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Box 1

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Contains 5 Results:

Photographs

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Two nineteenth-century photographs of groups of young men camping. None of the subjects are identified.

Dates: 1879 - 1891

Treasurer's Book, Order of United Friends, Minerva Council No. 320, Elmira, New York, 1889 - 1891

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Entries cover the Cash General Fund and the Cash Relief General Fund from June 30, 1888 to June 25, 1891.

The Order of United Friends was a fraternal organization which paid death and disability benefits to men and women in need.

Ephemeral piece removed to Folder 4.

Dates: 1889 - 1891

Diary, 1881

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Jacob Shappee's diary for 1881, with daily entries. Written in the "Excelsior Daily Journal for 1881" ("Published Annually for the Trade). Diary entries are followed by a page of Memoranda, Cash Accounts for each month and Bills Payable/Receivable, which cover January through May.On the Bills Payable page for November, Shappee has written a list of the Standing Committees of the [Elmira] Common Council for 1883, and there are two recipes written on the Bills Payable page for...
Dates: 1881

Printed Ephemera, 1880 - 1884

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Contents:

- receipt to "Joha" Shappee for subscription payment to the Elmira "Sunday Telegram" for the period November 22, 1880 to February 22, 1881 is laid in at front. Removed from Treasurer's Book in Folder 3.

- receipt to J.V. Shappee for coal bought of J. D. Baldwin & Son, dated May 1, 1884, covering deliveries of December 22, 1883 through March 19, 1884. Removed from 1881 Diary in Folder 2.

Dates: 1880 - 1884

Diary, 1879

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Jacob Shappee's diary for 1879, with daily entries. Written in the "Excelsior Daily Journal for 1879" ("Published Annually for the Trade). Diary entries are followed by a page of Memoranda which lists Chemung County Supervisors by term and City Supervisors by Ward, a page of Memoranda which lists days worked by month, Cash Accounts for each month, and Bills Payable/Receivable, which are entered sporadically. On the recto of the rear free endpaper "Mr. M. G. Shappee" has written...
Dates: 1879