Dearborn County collection
Collection — Folder: S1655
Identifier: S1655
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the following documents related to Dearborn County, Indiana: the roll of Captain James McGuire’s company of volunteers from Dearborn County during the War of 1812; a newspaper clipping of the August 1839 general election results; Nelson F. Hood’s pardon and release for the crime of fornication, signed July 27, 1877 by Governor James D. Williams; remittance of a fine to Smith Fowler for the crime of fornication signed January 31, 1878 by Gov. Williams; a list of subscribers and the constitution of the Citizens’ Law and Order League dated August 21, 1884; a May 5, 1921 letter sent to the Indiana Historical Society for application of membership by P.J. Emmert; an eight-page copy of a history of John Ewbank typed from the original at the Indiana Historical Society on August 7, 1934 (page 7 is missing); a typewritten copy of a December 31, 1934 letter sent to Mrs. Gene Lawrence of Lebanon, Ind. from James H. Ewbank with information about the town of Lawrenceburg and the Lawrence family; a copy of the report, “History of City of Aurora, Indiana,” dated January 30, 1941; a March 21, 1948 letter sent to Miss Caroline Dunn of the William Henry Smith Memorial Library from H.F. (Herbert Frazer) Patton, historian of the Hamline Chapel Methodist Church of Lawrenceburg, regarding minutes of Methodist conferences; and an unused "Weekly Report" for conduct, recitations, minutes late, and absent with S.A. Buell, Teacher and "Lawrenceburgh, Ind." printed on it (undated).
Dates
- 1812-1948
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Historical Note
Dearborn County was founded in 1803 and named for General Henry Dearborn, who served in the Revolutionary War and Was Secretary of War, 1801-1809.
Source:
Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975.
Source:
Baker, Ronald L. and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by chronologically.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Herbert Heller.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2017/09/07 by Linda Gellert. EAD finding aid created 2017/09/07 by Linda Gellert.
- Title
- Dearborn County collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
