Horsfield-Kummer family papers

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{"value"=>"1434", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Horsfield-Kummer family papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1747-1873", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1747/1873"}

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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 linear foot (2 boxes, 2 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1747

date_inclusive_end

1873

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of family correspondence, account books, sermons, lectures, notebooks, and other papers. Includes journal and ledger, 1847-1865, of Timothy Horsfield; copies of letters sent to Joseph Kummer, of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, from his father, and other members of the family, all of whom were members of the United Brethren Church (Moravians) and lived in Bethlehem and Nazareth, Pa.; accounts, 1804-1824, of Joseph Horsfield for legal services, seeds, farm produce, nursery stock, and labor; tailoring business accounts of Jacob Kummer, of Nazareth, Pa.; memoirs of the life of Sister Elizabeth Horsfield, written by her children; and sermons, 1857-1873, by Rev. Joseph Kummer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 41M?"}

{"date"=>"1941"}

keydate

1747

prefercite

{"value"=>"Horsfield-Kummer family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>" Collection consists of family correspondence, account books, sermons, lectures, notebooks, and other papers. Includes journal and ledger, 1847-1865, of Timothy Horsfield; copies of letters sent to Joseph Kummer, of St. Croix, Danish West Indies, from his father, and other members of the family, all of whom were members of the United Brethren Church (Moravians) and lived in Bethlehem and Nazareth, Pa.; accounts, 1804-1824, of Joseph Horsfield for legal services, seeds, farm produce, nursery stock, and labor; tailoring business accounts of Jacob Kummer, of Nazareth, Pa.; memoirs of the life of Sister Elizabeth Horsfield, written by her children; and sermons, 1857-1873, by Rev. Joseph Kummer.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

1 linear foot (2 boxes, 2 v.)

date_start

1747

date_end

1873

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