Photostats
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 88 Collections and/or Records:
Elijah Thacker land grant
Collection — Folder S3483
Identifier: S3483
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photostat of a land grant issued to Elijah Thacker for land in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 1, 1816.
Dates:
1816/06/01
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Elijah Thacker land grant
Elisha Chamberlain correspondence
Collection — Folder S0245
Identifier: S0245
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostat copies of 2 letters sent to Elisha Chamberlain of Vernon Township, Washington County, Indiana. The first letter was written September 8, 1862 by Augustine Elliott and sent from Helena, Arkansas while he served in 24th Indiana Infantry Regiment. The second letter was written April 16, 1865 by John Smith Ruberson, a former resident of Washington County, and sent from Springfield, Illinois.
Dates:
1862-1865
English Opera House clippings
Collection — Folder S2449
Identifier: S2449
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostat copies of newspaper articles written in 1897 about the renovations and reopening of the English Opera House in Indianapolis, Indiana. The short editorial that praised improvements to the theater that would make it a safe and fire-proof building for its patrons was published July 26, 1897 in the Indianapolis News, not in 1896 as identified on the photostat.
Dates:
1897
Ezra Lamkin land grant
Collection — Folder S3484
Identifier: S3484
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photostat of a land grant issued to Ezra Lamkin for land in Cincinnati on May 30, 1816.
Dates:
1816/05/30
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ezra Lamkin land grant
Fort Harrison collection
Collection — Folder S1878
Identifier: S1878
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of letters from the collection of J. T. Scovell of Terre Haute. Ranging from 1900 to 1912. The letters were written by descendents of men associated with Fort Harrison: Joseph Liston, Maj. John T. Chunn, and Maj. William Bruce. The collection also includes photocopies of undated documents related to Fort Harrison: a brief family history of the Joseph Richarson family; a paper about the Old Indiana Trail from Post Vincennes to Fort Harrison written by Lida...
Dates:
1900-1912, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fort Harrison collection
Francis Godfroy correspondence
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2242
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats and photocopies of correspondence primarily to Francis Godfroy, dating from 1824 to 1847. Those corresponding with Francis Godfroy include William Griffith Ewing, concerning fur trade and other business relations; Allen Hamilton, a close friend who served as executor of Francis Godfroy's last will and testament; Thomas Hamilton; Colonel Abel C. Pepper, superintendent of Indian reservations and Indian agent; Samuel Milroy, Pepper's successor; John Forsyth;...
Dates:
1824-1847
Frederick Haldiman collection
Collection — Folder S0567
Identifier: S0567
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of seven letters written from Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton to Lieutenant Governor Frederick Haldimand and one report by Capt. Chesne, ranging from 1778 to 1779The letters detail military maneuvers, actions of various Indian tribes either with the English, French, Spanish or Rebels [Americans], results of battles or encounters with the Rebels and forts taken. Many different Indian tribes are mentioned. The difficulty and expense of supplying the Indians...
Dates:
1778-1779
George Dudley Stratton letters and diary
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2908
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of letters written by Sergeant George Stratton, 66th Indiana Regiment, Company B, to his family, 1862-1865. The second folder includes a newspaper clipping on the Stratton family and three pages of Stratton family genealogy notes. The third folder consists of a typed and bound photocopy of Stratton's personal diary from January 1, 1865-May 24 1865 transcribed by Robert B. Scott.
Dates:
undated
George H. Proffit collection
Collection — Folder S1087
Identifier: S1087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a photostat as well as a xeroxed copy of handwritten daily journal entries by George H. Proffit, from August 20 until October 27, 1837. These entries document the removal of the Potawatomi Indians from a camp on Crooked Creek on August 20 until the last entry made in Harmony, Missouri on October 27. Mr. Proffit calls his entries "Journal of Emigration." He gives number of miles traveled, rations issued, and facts about the trip.On September 22, he wrote:...
Dates:
1837
George Rogers Clark collection
Collection — Folder S259
Identifier: S0259
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats and original letters and documents beginning with a letter by Joseph Bowman. Dated July 30, 1778, the letter about their military campaign was written a year before Bowman's accidental death.
An original note by George Rogers Clark is dated November 1805, Clark County, Indiana Territory, and certifies that John Dougherty and William Biggs were soldiers during the American Revolution. A photostat of a letter by Thomas Jefferson to General Clark is...
Dates:
1778-1933
