Quanitities:
575 items.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The Starrett family lived in Ovid, Seneca County, N.Y.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal and business papers and letters, including patent rights, wills, notes, bills and receipts, land deed, school lists, land surveys, Civil War and War of 1812 material, indentures, account books, almanac, newspapers, broadsides, maps, material on local Democratic politics, items on estate management, recipes, and formulas.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Starrett family papers, #142. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Places:
Seneca County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- War of 1812.
Seneca County (N.Y.) -- History, Local.
Ovid (N.Y.) -- History.
Subjects:
Families -- New York (State) -- Seneca County.
Form and Genre Terms:
Broadsides.
Account books.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Letters and business papers of Charles and Rachel Caywood Starrett,
 1799-Oct. 9, 1839
Box 1
School bill,
 1826
Box 1
Public auction papers of James Van Lieuw,
 1832
Box 1
Public auction papers of John Caywood,
 1834
Box 1
Fire Insurance policy,
 1839
Box 1
Letters and papers concerning Mrs. Hallett
Box 1
Letters and business papers of Charles Starrett, James Starrett, William Starrett, John Starrett, Joseph Covert,
 1840-1900
Box 1
List of properties (1842) of Charles Starrett, deceased
 1842
Box 1
Whig Almanac,
 1844
Box 1
Bee Hive Patent Rights,
 1844
Box 1
The Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad bank note for $5.00,
 1853
Box 1
Fire Insurance policy,
 1854
Box 1
Letters, 1863-1865: Rachel Starrett's letters home while visiting her sister in New York City in 1863 - a little about the Draft Riots; letters from Sarah "Aunt Sally" Pinkerton to her mother and sister at Starrett's Corners - many references to Lincoln, Civil War, Draft; letters from Charles Starrett to his mother Rachel Starrett - references to Civil War, Lincoln, and Western Lands (Charles Starrett was a dealer in Western Real Estate, hence the trips he describes.)
 1863-1865
Box 1
New York Herald (copy), Apr. 16, 1865 - death of Lincoln
 Apr. 16, 1865
Box 1
Widow's Pension claim for War of 1812, 1874, Rachel Starrett
 1812, 1874
Box 1
George W. Eylenbergh drug store papers, 1882, Seneca County, Farmer Village (Mrs. Gage's father worked for Mr. Eylenbergh)
 1882
Box 1
White Sewing Maching sale agreements,
 1886
Box 1
J. J. Palmer & Co. sale agreements, 1894, for Japan Roofing Paint
 1894
Box 1
Pocket maps, shipper's guides - North Carolina and New York,
 1900
Box 2
Sheriff's notice, 1902, to William Starrett Covert
 1902
Box 2
Souvenir program "Old Home Week," 1906, Seneca County
 1906
Box 2
Programme - Centennial of Townsendville,
 1810-1910
Box 2
17 booklets: Enrolled Votes, Electors, County and Town Officers - Seneca County, Covert,
 1918-1933
Miscellaneous undated:
Box 2
Allentown Military Collegiate Academy poem and reward for merit to Willie Starrett
Box 2
School bills
Box 2
Survey land bills
Box 2
Lamson Sperry Clock Regulating Directions
Box 2
J. J. Palmer Elastic Japan Roofing Paint papers
Box 2
Recipes, formulas, remedies
Box 2
Broadsides and clippings
Box 2
7 account books and work books, 1899-1912, 1 undated, all on shelves
 1899-1912
Box 3
1 land deed of Oliver Lozier signed by George Clinton, Governor of New York, Montgomery - Ovid, Lot 31,
 July 9, 1790