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Business/Labor Home page | Business Letters, Diaries, etc. | 1848 agreement between Matthew Griffin and Henry Edgerton: stage business

Background: Guerdon Edgerton came to Delhi,  NY in 1809 at the age of 14 and amassed a considerable fortune during his lifetime with businesses including a hotel, several stagecoach lines, and a tavern. His real estate empire included property in New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He married Hannah Fisher and had 10 children: Henry, George, Charles, Apollos Cook, Mary, Emily, Julia, Harriet, Frances, and William.

Excerpts from Matthew Griffin's Diary are available on this website under Reform/Conflict.

Note: May be hard to read, as is the original.

Courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, 46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, NY, 13753. The Edgerton manuscript collection consists of about 10,000 individual documents.

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