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Box 43

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Williams family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1148
Abstract

Papers of Josiah Butler Williams, banker, businessman, and New York State Senator, contain business, political, and personal papers, accounts, legal documents and correspondence, 1809-1883. Subjects include banking, canals, the lumber business, railroads, and real estate; also, Cornell University, Ovid Academy, the New York and Erie Telegraph Company, the Ithaca and Owego Railroad Company, the Ithaca Cotton Mills, the Merchants and Farmers' Bank, Ithaca, and the Sodus Canal.

Dates: 1778-1952.

Correspondence, notes, invitations, and calling cards, 1835 - 1910

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 1-4
Scope and Contents

Includes creative writing exercises and school papers.

Dates: 1835 - 1910

Mary Hardy Williams papers and correspondence, 1834 - 1899

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries from 1834-1841, confession of love from J.B. Williams, and correspondence regarding death of son Charlie (1846).

Dates: 1834 - 1899

Personal correspondence, 1823 - 1882

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 10-15
Scope and Contents

Includes clippings and thoughts regarding the Civil War, and letter from Charles' sister regarding the state of the government elections and race relations in the south (1867-1868).

Dates: 1823 - 1882

Business correspondence, 1825 - 1868

 File — Box: 43, Folder: 17-20