Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Container
Contains 130 Collections and/or Records:
Athens: Execution Sales, 1839
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 61
Scope and Contents
Contains a notice of a sale by the Sheriff of Peter Whitbeck's horse to satisfy a debt. An execution sale is a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation. This one took place at "L. Wharts' Inn" in Athens.
Athens: First Baptist Church, 1887
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 62
Scope and Contents
Contained is what appears to be a summary of finances of the Baptist Church written on the letterhead of the Stewart House, proprietor William H. Stewart, at Athens.
Athens: William Fraser, 1820
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 63
Scope and Contents
File contains a letter illegibly signed but addressed to William Fraser, an attorney at Athens and concerns the retrieval of some documents left by the sender.
Athens: Angeline O. Groesbeck, 1929
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 64
Scope and Contents
File contains a typewritten description of the Village of Athens as recalled by Angeline O. Groesbeck. The description is written in narrative form and seems to be a manuscript meant for publication.
Athens: Stephen Haight, 1788
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 65
Scope and Contents
File contains an indenture for land sold by Stephen Haight within the Loonenburg Patent. Document is in a somewhat damaged state.
Athens: Casper Hallenbeck, Jr., 1829
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 66
Scope and Contents
File contains court papers concerning Casper Hallenbeck, Jr. an insolvent debtor from Athens.
Athens: Martin J. Hallenbeck, 1828
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 67
Scope and Contents
File contains court papers of Martin Hallenbeck, an insolvent debtor from Athens.
Athens: Benjamin Haviland, 1805
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 68
Scope and Contents
File contains a letter from Benjamin Haviland to Abraham Van Dyck concerning a matter being settled with Judge Leonard Bronck.
Athens: Elberta Hazard, Undated
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 69
Scope and Contents
File contains a single letter from Elberta Hazard to her friend Elizabeth Houlin[?] at Athens. Letter has no date but seems to be from the early 19th century. Letter describes Elberta's domestic life and social cirlce.
Athens: Board of Health, 1832
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 70
Scope and Contents
File contains accounts and receipts of the Board of Health of the village of Athens, formed to counter the Cholera Epidemic of 1832. Itemized accounts contain descriptions of tasts mebers of the board undertook or appointed others to conduct to combat the spread of disease in the village.