Slavery in New York State, 1790-1850; treaties with Indians; early inhabitants of Tompkins and Tioga Counties; etc., 1790 - 1896
Scope and Contents
Notebook 5 (formerly Mss Ii 81); Census of Free Blacks and Slaves in Tompkins County (1820); In 1820, 32 slaves lived in Caroline, then part of Tioga County; Origins of Dryden and Speedsville; Legends of early inhabitants of Slaterville, Speedsville, and Ulster County; Folklore of Mulks family; Complete Assessment Roll of Caroline Township for the year 1813; Settlement of Ellis Hollow, 1804-1816, by Ellis, Hurd, Parmenter, Gosper, and Smith families; Settlement of Rawson Hollow, 1802, by Lyman Rawson and Samuel Blackman; Stories about Augustus Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. Hartman Ennist from Ulster County, Robert Freeland, Bartholomew Green, Henry D. Green, John Edward Green, Thomas Heggie, "General" Robert Hyde, William Jackson,Thomas McLeese, the Patillos, George Pumpelly, Joseph Speed, and William Thomas; Notes on the following families: Clinton, Dain, Gunderman, Halliday, Levi Hawkins, Heath, Samuel Dean Hutchings, Garret and Reuben Mandeville, James Personius, William Rounseville, Whittaker, and Williams; Dutch Reformed Church of Caroline, early members of; Stories of cottage prayer meetings in Mott's Corners and Brearley Hill; Settlement of the James R. Speed estate (1857)
Dates
- 1790 - 1896
Creator
- From the Collection: Mulks, Charles F., 1837-1907. (Person)
- From the Collection: Vaughn, Jane P. M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Middaugh family. (Family)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
2.8 cubic feet. (2.8 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
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