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1811 elections documents
Collection — Folder: S3114
Identifier: S3114
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an order dated February 1, 1811 from William Henry Harrison, Governor of the Indiana Territory, to the sheriff of Jefferson County. The order directs the sheriff to hold an election for the purpose of selecting one person to represent the citizenry of the county in the House of Representatives of the Indiana Territory. Also included are six poll reports, dated April 1811, listing voters in three townships, Jefferson, Madison, and Washington of Jefferson County and the...
Dates:
1811
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Arthur G. Mitten collection
Collection — Folder: S0971
Identifier: S0971
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostatic copies of letters and military account documents ranging from 1791 to 1814 that were collected by Arthur J. Mitten and copied in 1927. The collection includes: a letter by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering from Philadelphia to Samuel Hodgdon, Quartermaster of the Western Army (December 16, 1791); an account and acknowledgement of money received by General Anthony Wayne from paymaster Caleb Swan (April 18, 1793); an account of clothing returned by 3rd...
Dates:
1791-1814
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Dill family papers
Collection — Folder: S1819
Identifier: S1819
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the commissions and appointments of James and Alexander Dill for the
Indiana Territory and State of Indiana.
Dates:
1803-1837
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Early Indiana photographic slides
Collection — Folder: SP038
Identifier: SP038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35mm slides in Indiana circa 1950s regarding people, such as Father Pierre Gibault, Little Turtle, Tecumseh, William Henry Harrison, George Rapp, Robert Owen, Oliver P. Morton, James Whitcomb Riley, and Levi Cotton, and places like Vincennes, Corydon, New Harmony, and Indianapolis, significant to early history of Indiana.
Dates:
circa 1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ephraim Jordan collection
Collection — Folder: S2190
Identifier: S2190
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 20 handwritten documents and letters dated from 1802 to 1812. Some papers deal with provisions for soldiers and have the signature of Ephraim Jordan, Major. "His Excellency" William Henry Harrison is recorded as commander in chief in a document written in May 1809. On August 21, 1812, an order was issued for two men to be punished by riding "a wooden horse both to be mouned {?] at the same time in presence of the troops on parade for the period of ten minutes." On...
Dates:
1802-1812
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ezra G. Hayes personal narrative
Collection — Folder: S614
Identifier: S0614
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three typewritten copies of the life story of Ezra G. Hayes that he dictated to Caroline M. Hayes. Hayes' narrative ranges from 1705 to the early 1900s. This collection was made from a copy owned by Mrs. Jacob Bauer of Lawrenceburg, Indiana in 1933 and it includes Mr. Hayes' family history, his many business pursuits, early history of Dearborn County, Indiana, and his viewpoints on the politics and elections during his lifetime. Also included are three copies of a poem...
Dates:
circa 1910
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Grouseland Foundation collection
Collection — Folder: S2049
Identifier: S2049
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a copy of "Grouseland Foundation Request to Protect History," a spiral bound booklet containing copies of seven letters sent in 2006 to Dr. Richard Helton, President of Vincennes University, in support of the Grouseland Foundation's request to the university that it donate land once known as "Walnut Grove" and was the site of historic meetings between William Henry Harrison and Tecumseh. The booklet also includes photocopies of two newspaper...
Dates:
2006-circa 2010
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Henderson collection
Collection — Folder: S2395
Identifier: S2395
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence and documents compiled by an individual named Henderson. The bulk of the collection is a 38-page report sent to General Ulysses S. Grant on February 28, 1862 regarding the operations and capture of Fort Donelson. The report was not signed, but from information in the report, it was most likely written by Brig. Gen. John McClernand. Other items related to the U.S. Civil War include a map of the Mississippi River showing communities,...
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Herman Sturm papers
Collection — Folder: S1272
Identifier: S1272
Scope and Contents
Eight items are in this collection, thus:
(1) certificate appointing him Lieutenant Colonel for the 54th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Militia, signed by Governor O. P. Morton, dated November 19, 1862; (2) Special Orders 27, dated January 14, 1863, accepting the resignation of Lieutenant Colonel H. Sturm, 54th Regiment; (3) "To Whom It May Concern" letter by Governor Morton, dated May 13, 1865, asking the military authorities for kind attention and consideration...
Dates:
1862-1907
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Hoosier Hall of Fame lantern slides
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: P016
Scope and Contents
This collection includes glass lantern slides created by McIntosh Steropticon Company of Chicago, Illinois from circa 1916 showing male historical figures from Indiana, most likely used for a lecture or some type of display during the Indiana centennial.
Dates:
circa 1916
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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