Annette MacFarland, collector, family papers, 1792-1943.

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Annette MacFarland, collector, family papers, 1792-1943.

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Papers (1848-77) of Mrs. MacFarland's great-grandfather, William Parshall Springer are concerned with the invention and sale of the Springer Smut Machine for cleaning wheat and include patent papers, specifications, a testimonial letter, broadsides and trade cards advertising the machine, and daguerreotypes of the American Institute medal awarded to Springer for his invention; papers (1792-1943) of Springer's grandson and Mrs. MacFarland's father, William Alfred Comstock, a DeWitt, New York, attorney, are concerned with his interest in Moses DeWitt and include correspondence, photostats of early Herkimer County documents bearing DeWitt's signature, Comstock's address on DeWitt (typescript carbon copy), and related items.

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Comstock, William Alfred, 1868-1947.

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MacFarland, Annette,

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DeWitt, Moses, 1766-1794

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Ezra L'Hommedieu (1734-1811) was a New York State Senator and agriculturist who resided in Suffolk County, New York. The surveyor, Moses DeWitt (?-1794), resided in Herkimer and Onondaga Counties and was the cousin of New York State Surveyor Simeon DeWitt. From the description of Survey map of Ezra L'Hommedieu's land at the south end of Seneca Lake, Schuyler County, New York, 1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629627 ...

Springer, William Parshall, 1801-1877.

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