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Box 45

 Container

Contains 8 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.

Miscellaneous papers, 1850 - 1915

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 3-5
Scope and Contents

Includes writings, notebooks, clippings, and sermons (particularly by William McHarg). Folder 5 contains a lock of "Uncle George's" hair.

Dates: 1850 - 1915

Ithaca City Hospital papers, 1898 - 1912

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents

Includes financial statements, inspections, correspondence, state charity publications, reports, and speeches.

Dates: 1898 - 1912

Personal correspondence from relatives, mostly Bell Walker, 1845 - 1865

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 8-18
Scope and Contents

Includes some correspondence to Louisa Hardy. Folder 10 contains correspondence regarding opinions on "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

Dates: 1845 - 1865

Personal correspondence and family documents, 1884 - 1889

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Includes copy of Louisa Hardy's will, list of personal effects of Charles Hardy, and papers relating to the land in Kansas owned by Louisa Hardy.

Dates: 1884 - 1889