Fishback, William P. (William Pinckney)

Scope and Contents The collection contains letters to John B. Stoll regarding state and national Democratic Party politics (1866-1920), including correspondence relating to the 1870 and 1872 campaigns. Also included are letters from German Democrats in the state, as well as correspondence relating to northern Indiana newspapers and his work with the Democratic State Editorial Association. The collection has Stoll’s work on the history of the Democratic Party in Indiana along with his political speeches and...

Scope and Contents Six letters are in this collection, only one of which is by Myron W. Reed, dated March 27, 1890, from Denver, Colorado. The other letters are dated 1899 and reference Myron's death. Rollin L. Reed, living in Prescott, Wisconsin, wrote to W. P. Fishback, about his brother. Lawyer E. E. Chapin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, also wrote to Judge W. P. Fishback in Indianapolis about Myron. His March 24, 1899 letter states: "After he had graduated at the Union Theological Seminary at Chicago, he engaged...

Scope and Contents The collection contains two letters written by Fishback to family members and a small scrapbook with clippings and notes on political matters, ranging from 1859 to 1876.