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Wright, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert), 1810-1867

 Person

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Gallatin Porter papers

 Collection
Identifier: L125
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence from Albert Gallatin Porter and others in Indianapolis, Indiana and elsewhere; newspaper clippings; speeches; autographed notes and manuscripts; and printed Congressional bills ranging from 1804 to 1928, regarding Porter's political career; biographies; historical subjects; his manuscript and indices.

There are also oversize Internal Improvement Loan stock document and newspaper clippings, ranging from 1838 July to 1888 May (OBC146).
Dates: circa 1804-1928, undated

Crosier family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L018
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters from Edward Crosier to Adam Crosier, family letters from Battle Creek, Michigan; Knoxville, Iowa; Seneca and Geneva, New York; Ford County, Illinois; Jacksonville, Oregon; and Harrison County, Indiana, ranging from 1840 to 1901. Also included are letters to Adam Crosier about his surveying work, letters to Lafe Crosier about family and farming, an 1866 campaign circular for Walter Q. Gresham, and comments on a speech by Joseph Albert Wright.
Dates: 1840-1901

Hamilton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L062
Scope and Contents This collection contains business papers, correspondence, receipts and deeds from the firm of Hamilton and Taber, including Cyrus Taber's correspondence with Allen Hamilton. Much of the correspondence regards business, various Indian treaties, railroads, politics, and the settlement of Hamilton's estate following his death in 1864. Materials date from 1788 through 1963, with the bulk of the collection dating from Allen Hamilton's career. Materials are arranged chronologically, with business...
Dates: 1788-1963

Indiana autographs collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: L409
Scope and Contents The collection consists of papers from 1832 to 1926, though the bulk of the materials cover 1870-1900. The greater part of this collection consists of correspondence and signed documents, and is mainly important as a collection of autographs. For the most part, the autographs come from Indiana politicians involved at the state and national level of government. Some of the prominent Indianans include: Albert J. Beveridge, William H. English, Oliver P. Morton, James A. Mount, George W. Julian,...
Dates: 1832-1926

James W. Bordon and Epy Dettrow petition

 Collection — Folder: S2783
Identifier: S2783
Scope and Contents This collection includes one undated petition to Governor Joseph A. Wright with 22 signees for the release of William Dettrow, a prisoner at the Indiana State Prison. The document includes two notes, one from the presiding judge of the case, James W. Bordon, and the other from Epy Dettrow, wife of the prisoner, both suggesting that Dettrow deserved earn his freedom. Among the signees are judges and jurors from Dettrow’s case, as well as John Studebaker, the father of the co-founder of the...
Dates: circa 1849-1857

John H. Holliday papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0670
Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed letters, official documents and telegrams from Gov. Joseph A. Wright, Gov. Oliver P. Morton, Alexander Ramsey, William Henry Harrison Terrell, Richard Thompson, Mayor John Caven, John Coburn, J. P. Dunn and Ebenezer Dumont in Indianapolis, Indiana, excerpts from the Western Sun, and officials of the United States War Department ranging from 1850 to 1880 and undated regarding Indiana and Civil War soldiers and payments and other related business. ...
Dates: 1850-1922

Joseph A. Wright collection

 Collection
Identifier: L183
Scope and Contents The collection includes letters to Joseph Albert Wright in Washington from his family in Rockville (1843-1844); letters from his district regarding local and national politics (1844); letters to Wright as Governor of Indiana regarding appointments, railroad development, the Indiana State Bank, criminal cases, agricultural societies, and politics (1849-1857); letters to him as U.S. minister to Prussia (1857-1861), including letters from Americans traveling in Europe and letters from American...
Dates: 1843-1931

Ward Woodbridge Hudson letter

 Collection — Folder: S3162
Identifier: S3162
Scope and Contents This collection comprises a letter from Ward Woodbridge Hudson to Col. A. May in New York on November 21, 1851. Hudson requested a “trifling favor” from May because of their friendship, asking for May to secure for him a commission from Indiana Governor Joseph Albert Wright. On the back is a message from May for forwarding the letter and his recommendation to Governor Wright. Wright made a note of acknowledgement, stating that the secretary of state would help the application move forward.
Dates: 1851