Miscellaneous manuscript collection, 1769-1955.

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Miscellaneous manuscript collection, 1769-1955.

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Miscellaneous deeds, survey notes, bonds, contracts, accounts, letters, and other items including letter from Robert Swarthout concerning a Fourth of July celebration in New York City, 1810; 1769 manuscript copy of a 1700 Indian deed for land sold to William Titsvord; accounts from the estate of William Mott, 1839; and three letters from Harold Ickes to Russell D. Fisher concerning a secretarial post with Ickes, 1951. Family names include Tietsoort, Decker, Westbrook, Van Akin, Swarthout, Cuddeback, and Gumaer. Other items include autograph book of Benjamin C. Farnum while at CCI Institute in New Haven, Conn., 1858; photocopy of the journal of J.L. Wheat of Port Jervis, 1875-1877, concerning accidents, deaths, railroad news, weather, business conditions, depression of 1876, and the flood of 1875; and a typescript volume by J.M. Allerton, "Hawk's Nest or the Cahoonshees, a Tale of the Delaware Valley," 1887.

.5 cubic ft.

Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Wheat, J. L.

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Mott, William L.

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Fisher, Russell S., 1916-....

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Titsvord, William.

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Minisink Valley Historical Society

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Collecting area: History of Port Jervis, N.Y. and vicinity. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524633 ...

Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

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Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of Harold L. Ickes papers, 1815-1969 (bulk 1933-1951). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980130 Harold Ickes (1874-1952) was a United States administrator and politician. He served as Secretary of the Interior for 13 years, from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold the office, and afterwards he became a syndicated columnist writing on political topics. From the guide to the Harold Ickes ...

Swarthout, Robert K.

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Allerton, J. M.

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Farnum, Benjamin C.

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