Markham and Puffer families papers, 1755-1909.

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Markham family. Markham and Puffer families papers, 1755-1909.

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Markham and Puffer families papers, 1755-1909.

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Abstract

Includes Hampshire County, Massachusetts deeds (1778-1857) for the names Ballard, Bates, Beals, Carter, Ford, Fuller, Giddings, Hamlin, Kettell, Packard, Pratt, Spaulding, Stoel, and Taylor; notes, writs of execution, and other legal documents, 18th century Massachusetts; material relating to patents on voting machines (1905); farm account books (1877-1902), a stock register (1860s, 1870s), and other accounts of William G. Markham; a ledger (1897-1901) of the Rochester Fluorometer Company; trustees' minutes and accounts (1883-87) of the Chaffee-Reece Arms Company, Rochester; a letter book (1902-09) of S. W. Puffer; catalogues (1834, 1840), Franklin Academy, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts; and pamphlets, including Washington's "Farewell Address." Also, correspondence of William G. Markham and Charles C. Puffer with business associates, colleagues, and friends, pertaining chiefly to sheep raising, breeding, transportation, and sale in New York, Vermont, Ohio, Texas, Australia, Japan, Argentina, and other places; activities of the National Wool Growers' Association, for which Markham served as secretary, the New York State American Merino Sheep Breeders' Association, of which Markham was president for a time, and the National Association of Wool Manufacturers; flock records of American Merinos (1870s) for Elm Place, Avon, Livingston County, New York; attitudes toward and action regarding the protective tariff on wool; price lists; bills; and wool reports. Also, extensive correspondence, bills, and orders, concerning Markham's and Puffer's interest in the Pfaudler Vacuum Fermentation Company of Rochester, a firm which manufactured vacuum equipment for breweries; three letters (1879) from John Phelps Cowles, Jr., in China, containing a proposal regarding the building of a railroad from China to Tashkent and Peshawar, and an attack on the "painfully beggared" condition of the U.S. Consular Service in China; and personal correspondence. One roll of microfilm contains Markham correspondence with business associates concerning sheep, the wool tariff, and the Sea Island Company, manufacturers of turpentine in South Carolina, which later merged with the United States Cotton Company, headquartered in New York City, of which companies Markham was part owner and an officer; correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Charles Puffer, also an officer of the Sea Island Company, mostly about that company's affairs; a few letters from Puffer to Markham apparently about their mining interests; and miscellaneous letters and other papers not addressed to either Markham or Puffer. Also in the collection is a typescript copy of Markham's diary (1853-1907) with brief daily accounts of his activities and interests during school and college years and later, comments on his sheep business, the tariff, professional associations, politics, vacuum brewing machinery business, trips to the Far East and Europe, and personal affairs. Correspondents include G. C. Allen, Frank P. Bennett, George William Bond, G. L. Bülow, Horace Capron, Davis Cossitt, John P. Cowles, Jr., Horatio Earll, Alfred Ely, Andrews Fairchild, John C. Fay, Colonel Ferriby, O. Gerry, Alfred Hay, William Hay, John L. Hayes, Thomas B. Husbands, G. F. Martin, O. R. Maynard, Edward G. Miner, Jr., P. J. Moss, B. L. Noe, Simon Newton Dexter North, J. D. Patterson, Rich Peters, C. H. Pettingill, W. J. Randolp, Frank B. Redfield, F. W. Schaeffer, G. M. Schaeffer, Myron Smith, Colonel Stowell, George F. Sudbury, J. H. Thompson, N. S. Townshend, F. E. Wilder, G. F. Williams, and Henry Winn.

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11.7 cubic ft., 2 reels microfilm.

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Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7909513

Cornell University Library

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Stoel family.

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Puffer, Charles C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qg0ht4 (person)

Mayor of Pitkin, Colo. Investor in local mines. From the description of Charles C. Puffer paper, 1880-1890. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 51763069 ...

Capron, Horace, 1804-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tq749v (person)

U.S. army officer and U.S. commissioner of agriculture. From the description of Horace Capron papers, 1834-1961 (bulk 1871-1875). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131604 Horace Capron: worked in cotton manufacturing, 1829-1834; in 1834 commissioned colonel of the 32nd Regiment of Maryland Militia; opened a cotton factory, 1836; active in progressive farming and agricultural societies; from 1852-1854 special agent over certain Indian tribes in Texas; served in the Civil War, ...

Sudbury, George E.

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Sea Island Company

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North, S. N. D. (Simon Newton Dexter), 1849-1924

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Statistician and editor. From the description of Papers of S.N.D. North, circa 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132393 ...

Bülow, G. L.

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Schaeffer, F. W.

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Hayes, John L.

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Patterson, J. D.

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Chaffee-Reece Arms Company.

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Husbands, Thomas, 1676 or 1677-

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Carter family.

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Maynard, O. R.

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Taylor family.

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Allen, G. C. (George Cyril), 1900-1982

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Redfield, Frank B.

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Martin, G. F.

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Cossitt, Davis.

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Fay, John C.

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Schaeffer, G. M.

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Markham, William, 1635-1704

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Colonial governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Warrant of William Markham, 1699. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454347 ...

Townshend, N. S. (Norton Strange), 1815-1895

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National Association of Wool Manufacturers

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The purpose of this association, headquartered in Boston, was to provide a unified voice, particularly on tariff policy, for the industry. Although not the only organization representing the wool manufacturers, the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act with a required code of trade practices for the wool textile industry brought over 90% of wool manufacturers under this group. The NAWM structure was revised in 1933 and divided into groups for each particular section of woo...

Ferriby, Colonel.

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Rochester Fluorometer Company.

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Winn, Henry, 1816-1914

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New York State American Merino Sheep Breeders' Association.

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Franklin Academy (Shelburne Falls, Mass.)

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Fairchild, Andrews.

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Peters, Rich.

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Bennett, Frank P.

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Frank P. Bennett was the chief of Indian scouts under Gen. George Crook. From the description of Comments regarding the removal of the Apaches from Mount Vernon, Alabama : ADS, [ca. 1890]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48781348 ...

Moss, P. J.

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Ely, Alfred, 1815-1892

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Pettingill, C. H.

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Pratt family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s5t6k (family)

Miner, Edward G., Jr.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp1q00 (person)

Earll, J. Horatio.

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Smith, Myron Lloyd, 1959-

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Thompson, J. H. R. (John H. R.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qc2msn (person)

Bates family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t81m36 (family)

Hay, Alfred

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h4338 (person)

Randolph, W. J. (William Johnson), 1925-

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Confederate soldier; enlisted in 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment. From the description of Civil War letter of W.J. Randolph, 1861 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70978179 ...

Kettell family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6454q57 (family)

Cowles, John P. (John Phelps), 1805-1890

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx3xgc (person)

Beals family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c62pmd (family)

Markham family.

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Spaulding family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64z4bjj (family)

Puffer family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx3ngs (family)

Bond, George William.

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Hay, William

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 4063 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000229 Epithet: Baillie of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x00021a Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00034c Title: 5th Earl of Kinnoull ...

Giddings family.

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Puffer, S. W.

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Pfaudler Vacuum Fermentation Company.

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Hamlin family.

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Wilder, F. E.

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Williams, G. F.

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G.F. Williams was Superintendent of Mines for the Spring Valley Hydraulic Gold Company, Butte County, Calif. From the description of G.F. Williams letter : Cherokee, Calif., to William K. Flint : ALS, 1882 May 14. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 49687855 ...

Packard family.

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National Wool Growers Association (U.S.)

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The National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) was established in 1865, and was the first national livestock organization in the United States. In 1989, it merged with the American Sheep Producers Council (established in 1955) to form the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI). The National Wool Growers Association (NWGA) was concerned with all aspects of the production, distribution, and marketing of lamb and wool. From the description of National Wool Growers Association (U.S.) re...

Markham and Puffer families papers, 1755-1909.

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