Manuscripts Box 1

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Letter from Chester Wells to Captain Franklin Whitney at Binghamton, July 25, 1828. Writing from Jersey, Wells laments his ill health, reports on the state of the haying season and that they have had no rain, and urges Whitney to come to Jersey.

Scope and Contents Diana Adelia Calkins Dibble’s 1868 diary contains three daily entries per page. Diana Adelia writes entries for each day of the week. She occupies most of her day with sewing and quilting, occasionally going to the village to purchase cloth and sewing supplies. She describes the weather and writes of her loneliness, not feeling well, and about corresponding with friends and family in Pennsylvania. She occasionally receives letters from home. Diana Adelia often writes of visits by a Mrs....

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This collection contains one diary from 1917 belonging to Adelaide (Addie) Davis Webb of Sherburne, Chenango County, New York.

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Ten letters from Erastus L. Clark to his cousin Francis E. Clark, 1846 - 1858. In these letters Clark passes along family news and updates, discusses his education and early jobs as a teacher and newspaper editor, and records his reaction to reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

Scope and Contents Letter from Elven Henry of Durhamville, Oneida County, NY to his sister Mary H. Harwood in Barre, Massachusetts. Dated March 5, 1843, Henry's letter describes his six-month-old daughter Mary Amelia Henry, discusses various family visits, his intentions to visit Barre, the cost of railroad travel, and the state of business in his area. He describes "the subjects which excite the public mind this winter" as "protracted meetings, Animal Magnetism and Millerism," reporting recent debates between...

Scope and Contents Letter from homeopathic physician Stillman Spooner to his fiancee Lydia Lucretia Thorp at Camillus, Onondaga County, NY, April 9, 1843. Written from Wampsville, Madison County NY, this letter comments on the spread of the doctrines of Rev. William Miller: "It is truly astonishing what an excitement is got up through the land on this subject. A great many of our most inteligent men are becoming believers in that doctrine. My dear did the thought ever strike you what if thise doctrine is...

Scope and Contents Letter from Loran R. Case at Hamilton, Madison County, NY to his brother Victor Case at Knoxville, Tioga County, PA. Written January 24, 1836, this letter provides family news and updates, particularly about their brother Joseph, then living in Chicago. Joseph was sick and unable to pay off his debts. He also mentions brothers Sanford ("at work at threshing machine business in Cazenovia), George ("lives at home") and Alexis ("goes to school"). He discusses recent "protracted meetings" and...

Scope and Contents Letter with envelope from Josephine ?? in Binghamton to Mary J. "Molly" Knapp in Mohawk, Herkimer County, NY, September 23, 1853. Josephine, whose identity has not yet been ascertained, laments her "miserable pen" and that Molly has abandoned plans for a visit to Binghamton. She notes "There seems to be a good deal going on now in B__ [Binghamton]. The place is quite lively. We have got our gas pipes nearly laid, so that by the time you come our streets will be well lighted." She describes a...

Scope and Contents Letter from Charles E. Washburn in Binghamton to his wife Mariana A. Washburn in Homer, Cortland County, April 24, 1850. Washburn begins his letter "Very briefly, I must write, chiefly to ask your decision again in respect to 'help.'" He offers various scenarios for hiring domestic laborers in the short term until Caroline, currently in the employ of a Mrs. Humphreys, can be engaged in three or four months' time. "Shall I engage the young African till then? Or shall I secure Irish help, to...

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Manuscript diary of Lidorna Adelaide Russel Rogers (1846 - 1915) of Owego, Tioga County, NY covering the period August 1911 through January 1912. In near-daily entries, Rogers records the weather, family visits, daily events and chores, and her health. Many family members and acquaintances are mentioned.