Westfall Collection
1802-1863
Manuscript Collection #8
- Creator(s)
- Westfall, Stephen
- Physical description
- 0.073 Cubic Feet, 15 items , consisting of correspondence, deeds, a will, a lease, receipts, a note, and a newspaper.
- Preferred Citation
- Westfall Collection (#8), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Collection (1802-1863) of a New York family including correspondence from England,
Biographical/historical information
Andrew Miller was born on December 18, 1787. He married Mary Cory, born in 1805, and the couple had at least five children: one daughter and four sons. Andrew Miller died on July 25, 1863, in Rochester, New York. His wife, Mary, died in July 1870 in Rochester as well.
The Clinton Courier is a local newspaper serving the village of Clinton, N.Y. and the town of Kirkland, N.Y., which Clinton is located in.
Scope and arrangement
Correspondence includes two letters (1831, 1839) from England to relatives in America, describing the unsettled conditions and continued burning of large farms in the English countryside. Other subjects of discussion include agricultural failures, adventures of a seafaring relative, and the unequal division of a family estate in addition to general family news.
Other items include New York deeds (1802, 1827), a lease (1810), a will (1863), receipts (1822-1861), a note written in German, and a copy of The Clinton Courier (Clinton, N.Y.), January 20, 1863.
Administrative information
Custodial History
September 21, 1967, 15 items; Papers (1802-1863) of the Miller family of New York, consisting of correspondence, deeds, a will, a lease, receipts, a note, and a newspaper. Deposited February 1966 by Mr. Stephen Westfall, Martinsville, Virginia.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Mr. Stephen Westfall
Processing information
Processed by D. Lennon, September 1967
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Key terms
Family Names
Miller family
Topical
British Americans--New York (State)
Deeds--New York (State)
Inheritance and succession--Great Britain
Places
Clinton (N.Y.)--Newspapers
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
Container list
Box 1 Folder a Item 1
Letter to Frank from Mother. Date: , August 1895
Box 1 Folder a Item 2
Letter to Frank from Mother. Date: , August 1895
Box 1 Folder a Item 3
Letter to Mrs. Miller from A. S. Barrington. Undated
Box 1 Folder a Item 4
Receipt. Date: 2, February 1817
Box 1 Folder a Item 5
Receipt. Date: , May 1822
Box 1 Folder a Item 6
Receipt. Date: 2, February 1823
Box 1 Folder a Item 7
Receipt. Date: 2, March 1827
Box 1 Folder a Item 8
Receipt. Date: 1, September 1861
Box 1 Folder a Item 9
Note. Undated
Box 1 Folder a Item 10
Will of Andrew Miller. Date: , April 1863
Folder os1 Item 2
Indenture. Date: 2, July 1802
Folder os1 Item 3
Legal Land Document. Date: 2, April 1810
Folder os1 Item 4
Legal Land Document. Date: 3, June 1827