McCall Family Papers,1749-1942.
Collection Number: 222
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University
Library
Title:
McCall family papers, 1749-1942.
Collection Number:
222
Creator:
Quantity:
4.6 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, Diaries, Financial Records, Legal
Documents, Maps/Charts, Newspapers, Photographs.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Abstract:
Family papers include correspondence and diaries of Ansel James
McCall (1816-1898).
Language:
Collection material in English
McCall family papers, 1749-1942.
Family papers include correspondence and diaries of Ansel James McCall (1816-1898),
lawyer from Bath, Steuben County, N.Y. Correspondence is for the most part with friends
from Hamilton and Union College, including James F. Chamberlain, James S. McLaury, and
Charles A. Loomis. Correspondence comments on Hamilton and Union Colleges, Democratic
politics, plans for western colonization, the Anti-rent War, and other topics of
contemporary interest. Early family documents include deeds and wills, and a diary and
account book of Ancel McCall, father of Ansel James (d. 1815) concerning early years
near Ovid and Bath, N.Y. Diaries of Ansel James McCall cover his years at college,
various summer trips to the midwest and to Washington, a trip to California during the
Gold Rush, and a trip to Europe in 1848. Other diaries include those of James McCall
(son of Ansel J.) while a student at Cornell University in the 1880s; one of Sophia
McCall (daughter of Ansel J.); one of James F. Chamberlain's visit to Lake Superior in
1855. There is also an undated history of the family by James McCall, uncle of Ansel J.,
written during the latter part of his life.
Also, a volume of newspaper clippings from the Civil War period, including many
anti-Lincoln articles and the text of speeches and editorials by various public figures,
including Horace Greeley and Gerrit Smith. Pages 73-88 consist of manuscript notes and
quotations from speeches by Senator Rufus Choate and from an editorial by Horace
Greeley. Leather bound with spine title: Cash book.
Includes two diaries by James S. McLaury at Union College, 1837-1838 and 1838-1839.
James Read papers, 1788-[ca. 1862], Box 7, 222b.
Correspondence and accounts relating to the Pulteney estate holding lands now mainly
within Steuben, Yates, Ontario, and Wayne Counties, N.Y.; surveyor's sketches and
indentures in Steuben County; daybook, 1802-1803; cash book, 1792-1795, and four letters
of Charles Williamson; a list of deeds recorded of lands sold by Williamson, and
thirty-three letters to him, 1792-1803; autograph letters of Robert Troup, Dugald
Cameron, Joseph Fellows, and James Read; twelve page letter of accusation against Dugald
Cameron, undated, unsigned; also, letters from Read's son, James, from Illinois
Territory (1810) and California (1850).
Charles A. Loomis papers, 1806-1898, Box 8, 222c.
Diary (1806-1815) and a journal (1825) written by Chester Loomis includes comments on
the War of 1812 and other current affairs and describes life in the midwest; copybooks
of Benjamin Loomis, brother of Chester; and letters of Charles Loomis, including letters
from Ansel J. McCall whom he appointed to handle his business affairs in the Steuben
County area.
Names:
Cameron, Dugald.
Chamberlain, James F.
Fellows, Joseph.
Loomis, Charles A.
Loomis, Benjamin.
Loomis, Chester.
McCall family.
McCall, Ancel.
McCall, Ansel J.
McCall, Ansel James, 1816-1898.
McCall, James.
McCall, Sophia.
McLaury, James S.
Read, James.
Read, James H.
Troup, Robert, 1757-1832.
Williamson, Charles.
Cornell University--Students.
Hamilton College.
Union College.
Subjects:
Antirent War, N.Y., 1839-1846.
Family--New York (State)--Bath.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Lawyers.
Real property--New York (State)--Steuben
County.
Real property--New York (State)--Yates
County.
Real property--New York (State)--Ontario
County.
Real property--New York (State)--Wayne
County.
Surveyors.
West (U.S.)--History--1848-1950.
Women's diaries.
Places:
Bath (N.Y.)--History.
Europe--Description and travel.
Michigan--Politics and
government--1837-1850.
New York (State--Politics and
government--1865-1950.
Ovid (N.Y.)--History.
Pulteney Estate (N.Y.)
Steuben County (N.Y.)--History, Local.
United States--History--War of 1812.
Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Daybooks.
Diaries.
Cite As:
McCall family papers, #222. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| 1749-1942 | |||
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
1749-1819
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1749-1819 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
1820-1835
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1820-1835 |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
1836-1837
|
1836-1837 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
1838
|
1838 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
1839
|
1839 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
1840
|
1840 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
1841-1842
|
1841-1842 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
1843-September 1844
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1843-1844-09 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
October 1844-December 1844
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1844-10-1844-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
January 1845-July 1845
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1845-01-1845-07 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
August 1845-December 1845
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1845-08-1845-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
1846
|
1846 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
1847
|
1847 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
1848
|
1848 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
1849-1850
|
1849-1850 |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
January 1851-June 1851
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1851-01-1851-06 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
July 1851-December 1851
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1851-07-1851-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
January 1852-June 1852
|
1852-01-1852-06 |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
July 1852-December 1852
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1852-07-1852-12 |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
January 1853-June 1853
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1853-01-1853-06 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
July 1853-December 1853
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1853-07-1853-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
1854
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1854 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
1855
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1855 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
January 1856-July 1856
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1856-01-1856-07 |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
August 1856-December 1856
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1856-08-1856-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
January 1857-July 1857
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1857-01-1857-07 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
August 1857-December 1857
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1857-08-1857-12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
1858
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1858 |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
1859
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1859 |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
1860
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1860 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
1861
|
1861 |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
1862-1863
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1862-1863 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
1865-1870
|
1865-1870 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
1871-1874
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1871-1874 |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
1875-1876
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1875-1876 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
1877-1881
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1877-1881 |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
January 1882-December 1883
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1882-01-1883-12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
1884
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1884 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
January 1885-July 1886
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1885-01-1886-07 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
January 1886-December 1887
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1886-08-1887-12 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
1888
|
1888 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
1889
|
1889 |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
1890
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1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
1891
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1891 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
1892
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1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
1893-1894
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1893-1894 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
1895-1896
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1895-1896 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
1897-1918
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1897-1918 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
1825-1942
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1825-1942 |
| Box 4 |
Whitney Family Clippings from Mount Pleasant, Iowa
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1883, 1887, 1892 | |
| Box 4 |
John Mackay Clippings
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1890 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Undated correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Undated items
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Undated items
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Clippings, Friendship Weekly Register
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Clippings, anti-Masonry and William Morgan
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Undated items
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Clippings
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Assorted printed matter
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Assorted clippings
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Undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Envelopes, photographs
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Undated |
| Box 5 |
Undated clippings
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Undated | |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Currency
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Undated |
| 1797-1890 | |||
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Arithmetic Copy Books
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1802 |
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Creator: McCall, Ann Shannon
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| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Diary and Account Book by Ansel McCall
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1797-1807, 1807-1811 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Diary of Ansel James McCall
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1835-1836 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Account book and itinerary of Ansel James McCall
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1830, 1836 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Diary of Ansel James McCall with annual annotations 1840-1890
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1837-1839, 1840-1890 |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Diary of Ansel James McCall
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1837-11-1838 |
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Susquehanna River
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Diary of Ansel James McCall
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1839-1840 |
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Washington, D.C.
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Diaries of European and California trips with account books
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1846-1853 |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Diaries and account books
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1855-1861 |
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Lake Superior, Chamberlain
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Diary of Sophia McCall and Ansel J. McCall's account books
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1867-1877 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Diaries, assignment books, and account books from James McCall
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1882-1884 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
William C. Tieze's account books
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1870-1884 |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
"A Narrative by of the Anti-Masonick Excitement in the Western Post of the State of New York"
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1828-1829 |
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Creator: Brown, Henry
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| 1788-1862 | |||
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
1788-1795
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1788-1795 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
1796-1801
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1796-1801 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
1802-1805
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1802-1805 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
1806-1815
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1806-1815 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
1816-1821
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1816-1821 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
1822-1839
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1822-1839 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
1840-1856
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1840-1856 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Undated Pulteney Estate
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Undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Undated Pulteney Estate
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Undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 |
Charles Williamson's cash book and day book
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1792-1795, 1802-1803 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Papers, S. H. Hammond
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1862 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 |
"Absracts from Contracts of Sale shewing (sic.) the lots sold in the several Townships in the Third Range"
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1803-1817 |
| 1821-1898 | |||
| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1821-1839 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1840-1845 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1846-1850 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1851-1869 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1870-1881 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1882-1898 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence envelopes
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Copy books and manuscripts
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Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
2 volumes collected by Benjamin Loomis and Vol. 2 of an analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries by William Leigh Pierce
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1809-1810, Undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Charles A. Loomis correspondence
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1806-1815 |
| 1808-1897 | |||
| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
1808-1838
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1808-1838 |
| Box 9 | Folder 2 |
1839-1846
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1839-1846 |
| Box 9 | Folder 3 |
1847-1859
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1847-1859 |
| Box 9 | Folder 4 |
1860-1863
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1860-1863 |
| Box 9 | Folder 5 |
1864
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1864 |
| Box 9 | Folder 6 |
1865-1870
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1865-1870 |
| Box 9 | Folder 7 |
1871-1897
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1871-1897 |
| Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Undated
|
Undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Jemima Wilkinson
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Undated |
| Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Notes, Receipts, and Envelopes
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Undated |
| 1823-1851, 1860-1868, 192 | |||
| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
1823-1828
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1823-1828 |
| Box 10 | Folder 2 |
1830-1851
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1830-1851 |
| Box 10 | Folder 3 |
1868
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1868 |
| Box 10 | Folder 4 |
A sketch of the Life of General William Kernan by Alice Kernan
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Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Undated
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Undated |
| Box 10 | Folder 6 |
"Huguenots of Westchester"
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1864 |
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Creator: Waldron, W. W.
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| Box 10 | Folder 7 |
"The Iroquois Trail"
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1892 |
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Creator: Beauchamp, W. M.
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| Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Scrapbook by William H. Shepard
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1860 |
| Undated | |||
| Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper Clippings
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Newspaper Clippings
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Picture Collections
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Maps and printed pamphlets
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Picture Collection
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Newspaper Clippings
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Undated |
| Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Newspaper Clippings
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Undated |