Benham family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/333

Booksellers' description

Account book collection, Thomas Benham, M.D., John Benham, M.D., and others. (Broome, Conesville, and Windham, NY; 1796-1863, and later) Comprises approximately twenty single thick wrappered account books (some bound with multiple gatherings) and several hundred items of miscellaneous paper ephemera, primarily 1840s-1870s, of related interest. Apparently representing three generations of doctors in one family, serving a very rural area of New York State, some 35 miles southwest of Albany.

Dates

1796 - 1905

Creator

Benham (Family)

Extent

1.2 Linear feet (3 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Benham (Family)
Benham, John (Person)
Benham, Thomas (Person)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Benham family papers
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script

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Repository Details

Repository Details

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