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David F. and Lucius C. Embree documents, 1876-1878

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection consists of business, political, and personal papers of Elisha, James T., David F., and Lucius Embree ranging from 1800 to 1930. Elisha Embree's papers include receipts, accounts, land indentures, and other financial papers relating to his land and business interests; correspondence regarding his legal business in Princeton, Evansville, and other southwestern Indiana towns, including retained copies of Embree's letters and correspondence of his partners Samuel Hall and Charles Phillips; his correspondence regarding Whig and Republican politics in Indiana (1833-1863); his correspondence regarding politics and constituent problems during his term in the U.S. Congress (1847-1849); personal correspondence from family including his father-in-law, David Robb; account books for his legal and personal business; notebooks recording letters sent and other business done while serving in Congress; his speeches on the state legislature (1835), temperance (1842); various issues before Congress; papers relating to the Gibson County Seminary (1826-1830); and his estate inventory (1863).

James T. Embree's papers includes letters he wrote to his father while he was a student at Indiana Asbury University, now DePauw University (1847-1850); his graduation address from Indiana Asbury (1850); correspondence and financial papers relating to his business interests in southwestern Indiana; a correspondence book containing copies of his legal correspondence (1857-1861); his Civil War letters to his wife, written from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi (1862-1863); reports on the 58th Indiana Regiment's casualties at Murfreesboro (1862) and the 58th's actions at Chickamauga (1863); correspondence written by officers of the 58th Regiment appealing the death sentence of Private Richard Hembree for desertion and the note of pardon by President Abraham Lincoln on July 18, 1863.

David F. Embree's papers include muster rolls, ordinance receipts, and appointment certificates from his service with Company E, 42nd Regiment Indiana Volunteers Civil War (1863-1864). Also included are receipts, land indentures, legal papers, and personal letters.

Lucius C. Embree's papers include correspondence regarding his legal practice in Princeton and southwestern Indiana, with numerous cases involving railroad property in Gibson County (1877-1926); correspondence regarding state and local Republican Party politics, including letters regarding Embree's attempts to secure a federal appointment (1881-1926); correspondence regarding Gibson County history and the Southwestern Indiana Historical Society (1920-1928); reports and papers regarding his work on the Pueblo Lands Board (1926-1928); his commonplace books containing notes on legal cases (1878, 1883); his Master Commissioner's Docket book of the Gibson Circuit Court (1881-1905); photographs of Eleanor Robb Embree (ca. 1894) and Lucius Embree (ca. 1916); and genealogical material on the Embree and Robb families.

There is also an oversize folder with diplomas for the Embree family, 1852-1873 (OBC218).

Correspondents included in collection:

Thomas H. Adams, Conrad Baker, Charles I. Battell, Albert J. Beveridge, James Bingham, Isaac Blackford, William C. Bobbs, J.W. Boehne, Emmett F. Branch, Joseph R. Burton, John C. Chaney, James W. Cockrum, Calvin Coolidge, George W. Crawford, Edgar D. Crumpacker, W.H. Cullop, Harry M. Daugherty, John D. Defrees, Charles Denby, George K. Denton, Henry S. Dodge, Charles T. Doxey, Thomas Dowling, Winfield T. Durbin, Byron K. Elliott, William H. English, Jesse E. Eschbach, Charles W. Fairbanks, George W. Faris, Simeon D. Fess, John H. Foster, Hohn Watson Foster.

Newton W. Gilbert, James P. Goodrich, Horace Greeley, Walter Q. Gresham, A.J. Halford, J. Frank Hanley, Benjamin Harrison, Will H. Hays, William Heilman, Guy T. Helvering, James A. Hemenway, L.W. Henley, Alvin P. Hovey, Henry Hurst, John E. Iglehart, James H. Jordan, Samuel Judah, John W. Kern, Henry S. Lane, John Law, Charles Lieb, Abraham Lincoln, James Lockhart, Oscar R. Luhring, Claude Matthews, Charles W. Miller, Leander Monks, Merrill Moores, Austin W. Morris.

Harry S. New, Noah Noble, Robert Owen, Robert Dale Owen, William Owen, William Prince, Samuel Ralston, Woodfin D. Robinson, Eugene Rush, Benjamin F. Shively, Caleb B. Smith, Truman Smith, Lyman Stickney, Elihu Stout, Richard W. Thompson, W.H. Trippett, William A. Twigg, James E. Watson, John Sharp Williams, Albert W. Wishard, Jospeh A. Wright, Bennett H. Young.

Dates

  • 1800-1972

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 9.66 Cubic Feet (27 manuscript boxes, 1 large oversize manuscript box, 1 large oversize folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository

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