Scope and Contents File contains two documents. One appears to be a part of a letter and a poem titled "A Song about a Butterfly Ball" written by a Henry Bowen of Shaftsbury, Vermont and ostensibly addressed to Mrs. Susan S. Curtis also of Vermont. The other item is a letter, possibly written during the Civil War, and formatted as to be virtually illegible. It is somewhat damaged and the sender and recipient are unknown.

Scope and Contents File contains a letter from C. L. Kinstree of Cairo to a Mr. Briggs, Supervisor in Lexington, regarding the nomination of a candidate for Member of Assembly who is tolerable to both the Whigs and the Democrats.

Scope and Contents File contains a petition by residents of Cairo submitted to Postmaster General Jacob Collamer concerning the appointment of Jonathan Webster, a Democrat, to the position of Postmaster in Cairo. They alternately propose the Whig candidate Walker Noble. The document is signed by 25 citizens.

Scope and Contents File contains a list of deeds between landowners and the Cairo Railroad Company as well as a selection of indentures and preliminary agreements with landowners concerning the Railroad's right-of-way. Also in the file are several letters with the Catskill Mountain Railway Company concerning fees owed for improvements made to their facilities. The last document is a letter forwarding an interest payment on a bond from the offices of Albert Bloodgood on behalf of the Cairo Railroad Company to...

Scope and Contents File contains paperwork concerning Nelson Scribner, an insolvent debtor in the Town of Cairo. Included is a list of those to whom he owed money.

Scope and Contents File contains a large selection of Deeds and indentures for land transacted between Amos Story and others in the Town of Cairo between 1811 and 1851. Also included is a mortgage from Mary Ann Story, Israel Story and others to Newman F. Hill of Kingston for lands formerly owned by Amos Story. A full inventory of this file is necessary.

Scope and Contents File contains a copy of the Last Will and Testament of Carrie E. Tolley of Cairo. The will names her heirs and gives detailed lists of belonings each is to inherit on her death.