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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 25 Oct 2010
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| 26 Oct 2023 | collection processed (SAB) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Milton, J. Elet. |
| Title: | J. Elet Milton Collection |
| Dates: | 1848-1958 |
| Quantity: | 1.75 linear feet |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, financial records, and legal papers from the Brewerton, NY historian |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
J. Elet Milton (1881-1968) was a long-time resident of Brewerton, New York. Milton was interested in local history; he donated his substantial collection to the Fort Brewerton Historical Society and made available the land where the first Brewerton Museum was built on Library Street in 1965.
The J. Elet Milton Collection consists of ledgers and subject files. All materials are photocopies.
Ledgers consists of microfilm and bound copies of financial records from an assortment of construction and boat companies.
Subject files cover the Fort Brewerton Bridge and the Syracuse Northern Railroad. The Fort Brewerton Bridge file includes a letter to Milton from 1958 regarding a clipping, copies of the bridge toll receipts for the years 1872-1876, and the 1956 petition to extend the bridge’s charter. The Syracuse Northern Railroad file includes construction specifications for the railroad and an 1869 contract between the Syracuse Northern Railroad Company and what appears to be Davison Belden.
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
The Brewerton and West Monroe Plank Road Company and Fort Brewerton Bridge Company financial journals are also available on microfilm.
Persons
Milton, J. Elet.
Corporate Bodies
Brewerton and West Monroe Plank Road Company.
Fort Brewerton Bridge Company.
Syracuse Northern Railroad.
Subjects
Bridges -- United States.
Railroads -- United States.
Places
Brewerton (N.Y.) -- History.
Genres and Forms
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Ledgers (account books)
Legal documents.
Microfilms.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
J. Elet Milton Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of J. Elet Milton, 1963.
Ledgers
Subject files
Note on alternate formats:
The Brewerton and West Monroe Plank Road Company and Fort Brewerton Bridge Company financial journals are also available on microfilm.
| Ledgers | |||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Brewerton and West Monroe Plank Road Company financial journal and William H. Carter's Steamboat Company Captain's settlement book for steamer Oswego (Manhattan) 1856-1893 - two ledgers bound into one book | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Fort Brewerton Bridge Company financial journal 1848-1877 | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Oneida Lake and River Steamboat Company financial ledger book 1853-1857 | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Fort Brewerton Bridge 1856, 1872-1876, 1958 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Syracuse Northern Railroad 1869 | ||||||||||