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David Pixley will, 1807 August 5
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Last will and testament of David Pixley, signed August 5, 1807 and witnessed by William Jones and Charles Pumpelly. Certified by Eleazar Dana, Surrogate: "I certify that the foregoing will is recorded in book at pages 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the Records of the Surrogate for the County of Broome the 12th day of November, 1807."
Mary Pumpelly will, 1846 September 7
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The last will and testament of Mary (Pixley) Pumpelly, witnessed by John M. Parker and George Bacon, both of Owego, Tioga County, New York, on September 7, 1846, and proved by Charles P. Avery, county judge of Tioga County, on July 10, 1848.
George Pumpelly letters to Henry Baker, 1869 October 8-1869 November [8?], inclusive
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Includes the following autograph letters signed from George J. Pumpelly to Henry Baker. All letters discuss the sale of land.
• Owego, 1869 October 8, discussing the sale of land
• Owego, 1869 November [8?], with envelope that is postmarked Nov. 8
• Owego, 1869 December 20
• Owego, 1869 December 28
Also includes a letter to Henry Baker from a Mr. Hunt, dated Owego, 1866 April 4, with a postmarked envelope
Alfred Wordsworth Thompson and Mary Pumpelly letters and sketches, 1864-1907 November 1, inclusive
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Includes the following:
• 4 sheets of ink sketches of officers in uniform by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson, with notes about the colors and materials of the uniforms, undated.
• 1 pencil sketch of a woman and two men by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson, with the note "Aremberg Sep. 1864" in the corner.
• Autograph letter signed from Alfred Wordsworth Thompson to "my dear little Flipitygibit" [Mary Pumpelly Thompson], undated, with a sketch, discussing his trip from Owego to New York, how much he misses her, etc. The page with the sketch is dated 1857 Oct. 7, but this seems too early to be the date of this letter.
• Autograph letter signed from George Folsom to Mr. [Alfred Wordsworth] Thompson, Boston, 1896 May 26, discussing Thompson's paintings and Folsom's efforts to sell them.
• Typed letter signed from [Arthur] D'Hervilly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Mrs. A. Wordsworth Thompson, 1907 August 31, asking her to send a biographical sketch of her husband for the Museum's Catalogue of Paintings, with Mary Thompson's notes about Alfred Wordsworth Thompson in pencil on the verso.
• Typed letter fragment from an unknown person at Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia to Mary Pumpelly Thompson, 1907 November 1, discussing possible memorials at the church in her husband's memory.
• Clipping of a review by Francis A. Durivage discussing Alfred Wordsworth Thompson's painting on display at the New York Academy of Design, approximately 1888.
George B. Pumpelly certificate and Adelaide Pumpelly postcard, 1875
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Includes an official document from Marshall Jewell, at the time the Postmaster General of the United States, appointing George B. Pumpelly as postmaster "at Swartwood, in the County of Chemung, State of New York, in November 1875. Also includes a postcard from "A.J.S." to Mrs. [Adelaide] Pumpelly in West Candor, N.Y.
Pumpelly family genealogical research, 1903-1915, inclusive
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Genealogial research on the Pumpelly family. Includes the following documents:
• Pedigree of George Brinkerhoff Pumpelly, compiled by the Rev. M.E. Dwight, Registrar of Pedigrees, New York Genealogical Society, January, 1904
• Josiah Collins Pumpelly. A.M. L.L.B., [1903 or later]
• A Memoranda as to James Kent Pumpelly by J.C. Pumpelly, his brother, [1915 or later]
• Memorandum Historical Pumpelly Family, undated
• A small printed coat of arms, with manuscript note: "Marge This is the Pumpelly 'Coat of Arms'"