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Governors -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Cornelius Harnett and William Sharpe letter

 Collection — Folder S0593
Identifier: S0593
Scope and Contents This collection contains a letter sent to North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell by Cornelius Harnett and William Sharpe while they served in the Continental Congress during the U.S. Revolutionary War. Dated November 4, 1779, Harnett and Sharpe relate information about a memorial (petition) presented to the Congress by the Indiana Company regarding land claims. There had been a dispute between share holders of the Indiana Company and Virginia as to who had the legal right to sell land located...
Dates: 1779/11/04

Ewing family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates: 1818-1889

Political figures autographs collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1486
Scope and Contents This collection contains signatures of United States Presidents, Indiana governors and other important political figures, including Calvin Coolidge, Jonathan Jennings, John Gibson, and Benjamin Butler. There are also letters from political figures and their staff regarding the acquisition of autographs from the 1930s.
Dates: 1887-1934

Roberta Brooker, Kentucky Colonel commission

 Collection — Folder OB244
Identifier: OB244
Scope and Contents This collection includes an award certificate commissioning Robert Brooker a Kentucky Colonel, "the highest title of honor bestowed by the Governor of Kentucky" (https://www.kycolonels.org), on August 31, 2012 in Lexingotn, Kentucky. It was signed by Governor Steven L. Beshear and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Dates: 2012/08/31