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1 This document is from the Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections located in the Carl A. Kroch Library. If you have questions regarding this document or the information it contains, contact us at the phone number or listed below. Our website also contains research information and answers to frequently asked questions. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Phone: (607) Fax: (607)

2 fj2399. Papers, Iterr. List

3 12~~-1 12~,,J (!.,8-p.v( 1~~+:* /1-L-r-~ 1 ) Cads, Elias W,, b,1792, PaPers, , 54 items, Wr'Cl)85-A195 Farmer, Farmer in Drsden, New York and New York assemblsman, 1850 and 1857, SummarYI Letters to Cads relate to sheep raisins, wool sales, lumberins, farm machiners, land sales, legislative issues including civil and criminal codes, free common schools, an agricultural college, the Sodus Canal1 telesraphs, temperance, and famils matters, There are also deeds, receipts, inventori~s, sermons, and Poems, Correspondents include Jedediah Barber, Ezra Cornell, John McGraw, Henrs W, Sa~~' Josi~h B, Williams, and others, Indexes: Item list, Cite as: Elias W, Cads, PaPers, t2399, Department of ManuscriPts and Universits Archives, Cornell University Libraries, 1, Barber, Jedediah, 2, Cornell, Ezra, , 3, McGraw, John, 4, Sase, Henry Williams, , 5, Williams, Josiah B, 6, Asricultural colleses, 7, Cc: n cl 1 s, 8, L o g g i n g, 9, L u m b e r i n g, 1 0, Re a 1 :=- r o P e r t s, E :-: c h a n s e o r' 11 S h e e P, :l 2 TelesraPh, 13, TEimPerance, 14, Drsden (N,Y,) 15, New York (State)--Politics enc sovernment, l6, (l;-)(!d~=..,.1.7, lnv~~nturi;)s, l8, Poems, 19, Sermons, L.CCN! MS77147 F:GF'N: 2399 cc: 9554 DCF! F'F:OC! b

4 --t-,1. CADY, ELIAS W.,.,t 1792,:-18. Papers, ; 54 items. N.Y.s. As semblyman, 1850, 1857; farmer. Thirty-two letters to Cady, a Canaan, New York, native and Dryden resident, dealing with sheep raising, lumbering, farm machinery purchases, th~ wool and barley markets, land sales, and other agricultural and business pursuits, with l egislative proposals and enactments involving the civil and criminal code, free common schools, an agricultural college, the Sodus Canal, the telegraph system, tempe rance, and other issues raised during his t e rms, and with various personal and family matters; two letters from Cady to his brother Russell and his son Oliver; six letters to Cady's motherin-law, Mehitabel Barlow Bramhall of Canaan, and other vjomen relatives; and fourteen indentures, receipts, inventories, sermons, and poems. Correspondents include Jedediah Barber, Henry Brewer, Garry Chambers, Ezra Cor nell, Milo Goodrich, Charles D. Hart, John C. Hogeboom, E. P. Healy, John McGraw, Horace Pomeroy, Colin Robinson, H. Root, Henry W. Sage, J. R. Speed, and Josiah B. Williams. Chemung, Columbia, and Tompkins Counties. (2399) Described in the Repm~t, pp , and in NUCHC, M.S

5 2399. Letters, List of Manuscripts ( ) mainly~ personal and family business. Y.iy Honored Mother (Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall) Daughter Sarah Child of Stamford September 2, 1801 Dear Sister (Bertha[?] Bramhall) Brother Joseph Bramhall, Amenia, New York Epidemic of sickness, family horse March INDENTURE between Moses Bramhall of Canaan, Columbia County, and Mehitabel Bramhall Release of right of dower February 2.5, 1814 Respected Brother (, Dryden) Russell (7) Cady of Canaan Selling of household goods March 10-11, 1817 Y.iy Honored Mother (Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall) Silvina Bramhall of Amenia, New York December 27, 1818 A list of land owned by John C. Hogeboom February 24, 1819 Dear Brother (, Dryden) Russell Cady of Canaan October 21, 1819 John C. Hogeboom at Ghent Dryden property 27, 1820 Russell Cady May 25, 1820 Dear Mother (Mehitabel Bramhall at Amenia) Silvina Bramhall of Dryden November 12, 1820

6 2399 p.2 My Dear Daughter (Silvina Bramhall, Dryden) Mehitabel Bramhall August 1, 1821 Dear Brother (, Dryden) Russell Cady at Canaan Family illness August 12, 1821 My Dear Mother (Mrs. Mehitabel Bramhall at New Canaan) Betsey Delano Death of Cousin Ebenezer October 8, 1824 CONTRACT between, acting as agent for John C. Hogeboom, and Aaron Konkle Land in Elmira (then Tioga County; Chemung formed March 29, 1836)* February 5, 1834 (paid in full, June 1835) D&TE: John C. Hogeboom Arrangement concerning sale of land May 13, 1834 Dear Brother () Russell Cady Sheep farming techniques January John C. Hogeboom Business transactions. including purchase of sheep January 16, 1835 Dear Brother () Russell Cady Market for wool, family news' l-fay 26, 1835 John C. Hogeboom Sale of lot in town of Chemung, Tioga County* November 30, 1837 Dear Brother (Russell) (Elias? at Dryden. Unsigned or incomplete) Farming news June 18, 1838 John C. Hogeboom Sale of lot in Chemung, Tioga County*' September 26, 1838

7 2399 p U N DA T E D: List of property in Broome, Cayuga, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga Counties. Copy of a description of the Person Jesus Christ - as it was found in an ancient manuscript sent by Publius Lentulus, President of Jud.ea to the Senate of Rome; excerpt from 125th Psalm; sermon on Faith. Poem "The Exile" Names on outside flap: E.dmund Bramhall, Sally Hulbert, Clarisa [sic] Hulbert, Hariet [sic] Hulbert. Poem- an elegy on death of Bramhall Sermon Sermon "Is the Holy Ghost God?" "Can the doctrine of election be proved from Scripture?" Description of Giovanni de Medici

8 2399 p. Letters, , cont. List of Manuscripts (184J-1857) mainly re business and politics. Mr. E. Cady Colin Robinson. Syracuse Shipment of sugar and molasses June 1, 184J RECEIPI' for barley shipped by canal boat from John Cady for$ ; signed John Osburn, New York City. October 25, 1849 STATEMENT of barley bought by Mr. Lochlin from John Cady, New York City. October 25, 1849 RECEIPT for barley delivered to brewery - Robert Cahoon October 26, 1849 Hon. E.W. Cady (NYS Assemblyman from Tompkins County, Dist.2, 1850+) M. Goodrich, Dryden [NOTE: Member of Congress, 1871-?J] (b d ) New criminal and. civil code--problems involved in reforming legal January 12, 1850 Hon. E.W. Cady at Albany Garry Chambers of McLean, New York to repeal new school law (see Ellis, p. J18) February 1, 1850 E.W. Cady C.D. Hart of McLean (prob.bly Charles; see Landmarks. b d. 1880) Opposition to school law. in favor of agriculture school February 11, 1850 E.W. Cady E.P. Healy, Dryden and agricultural college Opinion of county on school law, temperance as political February 28, 1850 A fever scarlet Hon. E.W. Cady H.W. Sage, Ithaca Proposed Canal Bill Y,arch 9, 1850 Hon. E.W. Cady, J.B. Williams, Ithaca Sodus Canal Bill March 16, 1850 Canal) (see Landmarks, I, 37-JS.)

9 2399 p.5 1 (probably E.W. Cady - envelope p.m. 3/20/50 to EWC, Albany) John Cady Home news and politics March 17, (probably E.W. Cady) Henry Brewer of Enfield Sa.l,G.-Qi:-wl.~t. Purchase of wheat drill August 31, 1850 Hon. E.W. Cady E. Cornell (Pres. of N.Y. & Erie Telegraph Co.), New York Proposed law about liability of telegraph clerks 19, zy- Dear Brother E ( E.W. Cady) H. Root of Chatham Business May 10, 1851 Elias W. Gady James Walker e~-wew-~epk Peace Dale, Rhode Island Purchase of wool August 16, 1852 Jedidiah Barber of Homer, New York Business--transporting lumber by team January 18, 1853 Elias Cady Horace Pomeroy, Troy, Bradford County, Pa. Purchase of a mowing machine--is mowing machine practical.1 _, March 17, 1853 Elias Cady Horace Pomeroy Purchase of mowing machine--cady has agency for Ketchem's [Kitchen's] mower. June 8, 1853 Hon. E.W. Cady J.R. Speed of Caroline County Agricultural September 28, ±~~ 1853 to exhibit his!!fine & merino Dear Uncle () E.C. Bramhall Obtaining a deed Aprll 7, 1854 E.W. Cady John :McGraw, New York City Barley market prospects August 27, 1856

10 2399 p.6 Hon. E.W. Cady E. Cornell, N.Y.S. As~embly, Albany Proposed increased tax on telegraph company January 23, 1857 Hon. E.W. Cady E. Cornell, Ithaca Proposing amendment to April 15, 1854 law to allow formation of a corporation to improve the breeding of short horn cattle. March 9, 1857 Dear Son Oliver E.W. Cady at Albany Bea~pa-fap-a-~1aee-iR-~e-StateB-~6±6.fla-~e-R&Spital- ~ a-~~y-raff~b Has just talked with Dr. Elisha Harris of the Staten Island Marine March 12, 1857 Hospital who thinks EHC will help him keep his place; EWC thinks he can help the Cadys to find help, presumably from LIST of sheep sold - fragment among immigrants( 11 a Du[t]ch Girl would Be what 1861 we should want 11 ). Y.J, 6/24/69 Dear Father (E.W# Cady) John Cady The farm March 11 (year not given)

11 Added entries: Bramhall. Mehitabel Barlow Cornell, Ezra, Goodrich, Milo, Rogeboom, John C N.Y.S. Assembly ( s) Sodus Canal Tompkins County Agricultural Fair Agriculture (farm machinery) Education (agricultural college) Education (New York State, 1850) Grain trade (barley market) Sheep-raising (Tompkins County) Temperance (legislation) Cross references to added entries: Land sales (New York State) Sage, Henry Williams, Williams, Josiah Butler, Speed, J(ames?) R Brewer, Henry Pomeroy, Horace McGraw, John, Cross references to main entry: Barber, Jedediah Chambel'.9, Garry (1) Hart. C(harles?) D Healy, E P Robinson, Colin Root, H Canaan (Columbia County) Dryden (Tompkins County