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New England Culture on the Ohio Frontier

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1996

GUSN

GUSN-169700

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Description

Inventory records from settler's homes reveal what they thought was necessary in their long, hard journey to their new land. The records of Abner Pinney and Levi Buttles, who died soon after moving to the Ohio frontier, provide a unique look into what these settlers thought was essential to establishing a new home.

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Additional Identification Number

Article ID 73

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1996.074.262.002

Abstract

Inventory records from settler's homes reveal what they thought was necessary in their long, hard journey to their new land. The records of Abner Pinney and Levi Buttles, who died soon after moving to the Ohio frontier, provide a unique look into what these settlers thought was essential to establishing a new home.

Date Notes

Volume 74, Number 262 (Fall 1996)

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Originator

Robert W. and Virginia E. McCormick (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1996). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

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Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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