Summary Information

Title: Parkhurst and McMaster family papers,
Creator:
Inclusive dates: [ca. 1800-1940]
13.6 cubic ft.

Abstract::

Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst, which contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, opinions, notebooks, and other papers, ca. 1850-1900. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker, ca. 1828; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook; manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.

Call number: 2075
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library