Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Cornelia Elizabeth Boardman was the sixth child of Elijah Boardman and Mary Anna Whiting. She was born August 4, 1808 in New Milford, Connecticut. She attended school in New Haven where her brother William Whiting Boardman resided, and New York where her sister, Caroline Boardman Schroeder, lived. Her father died when she was 15 years old. Despite several proposals of marriage, Cornelia chose to remain single and care for her mother, who lived to the age of 80. Cornelia inherited the family...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Cornelia Elizabeth Boardman was the sixth child of Elijah Boardman and Mary Anna Whiting. She was born August 4, 1808 in New Milford, Connecticut. She attended school in New Haven where her brother William Whiting Boardman resided, and New York where her sister, Caroline Boardman Schroeder, lived. Her father died when she was 15 years old. Despite several proposals of marriage, Cornelia chose to remain single and care for her mother, who lived to the age of 80. Cornelia inherited the family...

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20 receipts for goods and services purchased by Cornelia E. Boardman in New York, New Milford, and Flushing, NY. Purchases included books, coal, subscriptions to "The Churchman," "Spirit of Missions," and the "Daily Tribune," textiles, food, a silver snuff box, a gold brooch for hair, a cake basket and other hair jewelry, repairing a piano forte, dressmaking, candles, chairs, and various fruit trees.