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- Creator
- Watkins, Abiathar, 1818-
- Call number
- MssCol 3236
- Physical description
- 1.3 linear feet (5 boxes)
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
Abiathar Watkins papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Key terms
Names
Subjects
- Coaching (Transportation) -- New York (State)
- Sanatoriums -- New York (State)
- Therapeutics -- New York (State)
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328