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Stacy family letters

 Collection — microfilm reel: 1
Identifier: 6027

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Five letters from John Stacy to his wife Dorothy in Port Gibson, N.Y. (1849-1850) discussing his trip to California during the Gold Rush and also Rio de Janeiro and four letters from Nancy Stacy, John's mother, to John and Dorothy from Nevada City, California.

Dates

  • 1849-1860.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1 microfilm reels. (1 microfilm reels.)

Abstract

Five letters from John Stacy to his wife Dorothy in Port Gibson, N.Y. (1849-1850) discussing his trip to California during the Gold Rush and also Rio de Janeiro and four letters from Nancy Stacy, John's mother, to John and Dorothy from Nevada City, California.

COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

NOTE: The order of the letters in the guide does not coincide with their order of appearance on film.

Physical Description

Microfilm

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
S.L.
Date completed:
Dec. 1978
EAD encoding:
Andrea Hektor, June 2004
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, February 2015
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by S.L.
Date
June 2004
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)