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Francis Miles Finch papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 433

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Legal and business documents and correspondence of Walbridge and Finch, Boardman and Finch, and Francis M. Finch; also, correspondence and accounts of the Finch family, including letters from Daniel Coit Gilman, Chauncey M. Depew, Hiram S. Sage, and others dealing with legal, personal, literary, and educational subjects. Trial testimony, instructions to the jury, and other material pertaining to the Edward H. Rulloff murder case. Also, gold Venetian ceremonial cufflink-coins presented to Finch by Andrew Dickson White; poetry, material pertaining to Cornell University Library, and diplomas.

Francis M. Finch's handwritten dedication of the Ezra Cornell Library in downtown Ithaca, December 20, 1866, and his presentation of Jennie McGraw's chimes to the University on October 7, 1868.

Original manuscript of poem, "The Songs of the Guns for The Society of the Army of the Potomac, June 17, 1879," 31 pages handwritten in ink with notations in pencil in a bound notebook. Black-and-white photograph of Francis Miles Finch as a jurist, ca. 1890; large black-and-white photograph of Miles Francis Finch, son of Francis Miles Finch, aged 9, ca. 1872; framed copy of Finch's poem, "The Blue and the Gray," September 1867.

Dates

  • 1851-1889.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

6.8 cubic feet.

1 mapcase folders.

Abstract

Legal and business documents and correspondence of Walbridge and Finch, Boardman and Finch, and Francis M. Finch; also, correspondence and accounts of the Finch family, including letters from Daniel Coit Gilman, Chauncey M. Depew, Hiram S. Sage, and others dealing with legal, personal, literary, and educational subjects. Trial testimony, instructions to the jury, and other material pertaining to the Edward H. Rulloff murder case. Also, gold Venetian ceremonial cufflink-coins presented to Finch by Andrew Dickson White; poetry, material pertaining to Cornell University Library, and diplomas. Francis M. Finch's handwritten dedication of the Ezra Cornell Library in downtown Ithaca, December 20, 1866, and his presentation of Jennie McGraw's chimes to the University on October 7, 1868. Songs, poems, and photographs.

Physical Description

Correspondence, legal documents, certificates, manuscripts, account books

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:
Nancy Dean
Date completed:
July 1995
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, September 2003
Date modified:
RMC Staff, August 2018
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Nancy Dean
Date
September 2003
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)