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Kaercher and Packer family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 347

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Letters to Kaercher commenting on education, economic and social conditions, the costs of travel, revivals among students and laymen, Taylorism (New Haven theology), Millerism (Millerite movement), the need of ministers among German immigrants of Ohio and Pennsylvania, the American Tract Society, religion on the frontier, epidemics, the Reverend Albert Barnes, Dr. Tyng, and other divines; commissions and reports to the American Home Missionary Society, licenses to preach, accounts as to expenses and salaries; correspondence of Rev. Kaercher during the Civil War with the Woman's Central Association of Relief, sermons, and a few Anti-Masonic and Anti-Slavery items. Also, Packer family papers, including deeds, agreements, accounts, receipts, personal and business correspondence of the Packer, Mason, and Kaercher families; veterinary formulas of Johnathan Packer; includes diaries, essays, poetry, and miscellanea. Families are centered in Preston, Chenango County, New York.

Dates

  • 1789-1938.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George Kaercher was a divinity student at Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont, and Western Reserve, Ohio and a minister in Ohio.

Extent

2.5 cubic feet.

4 volumes.

2 mapcase folders.

Abstract

Correspondence and other papers relating the life of George Kaercher, who was a divinity student at Burr Seminary in Manchester, Vermont and Western Reserve College in Ohio, and later a minister in Ohio. Also includes papers of the Packer family.

Physical Description

Correspondence, commissions, reports, licenses, financial accounts, sermons, deeds, agreements, veterinary formulas, diaries, essays, poetry, and other items.

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:
N. Dean
Date completed:
February 1998
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, December 2002
Date modified:
RMC Staff, August 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by N. Dean
Date
December 2002
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)