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County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, December 27, 1859, Elias Cornell Dec 1859

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, December 27, 1859, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 27, 1859. The total is six dollars, forty eight cents, and one mill. Signed by Pat Stauring, treasurer of Franklin County.


County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, December 27, 1859, Angeline C. Cornell Dec 1859

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, December 27, 1859, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 27, 1859. The total is four dollars, eighty one cents, and one mill. Signed by Pat St. Stauring, treasurer of Franklin County.


County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, December 27, 1859, John B. Cornell Dec 1859

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, December 27, 1859, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated December 27, 1859. The total is four dollars, ninety six cents, and three mills. Signed by Pat St. Stauring, treasurer of Franklin County and by Poe[sic] Falkenbach


Loan Receipt, John B. Cornell, October 18, 1959, John B. Cornell Oct 1859

Loan Receipt, John B. Cornell, October 18, 1959, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Handwritten loan receipt from R. B. Hart stating that the payment from John B. Cornell has been received.


County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, June 16, 1859, Elias Cornell Jun 1859

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, June 16, 1859, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 16, 1859. The total is five dollars, forty three cents, and zero mills. Signed by Pat Hanring, treasurer of Franklin County.


County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, June 16, 1859, Angeline C. Cornell Jun 1859

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, June 16, 1859, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 16, 1859. The total is two dollars, fifty three cents, and nine mills. Signed by Pat Hanring, treasurer of Franklin County.


County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, June 16, 1859, John B. Cornell Jun 1859

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, June 16, 1859, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the County Treasury of Franklin County, dated June 16, 1859. The total is four dollars, ninety three cents, and zero mills. Signed by Pat Hanring, treasurer of Franklin County.


Diary From 1859, Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Dec 1858

Diary From 1859, Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries

The 1859 diary of Lucinda Merriss largely focuses on her daily life at home and with friends and family. The start includes verses and personal notes as well as some cash accounts. This year includes some births, marriages, and deaths, as well as the marriage proposal to Lucinda by Albert Whitacre. Significant events include:

March 10: Marriage proposal from Albert Whitacre

June 5: Harsh late frost that nearly killed all their plants

Mid-July: Low rain to the point plants were dying

August 26: George Sells Jr. ran from a lawsuit by Jane Davis for breaking a contract with $5,000 amount. …