White County (Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection includes writings and papers from Benjamin WIlson Smith in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1858 to 1949, regarding the history of Warrick, Spencer, and White counties, Indiana; Harrison County, West Virginia; Manchester Academy; and the postal system. Also included are his accounts of a trip from Virginia to White County, Indiana in 1846 and an autobiography. Also, his scrapbook of clippings and notes on politics, his advice to students in Dearborn County, Daughters...

Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of land grants, indentures, deeds, and receipts of the Wilson and Guthrie families ranging from 1818 to 1919. Also included is a certificate of patent given to a Benjamin Boorman in 1867 for an improvement of the flour bolt; Dr. Robert I. Wilson's certificate appointing him a Postmaster in White County, IN (1847); Dr. Wilson's United States Internal Revenue license to practice medicine (1865); his Physician's License from 1885; and a letter regarding his...