Samuel S. Dale papers, 1810-1929.

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Samuel S. Dale papers, 1810-1929.

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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and some miscellaneous printed materials. The bulk of the correspondence files, bound in sixteen volumes, deals with "...weights and measures, the textile tariff, and other subjects" for the period 1902-1929. There are three volumes of typescript copies (carbons) prepared from Dale's holograph diaries, 1887-1929, with an index in volume one. Among the manuscripts are the following: an account book kept by Samuel Dale of Carncastle, Ireland and Little Falls, N.Y., 1810-1834; and two volumes of Thomas Dale's accounts, Little Falls, N.Y., 183?-1856. These were written by Dale's grandfather and father respectively. There is also the minutes book of the American Metrological Society, 1873-1886 and an English tally stick dated 1377.

8.5 linear ft. ( 19 boxes, 19 volumes, & 1 English tally stick)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Dale, Thomas Pelham, 1821-1892

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Dale, Samuel S., -1940

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American Metrological Society

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Dale, Samuel S. (Samuel Sherman), 1859-

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Expert, writer, and book collector on tariffs, textiles, and weights and measures. Dale was both a worker and a superintendent in the woolen and worsted mills industry. From the description of Samuel S. Dale papers, 1810-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489376001 ...