New York (State) -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ansel Wells papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00065
Scope and Contents
The Ansel Wells papers consist of diaries, letters, and a tuition receipt. Wells kept the two diaries (1860, 1861-1862) while he was living in Pharsalia, New York. The brief daily entries record his farm work, social life, and religious activities. The tuition receipt (1859) represents Wells' attendance at the Cincinnatus Academy in Cincinnatus, New York. Six letters (1847-1853) from H. P. Herrick to his family in Pharsalia describe his life as a student at Amherst College and as a teacher...
Dates:
1847 - 1862
Hawley family papers
Collection
Identifier: c-00259
Scope and Contents
The Hawley family papers consist of letters, certificates and receipts of Anne and Asa Hawley of Union City, Michigan. The letters, from relatives in Ohio and New York, primarily discuss family matters. Also included are land deeds granting government lands in New York to Lewis Hawley (1839), a lightning insurance policy for Asa Hawley's house (1857), and various receipts.
Dates:
1839 - 1868