Author: Joseph Fellows.
Title: Joseph Fellows papers, 1812-1888.
Description: 409 items
Notes: Legal documents of the court fight over a trust fund established by Fellows and John Heermans, and of the case of the Blossburg and Corning Railroad Company vs. Patrick Healy. Papers concern Robert Troup's land dealings in the Ogden Land Company and the property of the Tuscarora Indians, and Fellows' business and land holdings.
    Letters from Virginia concern the Civil War and its effects on Fellows' interests there. Correspondents include John Dille, Benjamin Fellows, John Grieg, E. Heermans, Harry C. Heermans, John Heermans, Sylvanus Heermans, Catherine Hill, Edward H. Hill, Eli Hill, H.F. Hill, Joseph F. Hill, Willliam H. Jessup, Thomas Ogden, Abraham A. Post, N.W. Rochester, William B. Rochester, Elisha Thomas, Robert Troup, and Alonzo Wynkoop.

Container list.

Judicial activity.
Railroads.
Land speculation.
American Indians -- Tuscarora.
Civil War.
Correspondence.

Source:

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)

Rochester Public Library
Local History Division
115 South Avenue
Rochester, New York 14604.