Orville B. Ackerly Papers, 1848-1909-
Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- Letters, deeds, title abstracts, legal notices, maps, bills and other papers concerning land sales and transactions, as well as book catalogs, scrapbooks, postcards and other material. Papers relate to the Deer Range Estate and Lakeland property in the town of Islip, the Point O’ Woods Association, the Long Island Chautauqua Assembly Association, and other properties on Long Island. There are maps of various villages and developments including Lakeland, Saltaire, Bohemia, Setauket and Stony Brook. Also, petitions, complaints, summonses, judgements, testimony and other documents from a lawsuit brought by Ackerly against the Southside Sportsman Club.
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- Language:
- English
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Letters, deeds, title abstracts, legal notices, maps, bills and other papers concerning land sales and transactions, as well as book catalogs, scrapbooks, postcards and other material. Papers relate to the Deer Range Estate and Lakeland property in the town of Islip, the Point O’ Woods Association, the Long Island Chautauqua Assembly Association, and other properties on Long Island. There are maps of various villages and developments including Lakeland, Saltaire, Bohemia, Setauket and Stony Brook. Also, petitions, complaints, summonses, judgements, testimony and other documents from a lawsuit brought by Ackerly against the Southside Sportsman Club.
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- Describing Archives: a Content Standard
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