Sidney Ayres papers

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Identifier: 1605

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence of Lewis Selye of Rochester, on Penn Yan business matters, especially purchase of a fire engine, 1838-43; and of Stafford C. Cleveland, 1864-70, on local, state, and national politics. Other items include letters to D.C. Ayres from William H. Samson of Rochester about the will and signature of Jemima Wilkinson (the Publick Universal Friend); letters from Edwin C. Dinturff on local connections of Marcus Whitman and Joseph Smith; 1808 diary of travels of James Parker (1744-1829), early settler of Penn Yan; survey maps of townships in Yates County by Augustus Porter, Peter Loop, Jabez French, and others, 1789-1815; later lot surveys; assessment record, town of Benton, 1817; letters of Bert S. Elliot on Penn Yan in the 1890's and on his career as a printer with U.S. Government Printing Office and other agencies. There are also miscellaneous genealogical data, early deeds, and legal documents, photographs, broadsides, engravings, historical notes and clippings, and letters.

Dates

1779-1955.

Creator

Ayres, Sidney, 1900-1960. (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1.2 cubic feet. (1.2 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence of Lewis Selye of Rochester, on Penn Yan business matters.

Physical Description

Correspondence, Legal Documents, Newspapers, Photographs, Printed Materials.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: November 2, 1989
EAD encoding:: RMC Staff, November 2008