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Abell family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1480

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, diaries, accounts, notebooks, receipts, insurance policies, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of the Abell family of Cazenovia. Papers of Dr. William Abell, a general practitioner (d.1835), include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, and loose notes on medical cases, travel; the status of the medical profession in Louisiana and secret societies in Cazenovia. Other papers include school records, instructions from the Commissioners of Roads of Cazenovia. Also included are genealogical and other correspondence and paper of or about Anna Abell, Aurella Abell, Caroline Jones, George Jones, Thomas Jones, George N. Manchester, Elisha Sanford, Henry Severance, and Ebenezer Whitney.

Dates

  • 1797-1936.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, diaries, accounts, notebooks, receipts, insurance policies, photographs, and miscellaneous papers of the Abell family of Cazenovia.

Physical Description

Correspondence, diaries, accounts, notebooks, receipts, insurance policies, photographs, school records, and miscellaneous papers.

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:
B. Shepherd
Date completed:
October 1967
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2004
Date modified:
Marcie Farwell, November 2015
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by B. Shepherd
Date
April 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)