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Town of Caroline geography, history; Slavery and slaveholders; interviews with early residents; etc., 1660 - 1900

 File — Box: 4, Volume: 8

Scope and Contents

Notebook 8 (formerly Mss Ii 84); Johnson Lands and Cantine Tract; Land transactions in Ithaca; Indian settlements; Hugnenot settlers; Notes from early issues of Ithaca Journal and Advertiser (1829-1831); New York State Militia; pp. 3-18: Pioneers from Virginia who brought their slaves, 1803 on; p. 21: Early stage coach mail lines (1820); Route no. 43, Owego to Ithaca, via Berkshire; Land transactions involving State Street business properties; p. 37: Tompkins County Infant Heir Fund annual report (Nov. 1886); p. 39: Personius family reunion, Ithaca (Aug. 23, 1899), including Isaiah (Joyous) Personius; p. 71: Fortner's on Owego and Ithaca Turnpike, renamed "Travellers' Abode" by Charles Bush; Mulks interviews with late 19th century Tompkins County residents: Capt. Tilton, Daniel Slaughter, A.[?] C.[?] Sanford, Francis King, Mrs. Faville, H. G. Goodrich, James Quigg, Peleg Ellis, Artemus Tyler, Charles Alexander Hart, Thomas J.[?] McIlheny, William Pitt Beers, John McGavan, Hawkins, William Ross Humphrey; p. 100: Humhrey family genealogy; Gunderman (New Jersey Gunterman) family; Notes from: James H. Hotchkins, History of the purchase and settlement of western New York (1848) and Marcus Schoonmaker, History of Kingston, N.Y. (1888); Other names and subjects, including: Mrs. Hurd, Henry W. Sage, Mattys Blanchan, Mott Robertson, Ira Tillotson, Hon. Charles Humphrey, Robert McDowell, Thomas Paine; Erie Canal, Battle of Lake Erie, 1812

Dates

  • 1660 - 1900

Creator

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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