Folder 2
Contains 96 Results:
Tour Guide and Diary for Europe, unknown
Item 3
A handcrafted and written personal tour guide and book for France, Italy, Western Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Great Britain. Details include dates of arrival, places to see, stay, and eat at as well as all cities and towns visited. There is a color map of Turkey in Asia, Caucasia Provinces of Russia with an ad for John W. Quincy, 98 William Street, New York who is an agent for furnaces making anthracite and coal is included.
Perkins, Abigail to Boswell, Elizabeth Perkins Ingraham, 1827 Jun 15
Item 2
Describes here journey to Rochester by way of New York City and the Erie Canal; her impressions of Rochester; her plans uncertain.
Obituary of Julius Deming by James Gould, 1838
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Julius Deming (1755-1838) was married to Dorothy Champion Deming. They had eight children: Julius, Dorothy, Frederick, Charles, William, Clarissa, Mary, and Lucretia.
Perkins, Andrew to Perkins, Edward, 1810 Aug 13
Item 2
News of family and friends; his recent travels in Connecticut.
Perkins, Andrew to Smith, Francis, 1810 Dec 14
Item 3
Gives instructions regarding selling apples in Demarra and purchasing goods with the proceeds.
[?] to "sister", 1812 Mar 12
Item 4
News of family; Harriet received a letter from Charles describing a great disturbance at Yale; reports on a letter from papa's brother in Demarara about a seized vessel. On reverse of the letter is a note from Andrew Perkins regarding Mr. Huntington, Esq. Clark and some money.
Correspondence, 1830
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Charles Perkins (1792-1856) was the husband of Clarissa Deming Perkins and a son of Andrew Perkins and Elizabeth Taylor Perkins. Oversize items are listed after the folder listing. In addition to the papers listed below, there are 14 folders of papers created after 1840 that have not been processed.
Perkins, Charles to Perkins, Abigail, 1830 Jan 13
Item 1
Describes his office; news of family; furniture he sent from Rochester for Mrs. P.; will probably not visit Connecticut until May or April; describes Rochester; feelings about his situation.
Perkins, Charles to Deming, Mary, 1830
Item 2
Glad to hear she has been a good girl; remembers her; looks at her portrait; will see her in spring.
Perkins, Charles to Perkins, Abigail, 1830 Sep 13
Item 3
Spent 7 weeks in Litchfield; visited in New York for possible future calculations; since his return, he has been gratified at his prospects; his rents have been good; discusses his future plans; he may appear to the world to be a gentleman of ease and leisure; he is in fact and in earnest a hard working and contriving man spending nothing but what is truly necessary.