George Iden Daybooks
Scope and Contents
The thirty-four daybooks contain daily notes on farm life in Cayuga County, N.Y., in the second half of the nineteenth century: crops and livestock, financial accounts, weather, and some personal notes. Organized chronologically.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1898
Creator
- Iden, George, 1820-1897 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Biographical / Historical
George Iden was a Hicksite Quaker farmer of Sherwood, Cayuga County, New York. He was born 2 month 26 1820, the son of Greenfield and Amie Iden of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania. In 1823, the family transferred to Scipio Monthly Meeting in Cayuga County. On 1st month 30, 1882, he married Jane Elizabeth Cox/Cock (1835-1917) of Rochester Monthly Meeting. She was the daughter of Reese and Charity Cox. George Iden was active in Scipio Monthly Meeting and served as an Elder. He died 1 mo, 18, 1897.
Extent
0.41 linear ft. (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
George Iden (1820-1897) was a Hicksite Quaker farmer of Sherwood, Cayuga County, New York. He married Jane Elizabeth Cox/Cock (1835-1917) in 1882. George Iden was active in Scipio Monthly Meeting and served as an Elder. The collection contains thirty-four daybooks with daily notes on farm life in the second half of the nineteenth century: crops and livestock, financial accounts, weather, and some personal notes.
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor: New York Yearly Meeting, 1997
Subject
- Iden family (Family)
- Title
- Finding aid for George Iden Daybooks, 1859-1898
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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