Francis Miles Finch papers, 1851-1889.
Collection Number: 433
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Francis Miles Finch papers, 1851-1889.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
433
Abstract:
Legal and business documents and correspondence of Walbridge and Finch, Boardman and
Finch, and Francis M. Finch; also, correspondence and accounts of the Finch family,
including letters from Daniel Coit Gilman, Chauncey M. Depew, Hiram S. Sage, and others
dealing with legal, personal, literary, and educational subjects. Trial testimony,
instructions to the jury, and other material pertaining to the Edward H. Rulloff murder
case. Also, gold Venetian ceremonial cufflink-coins presented to Finch by Andrew Dickson
White; poetry, material pertaining to Cornell University Library, and diplomas. Francis
M. Finch's handwritten dedication of the Ezra Cornell Library in downtown Ithaca,
December 20, 1866, and his presentation of Jennie McGraw's chimes to the University
on October 7, 1868. Songs, poems, and photographs.
Creator:
Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907.
Quanitities:
6.8 cubic feet.
1 mapcase folders.
Language:
Collection material in English
Legal and business documents and correspondence of Walbridge and Finch, Boardman and
Finch, and Francis M. Finch; also, correspondence and accounts of the Finch family,
including letters from Daniel Coit Gilman, Chauncey M. Depew, Hiram S. Sage, and others
dealing with legal, personal, literary, and educational subjects. Trial testimony,
instructions to the jury, and other material pertaining to the Edward H. Rulloff murder
case. Also, gold Venetian ceremonial cufflink-coins presented to Finch by Andrew Dickson
White; poetry, material pertaining to Cornell University Library, and diplomas.
Francis M. Finch's handwritten dedication of the Ezra Cornell Library in downtown
Ithaca, December 20, 1866, and his presentation of Jennie McGraw's chimes to the University
on October 7, 1868.
Original manuscript of poem, "The Songs of the Guns for The Society of the Army of
the Potomac, June 17, 1879," 31 pages handwritten in ink with notations in pencil
in a bound notebook. Black-and-white photograph of Francis Miles Finch as a jurist,
ca. 1890; large black-and-white photograph of Miles Francis Finch, son of Francis
Miles Finch, aged 9, ca. 1872; framed copy of Finch's poem, "The Blue and the Gray,"
September 1867.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Francis M. Finch papers, #433. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Rulloff, Edward H. (Edward Howard), 1819-1871 -- : Trials, litigation, etc.
Gilman, Daniel Coit.
Depew, Chauncey M.
Sage, Hiram S.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
Finch family.
Walbridge and Finch
Boardman and Finch
Subjects:
Lawyers.
Legal professions -- New York (State)
Families -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Correspondence
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1814-1841 | |
| Box 2 |
Correspondence
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1852-1854 | |
| Box 3 |
Correspondence
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1855-1856 | |
| Box 4 |
Correspondence
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1860-1869 | |
| Box 5 |
Correspondence
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1862-1866 | |
| Box 6 |
Correspondence
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1867-1869 | |
| Box 6 |
Volume
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1869-1873 | |
| Box 7 |
Correspondence
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1870-1873 | |
| Box 8 |
Correspondence
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1872-1874 | |
| Box 9 |
Correspondence
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1875-1876 | |
| Box 10 |
Correspondence
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1877-1904 | |
| Box 11 |
Undated Writings and Manuscripts
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| Box 12 |
Undated Writings and Manuscripts
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| Box 13 |
Legal briefs (loose mss.)
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no date | |
| Box 14 |
7 volumes: Legal log book
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1880-1895 | |
| Box 14 |
Volumes of writings
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1906 | |
| Box 15 |
Mss.: Chapter 10 Moses and Menu (loose pp.)
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| Box 15 |
Volume: The Scenery of Ithaca
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| Box 16 |
Account book. desc. add.
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1871-1878 | |
| Box 16 |
Account book (3 vols.)
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1850-1875 | |
| Box 16 |
1 volume minutes of Supreme Court Case People of State of New york vs. Elizabeth Higgin
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April 10, 1865 | |
| Box 17 |
Transcript of lectures for History and Evolution of Law, with synopsis
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1898-1904 | |
| Box 18 | MU-2024 |
Eqyptian scarab stick pin given by Andrew Dickson White to Francis Miles Finch
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no date |
| Box 18 | MU-2025 |
Two gold Venetian ceremonial cufflink-coins (Ducato of Venice)
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1700's |
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Scope and Contents
-coins depict Doge Alois Mocenigo II (1700-1709) and Doge Ludovico Manin (1789-1797)
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| Box 19 | Folder 1 |
Finch's handwritten dedication of the Ezra Cornell Library and presentation of the
McGraw chimes
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1866, 1868 |
| Box 19 | Folder 2 |
Poems
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no date |
| Box 19 | Folder 3 |
Poems
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no date |
| Box 19 | Folder 4 |
Printed poems
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1849-1900 |
| Box 19 | Folder 5 |
Songs
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no date |
| Box 19 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1844-1905 |
| Box 19 | Folder 7 |
Copies of letters from Ezra Cornell
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1963-1865 |
| Box 19 | Folder 8 |
Transcripts - "The Blue and the Grey"
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1867 |
| Box 19 | Folder 9 |
"The Songs of the Guns, for the Society of the Army of the Potomac"
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1879 |
| Manuscript Box 3 | Folder 433m |
Edward Rulloff trial materials
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Certificates, Awards, and Diplomas for Francis Finch
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| Box 20 | Folder 1-4 |
Financial materials; accounts; correspondence
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1850s-1920s |