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Short-Harrison-Symmes families papers, 1760-1878

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BOX 1-26 Short-Symmes Families, 1760-1878
BOX 1-10 Correspondence, 1780-1878
Family and general correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1780-1804
(5 folders)
BOX 2 1805-1811
(5 folders)
BOX 3 1812-1816
(5 folders)
BOX 4 1817-1825
(9 folders)
BOX 5 1826-1838
(8 folders)
BOX 6 1839-1847
(6 folders)
BOX 7 1848-1850
(6 folders)
BOX 8 1851-1855
(6 folders)
BOX 9 1856-1858
(5 folders)
BOX 10 1859-1862
(4 folders)
BOX 11-26 Business Papers, 1760-1878
Correspondence, letterbooks, diaries, ledgers, account books, and miscellaneous business papers. .
Unbound business papers arranged chronologically (Containers 11-21), followed by bound letterbooks, account books, diaries, bankbooks, and ledgers, arranged primarily by name of family member
BOX 11 1760, 1780, 1782, 1786-1792
BOX 11 1793-1796
(4 folders)
BOX 12 1797-1801
(4 folders)
BOX 13 1802-1805
(4 folders)
BOX 14 1806-1809
(5 folders)
BOX 15 1810-1813
(5 folders)
BOX 16 1814-1820
(7 folders)
BOX 17 1821-1827
(4 folders)
BOX 18 1828-1838
(5 folders)
BOX 19 1839-1852
(5 folders)
BOX 20 1853-1860
(5 folders)
BOX 21 1861-1878, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 22 Short, Petyon
BOX 22 Letterbooks, 1791-1800
BOX 22 Accounts and letterbook, 1803-1807; surveying book; and notebook
BOX 22 Account books
BOX 22 1785-1792
BOX 22 1790-1791
BOX 23 1790-1791
BOX 23 1792, 1795-1796
BOX 23 1799
BOX 23 1802-1803, 1805-1807
BOX 23 Short, John Cleves
BOX 23 Diaries
BOX 23 1840, 1845-1848
BOX 24 1849-1853, 1861
BOX 24 Bankbooks
BOX 24 Short family ledgers and account books
(2 vols.)
BOX 25 Short family ledgers and account books
(3 vols.)
BOX 26 Short, Peyton, distillery ledger
BOX 26 Short, John Cleves, ledger
BOX 27-28 Harrison Family, 1796-1863
BOX 27 Correspondence, 1801-1863
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 27 1801-1863, undated; negative photocopies (duplicates)
(5 folders)
BOX 28 Business Papers, 1796-1856
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 28 1796-1856, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 29-31 Miscellany
Fragments, drawings, poetry, writings, newspapers and printed matter, and genealogical charts.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 29 Fragments and general miscellany, 1800-1837, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 29 Poetry, drawings, and notebook on Sir William Temple’s Of Health and Long Life
BOX 29 “Tour to Mobile, Pensacola, etc.,” by Peyton Short, and copies of writings by others, 1810-1816, undated
BOX 30 Newspapers and printed matter
(3 folders)
BOX oversize: 31 Genealogical charts
REEL 1-3 Microfilm, 1802-1868
Microfilm reproducing selected correspondence from the collection, including letters of Charles Wilkins Short, John Cleves Short, William Short, and John Cleves Symmes. Microfilm shelf no. 21,369 (negative microfilm shelf no. 15,101)
REEL 1 Correspondence
REEL 1 From Charles Wilkins Short to John Cleves Short, 1814-1848
REEL 2 To Charles Wilkins Short from John Cleves, 1849-1862
REEL 2 To Charles Wilkins Short from William Short, 1811-1847
REEL 2 To Charles Wilkins Short and John Cleves Short from John Cleves Symmes, 1802-1805, and miscellaneous letters to Charles Wilkins Short, 1815-1846
REEL 3 From Charles Wilkins Short to John Cleves Short, 1849-1862
REEL 3 To Charles Wilkins Short from John Cleves Short, 1809-1848

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