Palmyra (N.Y.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alvin Pliny Bean essays
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321728]
Identifier: MSS SC 2272
Scope and Contents
Typewritten talk, a biography of Bean's father, Willard Washington Bean, and a biography of Alvin Pliny Bean by Vicki Zimmerman. The biography of Willard Bean relates his missionary experiences for the Mormon Church in the Southern States, 1882-1884. The other items emphasize Alvin Bean's experiences in Palmyra.
Dates:
approximately 1978
Willard Washington Beans papers
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321710]
Identifier: MSS SC 2271
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of a typewritten autobiography, a newspaper clipping, a Mormon Church blessing, and an essay. Also included are photocopies of handwritten letters received by Bean. These items include letters received from Mormon Church leaders Heber J. Grant and J. Golden Kimball. Bean was a missionary to the Southern States and lived in Palmyra, New York from 1915 to 1939.
Dates:
1893-1978
New York State receipt forms
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227637235]
Identifier: MSS 4147
Scope and Contents
Collection of 39 partly-printed New York State receipt forms, accomplished in manuscript, to verify payment of laborers and suppliers contracted to repair the Erie Canal in or near Palmyra. Each receipt is signed by the person who was paid (each by a different man). Each form itemizes the work or products supplied by the payee, with a total, plus the place (Palmyra, New York) and the date (January-February, 1830). Each 4 by 7.5 inches. Also, a receipt, signed by one "J. Smith" in Montezuma,...
Dates:
1830-1837