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Case MSS Vertical File Drawer One

 Container

Contains 130 Collections and/or Records:

Athens: Historical Documents [Miscellaneous], 1824, 1888-1890

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 71
Scope and Contents File contains several receipts and a document concerning an overseer of the poor.

Athens: Mrs. Elizabeth Howland, 1816-1817

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 72
Scope and Contents File contains letters written to Elizabeth Howland at Athens from relations in Greenfield and Albany - names of senders include J. Allin[?], Cornelius Allin, and John Spencer. Interestingly, one of the letters to Elizabeth Howland is addressed to her as "Groser" possibly indicating her profession.

Athens: Frank S. Howland, 1923-1925

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 73
Scope and Contents File contains correspondence between Frank Howland and Albert Bloodgood concerning ammendments to Mr. Howland's deed allowing joint ownership by he and his wife. Also within are receipts from Howland and Son which lists payment made by Ella Edwards' estate for the funeral Samuel Seaman to W. C. Brady. The deed within this file was made between Frank S. and Hattie E. Howland of the first part and Alton B. Daley of the Second part for the Glue Factory Parcel on Market Street in Athens.

Athens: Ice Industry, 1914, 1929

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 74
Scope and Contents File contains an agreement from 1914 between John E. Cairns and the Montgomery-Dotter Ice Company for the guaranteed harvesting and purchase of ice cut by John Cairns and stocked in the "Winnie Ice House" at Athens. The agreement goes on to state the conditions each party needed to meet to satisfy the purchase agreement, and the agreement was binding only for the Winter of 1914-1915. Also included is a separate onionskin sheet with a statement made by William Williams in June of 1929 to...

Athens: Samuel June, 1865-1896

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 75
Scope and Contents File contains discharge papers and pension materials of Samuel June, a Civil War Veteran who served as a private in Company E of the 43rd New York State Volunteer Infantry from 1863-1865.

Athens: Justice of the Peace, 1821-22

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 76
Scope and Contents File contains twenty nine pages of documents related to proceedings of the Justice Court at Athens in 1821-1822. Nathan Clark, proprietor of the Clark Pottery at Athens, held the position of Justice of the Peace during these years. Names and/or cases included in the file:Mary Hallenbeck, Jehoiakim Hallenbeck, John Hollenbeck, William Tolley, Sylvester Nichols, Hanna Van Loon, Jacob Van Loon, Barent Vosburgh, Samuel Cornwell,Levi Mix, Thomas Cook, Jr., Jehoiakim...

Athens: Justice Court, 1834, 1899

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 77
Scope and Contents File contains two court cases: Thomas Day v. Abraham Vanderdonk (1834), and John Slattery v. Joseph Wells and William McKee (1899).

Athens: Kiersted, 1837

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 78
Scope and Contents File contains a deed concerning lot 104 in a grant given to Cockburn, Barney, and others in the town of Ticonderoga originally in 1808. The deed lists subsequent owners and holders of the mortgage on the land. Included names are Ebenezer Barney, Daniel Stone, Samuel Mann, and Samuel Warner. The deed was surrendered to John Kierstead by Ebenezer Barney and Samuel Warner in 1837.

Athens: William Kilmore, 1828

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 79
Scope and Contents File contains court papers of William Kilmore, an insolvent debtor in the town of Athens. Proceedings officiated by Judge William Tolley.

Athens: P. Waterbury King, 1930

 File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 80
Scope and Contents File contains a typewritten statement made by P. Waterbury King to representatives of the Greene County Historical Society concerning his recollections of the history of the Haviland Farm at Athens, originally built by Captain Benjamin Haviland around 1780. Mr. King was in his late eighties when he provided the statement, which waxes poetical at some points but offers interesting trivia on the history of the Haviland Farm and the lineage of the Haviland family, of which he was a descendant.