The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera
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Date Range
1860-1870
Materials/Description of item
An advertisement for the Administrator's Sale of Benjamin Merriss' estate on Thursday, Dec. 7, 1865, which included the following: "one span of Work Horses, 1 Burbon Stallion, two years old; 6 heads of Cattle, 2 Cows, 2 two-year-old Steers, and 2 yearlings; 72 head of Sheep -- fat and stock; 1 one-horse Buggy, 1 two-horse Wagon and Harness; 1 Cane Mill and Pans; Corn in the field, Wheat in the bushel, Hay in the stack; Farming Utensils, &c."
Keywords
Otterbein History, Cornell Collection, Estate Sale
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Merriss, Benjamin J., "Merriss Estate Sale Clipping" (1865). The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/cornell_ephemera/2