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Summary: Included are legal files of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys McMaster and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst, which contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, opinions, notebooks, and other papers, ca. 1850-1900. Also, deeds and related documents concerning land in Steuben County; legal papers of David McMaster; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker, ca. 1828; family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook manuscript poetry of the McMaster family; and photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical materials.

Finding aids: Box list. Described ~n REPORT OF THE CURATOR AND ARCHIVIST, 1958-62. Cite as: Lucy Parkhurst, Collector. Family Papers, #2075. Department of

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Exchange of--New York CStatel--Steuben County. 8. Steuben County (N.Y.)-­History, Local. 9. Broadsides. 10. Genealogies. 11. Maps. 12. Photoprints. Poems. 14. Lawyers.

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PARKHURST, LUCY, Collector. Family Papers, c. 1800-c. 1940; 11 ft. These papers include additional legal files [see 1946-1948 Report] of Bath, New York, attorneys Guy Humphreys :McMaster (b. 1829-d. 1887), Steuben County Judge and surrogate, and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst (b. 1843-d. 1906), Judge of the New York State Court of Claims ( 1887-1901 ) and Supreme Court ( 1901-1906), and contain briefs, summonses, court orders, correspondence, accounts, and other papers relating to the settle­ment of the Perine and other estates and numerous other cases ( 1855-1901 ) ; MSS. memoranda concerning a break on the Erie Canal at Bushnell's Basin ( n.d.) and the :financing of Genesee Valley Canal improvements ( 1849-1850) ; typescript court report of a case involving the receivership of the Kanona & Prattsburg Railroad ( 1897-1899); opinions and other items pertaining to Parkhurst's judgeships; and accounts and notebooks of both men. Also, deeds and related documents concerning the sale and mort­gaging of Steuben County lands; legal papers of David McMaster ( b. 1804-d. 1888) ; accounts of Dr. Andrew Baker ( c. 1828) ; numerous family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook deal­ing with the location at Bath of the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home of New York (1876-1877), politics during the 1870's and 1880's, and church and family activities; MSS. poetry of David and Guy McMaster and Adeline Humphreys McMaster; photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and genealogical research materials. Correspondents include Sophia Ball, Cornelia Ball, Samuel R. Ball, Peter Biggs, M. A. Cady, Chester S. Carrington, H. H. Chambers, L. V. Church, Willard Fiske, Abigail Humphreys, Adeline Humphreys, Laura Judd, William Jones, H. H. Kellogg, Alex McEdwards, Edward Mc­Master, Juliet McMaster, Edward North, Levi Parsons, Almira Rice, Francis Rice, Thomas Ritter, Henry Rogers, and members of the Davenport, Dudley, Clark, Morse, Shoemaker, and Turner Families. Delaware, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, and Steuben Counties. ( 207 5)

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4 folders 1887 81 ncs. Also, MS vol: (1) 7 blank account books, 8 account books of Guy H. McMaster:

(a) Bath First National Bank, 1865-1871. 1876-1880, 1880-1884 (b) Farmers Mechanics Bank of Bath, N.Y. 1880-1834, 1830-1886,

1883, 1884-1886, 1894

6 folders 1888-1889 . .:Uso, County Court Calendar for the Dec. Term, Bath, 12/10/88

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8 folders 1890-1899 22t:; DCS •

Also, bound volucies: (1) The Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. vs. the Kanona & Plattsburg

Railroad, Dec. 1, 1897. (2) Hearing Avril J, 1899, ~ Farmers' Loan Trust Co. cited above.

7 folders 1900-1925 184 Also, court transcript, Lewi~ F. French vs. Frank Aulls, Jan 3, 1892

6 folders Undated Ne" York 3tate 3unreme Court Cases (alphabetized accorrJing to last name of plaintiff) A-L 10'.J,

8 folders Undated New York 3tate Supre:ne Court Cases (alphabetized according to la3t name of plaintiff) M-Z 212

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8 folders Undated loose accounts and misc. notes. 2C2 DCS.

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Co110ct~ oriripa] Po,:,ms by Guy McM5stPr 19 DCS. ~ "The Old Continentals"; 2nd copy entitled "Car:nen Bellicosum," bot!-:~ 11 The Ter.rple by the Nile" nevsDa;)er clioo;ne:~. 11 Poem Read before the Alumni of Hami=. ton ColJ ege, 6/23/188011 ~ "Cupid on Mossy Bank11

11 Thanksgivins ~e Poem11

"The Professor's Guest Chamber" "An Averag'? Jury" "Ap:rrecie.tion - A Short Operetta in the Gilbert and Su::..liva:i

Manner 11

"Foem for- tr.e Dedication of the Soldier 1 s Home" ".b. Special Motion on Parnassus" "The Omnipercipient Philomathian Debating Society" (c'Jmic

dissertation)

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Genealoqical MatPrial and Local Historical Material (1) undated coy of letter wri tt~m June 1807 by Reuben

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Humphreys 1:.L April 9, 1856, 1872, Centennial

a j ourm~y .. Revolutionary Claims

Celebration of tho Susqw:~han.na VaJ.ley

A speech by David McMaster at the Susquehanna Valley C§nt'.">nnial 1875, Genealogy of the Edwards Fami~y 1879, CentPnnial Poem, Battle of Newton Pam:!-1':'t: Sayengueraghta Kin£ of the Senecas by Geo. S. Conover, 1885 Letter, Ju].y 24, 1894, to H. Mc!J.a.st r fro.c. BircJ:-:arci A. Hayes££ his claim to be a Son of the American ~evcl~­tion Letter, July 6, 1894, to Humphrey McMaster Hum;hrPys ~ Humrhreys Genealogy Letter, Jan. 29, 1895, to Humr:hrPy McMaster A. Hay9s ~ family history. Letter, April 20, 1896, to Humphrey McMast--:>r Hayes .If family history Pamphlet: Ear1,, Long Is.ilillQ, March 16, 1904 Hon. William Winton Goodricl:: tc Order of thP Patrioti: of America

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Lett 0 r, Dec. 27, 1904, to Julia Melt.aster from Jackson }f.

Atwood (?) ~ Israel Smith Letter, June 27, 1905, to McMasters sisters fro~ Dora E. Turner£.§ fami:y history

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Newspapc,r clifp ngs of the portraits of Jonathan anci 1 Sarah ecdwards ~ Pamphlet, The Jonathan Fdwards Family Newspaper clirpin?s from The Advocate, Bath, N.Y., Ju::.e on earl;r Bath History Und:;tsd letter (rLther illegible) from ~dwar-d Hamilto~ Cummings

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III Genealozic,-il Material end Local Historical M.at2rial (20) Undated letter to David Mc~.aster from John Baxter~

early 19th cent. history and :e;,"nealogy (21) Undc;ted ttReminicences of Settlc.I"lent" by Jol-n Baxt•0 r

mentioning Brant and the Cherry Valley V~ssacre (22) Undated letter on early settlement cf Unadilla (23) A quoted account of an Indian raid on Hat:ie:d, Y~y

30, 1676 ( 24) Undated page biography of th 0 Rev'-"rend Jo::?1 "'dwa:rds ·.,to

fou;:-ht in th2 Civil War (25) An in~uiry about John Parkhurst (26) Additi0nal McM.ast~r history (undated) ( 27) Article b.·- Nancy Fairchild "ThosP Inevi tabl"' Ancestor 3

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by H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, 1832 McM.ast2r deaths, 1833-1921.

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~awards, Humphreys, anc McM.aster births, 1804-1858, two noted, 1887, 1901. btith and death of David McM.aster (1771-1343) and Abigail (Smith) McMaster (1778-1847) marriages, various McMasters' to HumFhrcys, Edwards, Church, Gaston, Feck, 1823-1878

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9 pase, handwritten article, Who Shall be Surroaate? ma; of Lth in 1804 - probab:1y reconstruct""d tyr sd co~ y of a ·,foshinetor: Post article, Nov. 26, 1916, on 3t~tue at grave of Mrs. Henry Adams

hancwrittPn reaain~ list memora!'lda entitled,"The Break at Eushnell 1s Basi.::. 11 r.:

brPa~ in Erie Canal, N.D. Hss.: 11 Genessee Outlet ,.:Valley1J Canal Inprovement 1s .[1249-1850?J th

?ii..,, "Townshi.:- N° 5i Range" Mss.: artic~e en ·weeds by Daniel Clark Mss.: articl.c, "Our Birds" by A.'.{. Abbott of Bst:t Mss.: arti2:le "Noxious Insects of thP Co:.1~ty11

Mss.: "Essay on tr.e Honey Bee 11 by Martin A. Hoadley

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The M"n of N'0 w Yo:rk, Wi::>stPrn and Ctber Sec:.ic::,s, F::trt II, co:yright, 1896

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Cont"'nt: of a S-::::rapbook, undated: (1) ___ ·, contc.ining misco newspa:r:Pr clip;-:ings, a series

of articles on painting wit:_ rPprocucticns of Italian, S:r=anish, Frpnch, English, ~nd Dutch masterpieces

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I Fam1J-.12ts: (1) Picturesque StrathendricH (2) A Visit to th<2 "Old North Church", Boston, Mass. (J) 11 Faul Revere - The Mechc.nic, Patriot, and Citizen",

paper re,d by Marion A. McBride before DAR (4) The Presbyterian Church of Bath, N. ~-., Feb. 1937 (5) The Covenant - First Presbyterian Church of Washing-

tono Christmastide, 1936 (6) First Fresbyt,c-.rian Church of Bath, Dec. 22, 1940 (7) The Covenant - First Presbyterian Church of Washinc:-

tono Christmas Day, 1939 (2) Und~ted Acccunt Book (9) Report of S:r=ecial Com.~ittee tc the F~ison ~ssociaticn

of Neu York on Convict Labor

II "Mark Twain" Scrapbook containing eli:r;pings concerning The Soldier's Home of Bath, N.Y.

IV Newspnr,er clippings (1) on Bath First Presbyterian Church (2) on N.Y.S. Supreme Court (3) Guy McMast?rs Obituary, Sept. lf, 1887 (4) Edwards fa~ily obituaries

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(5) Democratic Ex~ounder Extra, Oct. 16, 1856 ( 0) Clirping "kw Forgotten on President I s :rips11

III Pamohlets: (1).Law book advertisements 21 ncs. (2) Ads for Javis Patent Excavator

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List of cross references to main entry, made 9/77:

Accounts (estate settlement) Ball Family Bath (Steuben County) Biggs, Peter Cady, M A Canals (New York State) Carrington, Chester S Chambers, H H Church Family Clark Family ])avenport Family (Bath, New York) Delaware County .Dudley Family Fiske, (Daniel) Willard, 1831-1904 Genealogy (Steuben County) Grand Army of the Republic Soldier's Home (Bath, N. y.) Judd, Laura Jones, William Kellogg, H H Lands (Steuben County) Legal profession McEdwards, Alex McMaster, David, 1804-1888 McMaster, Guy Humphreys, 1829-1887 Morse Family N. Y. S. Court of Claims N. Y. S. Supreme Court North, Edward, 1820-1903 Oneida County Onondaga County Otsego County Parkhurst, John Foster, 1843-1906 Parsons, Levi Politics (New York State) Railroads (New York State) Rice Family Ritter, Thomas Rogers, Henry Shoemaker Family Steuben County (judgeships) Steuben County (social life) Turner Family

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and other items pertaining to Parkhurst's judgeships; and accounts and notebooks of both men. Also, deeds and related documents concerning the sale and mort­gaging of Steuben County lands; legal papers of David McHaster (b. 1804-d. 1888); numerous family and per­sonal letters; a c~ipping scrapbook dealing with the location at Bath of the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home of New York (1876-1877), politics during the 1870's and 1880 1 s, and church and family

Parkhurst, Lucy, Collector. £• 1800-£. 1940.

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These papers include additional legal files [~ 1946-1948 Reoort] of Bath, 8

New York, attorney3 Guy Humphreys Mdfaster (b. 1829-d. lS.37), Steuben County ~ Judge and surrogate, and his son-in-law, John Foster Parkhurst (b. 134J-d. ~ 1906 ), Judge of the New York 3tate Court of Claims (1887-1901) and Supreme z Court (1901-1906), 2nd contain briefs, sum.menses, court orders, correspondence, ~ accounts, and other papers relating to the settlement of the Perine and other Q estates and numerous other cases (1855-1901); MSS. memoranda concerning a break on ~ the Erie Canal at Bushnell's Basin (n.d.) and the financing of Genesee Valley ~ Canal improvements (1849-1850); typescript court report of a case involving the ~ receivership of the Kanona & Prattsburg Railroad (1897-1899); opinions and other s items pertaining to Parkhurst's judgeships; and accounts and notebooks of both men. ~ Also, deeds and related documents concerning the sale and mortgaging of Steuben ~ County lands; legal papers of David McMaster (b. 1804-d. 1888); accounts of Dr. i? Andrew Baker (£. 1828); numerous family and personal letters; a clipping scrapbook j dealing with the location at Bath of the Grand Army of the Republic Soldiers' Home ~

of New York (1876-1877), politics during the 1870's and 1880's, and church and ~ family activities; MS3. poetry of David and Guy McMaster and Adeline Humphreys ;:i

Mci'1aster; photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, maps, and local historical and geneal-~ ogical research materials. Correspondents include M. A. Cady, Chester s. CarringtonJl H. H. Chambers, L. V. Church, ,,Jillard Fiske, Laura Judd, William Jones, H. H.

0 Kellogg, Alex :·foEdwards, Edward North, Levi Parsons, Thomas Ritter, Henry Rogers, o and members of the Ball, Davenport, Dudley, Humphreys, McMaster, Morse, Rice, Shoe-! maker, '.rnd Turner Families. Delaware, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, and .3teuben ~ Counties. 11 ft.

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