Parkhurst and McMaster family papers, [ca. 1800-1940].

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Parkhurst and McMaster family. Parkhurst and McMaster family papers, [ca. 1800-1940].

Parkhurst and McMaster family papers, [ca. 1800-1940].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934797

Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst, which contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, opinions, notebooks, and other papers, ca. 1850-1900. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker, ca. 1828; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials. Papers relating to the practice of Guy M. McMaster (Steuben County Judge) and his partner, J. F. Parkhurst; contains material pertaining to history of Steuben and neighboring counties, papers on the organization of the Urbana Wine Company (1867-1882), the development of the First National Bank of Bath, the New York Lackawanna and Western Railroad, the Portage Creek and Rich Valley Railroad, and lumbering intersts in the vicinity.

13.6 cubic ft.

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