Local history documents and ephemera, 1807-1968.

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Local history documents and ephemera, 1807-1968.

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Documents and ephemera pertaining largely to the Town of Bedford, including ledger of J.B. Whitlock and Sons, 1859-1862; account book possibly from Poughkeepsie, 1841, with clippings from the 1860s pasted in; account book of Samuel Miller, 1807, also used as a scrapbook by Phebe Frances Barrett and a copybook by others in the Barrett family; memorial pamphlets from the New York State Senate and Assembly on Samuel J. Tilden, 1887, Reuben E. Fenton, 1887, General John A. Logan, 1887, and General Philip H. Sheridan, 1889; photocopy of address by W.H. Robertson, 1886; three scrapbooks kept by Arthur S. Bailie, 1953-1968, concerning local politics including some correspondence; scrapbook kept by Myrtilla Avery on Bedford and Katonah events; account book from the Baptist Church in Bedford Center, 1859-1866; daybook of John Chadeayne, 1859; and account book of Jabez and Henry Robertson, 1855-1872, with minutes from the Literary Fraternity of Union Academy Organization, 1840-1841, and two diary entries by Marietta L. Robertson, May, 1852.

10 v., 15 items.

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