Scope and Contents:
The Beaman Papers consists mainly of invoices, receipts, and deeds from Antwerp, Jefferson County, N.Y. There are also two letters between David Beaman and his brother Hiram, living in LaBeouff, Erie County, Pa., that discuss farm production and prices.
The papers belonged to Dean Charles M. Thompson of the University of Illinois College of Commerce, and were given to the Survey by his son, Joseph Thompson of Champaign, Ill.