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Erastus Spaulding
Papers, 1799-1829;bulk, 1817-1829

SC17567

Quantity: 1 box (0.25 cubic ft.)
Access: Open to research
Acquisition: Purchase, Craig Ross, February 1982
Processed By: Manuscripts and Special Collections, July 2013

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Scope and Content Note:

The letters were written by Erastus Spaulding, mostly from Gates, Monroe County, New York, to his brother, Lyman Spaulding, residing at first in Rochester, New York, then in Canandaigua, New York, and later in Lockport, New York. The letters detail personal and family matters as well as business transactions between the two men. Several of the letters suggest they were also engaged in land speculation.

Item List:


Folder Item Description
1 1 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Canandaigua, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Rochester, N.Y., October 23, 1817
1 2 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Canandaigua, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Rochester, N.Y., November 4, 1817
2 3 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., March 15, 1818
2 4 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., April 18, 1818
2 5 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., October 20, 1818
2 6 Letter: Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., November 17, 1818
3 7 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., June 27, 1819
3 8 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., December 28, 1819
4 9 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., March 20, 1820
4 10 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y April 29, 1820
4 11 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., June 2, 1821
4 12 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Canandaigua, N.Y., March 7, 1822
5 13 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., November 14, 1824
5 14 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., December 3, 1824
5 15 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, N.Y., to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., December 29, 1824
6 16 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.], to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., March 11, 1827
6 17 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., March 18, 1827
6 18 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., July 22, 1827
6 19 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, [n.p.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., August 21, 1827
6 20 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., December 1827
7 21 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., November 8, 1828
7 22 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Gates, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., March 12, 1829
7 23 Letter:  Erastus Spaulding, Rochester, [N.Y.] to Lyman Spaulding, Lockport, N.Y., March 12, 1829
8 24 Deed of sale between William Richardson and Erastus Spaulding for land in the Village of Levana, Cayuga County, N.Y., November 19, 1799
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