Farley: Frederick C. Farley, Short Hills Cattle Farm Envelope, 1884

Name/Title

Farley: Frederick C. Farley, Short Hills Cattle Farm Envelope, 1884

Entry/Object ID

2007.009.001

Scope and Content

Postally used envelope, from: "Short Hills Farm Herd; Jersey Cattle; F.C. Farley; Milburn, Essex Co.; New Jersey" and hand-addressed to E.L. Clarkson; Tivoli, N.Y, postmarked received New York, July 9, 1884, 5:30 pm. Frederick Coolidge Farley (1832-1911) was a tea merchant in New York City, who settled in Millburn around 1866. Farley owned a large tract of land on Old Short Hills Road from Glen Avenue to Woodcrest Road, upon which he operated a Dairy Farm. His son, Frederick A. Farley

Acquisition

Accession

2007.009

Source or Donor

Lynne Ranieri

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

38 in