Abiathar Watkins papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"3236", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 3236", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1836/1894", "value"=>"1836-1894"}

date_inclusive_start

1836

date_inclusive_end

1894

keydate

1836

date_start

1836

date_end

1894

unittitle

{"value"=>"Abiathar Watkins papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.3 linear feet (5 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Abiathar Watkins (1818- ) owned and managed a stagecoach line in upper New York State. Collection consists of papers of Abiathar Watkins and his wife Emily L. Watkins. Includes family correspondence and letters from friends, Emily Watkins's journals and domestic accounts, and stagecoach way-bills. Emily Watkins's journals document her treatment under the care of James C. Jackson at sanatoriums in western New York."}

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials in English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Abiathar Watkins papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Watkins, Abiathar, 1818-", "type"=>"persname"}

extent_statement

1.3 linear feet (5 boxes)

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1. Correspondence [12/1]
2. Correspondence [4/1]
3. Journals and receipts
4. Domestic account books
5. Diaries of Emily Watkins
6. Inventory of furniture given by Esther Lewis to daughters
7. Account book of Abiathar Watkins (business and domestic)
8. Clippings and printed items
9. Receipted bills, domestic remedies, printed items, and miscellaneous
10. Business papers of Abiathar Watkins (Way-bills, etc)