United States -- Politics and government --19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Benjamin Franklin Stevens letter
Collection — Folder S1249
Identifier: S1249
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises one photocopied letter from Benjamin Harrison in Washington, D.C. to Benjamin Franklin Stevens in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 20, 1886, regarding Harrison's political campaign and a request for Stevens' assistance with the campaign and with preventing voter fraud.
Dates:
1886
Caleb Blood Smith speech and document
Collection — Folder S1201
Identifier: S1201
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a pamphlet of a speech given by Caleb Blood Smith in Washington, D.C. before the U.S. House of Representatives on February 3, 1848, regarding the Mexican-American War and its costs, and a May 18, 1849 document enumerating appointments in the U.S. Treasury Department.
Dates:
1848-1849
Chicago Times-Herald, "The Real Issue, Mills of the United States, United States Mint from Major William McKinley Address" poster
Collection — Folder OBD074
Identifier: OBE004
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one poster summarizing a William McKinley address created by the Chicago Times-Herald in 1896.
Dates:
1896/08/12
David Turpie collection
Collection
Identifier: L164
Scope and Contents
The collection contains David Turpie’s manuscript of Sketches of My Own Time (1903), minutes of Fiat Lux, a Indianapolis literary society, from 1875 to 1876, and Turpie's speeches on literary and political issues.
Dates:
1875-1903
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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David Turpie collection
Elijah Walker Halford letter
Collection — Folder S0568
Identifier: S0568
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed letter, on Executive Mansion letterhead, from E. W. Halford to the Rev. John P. Newman of Omaha, Nebraska on November 12, 1892. The letter writer speculates on a possible post-Presidential occupation for President Harrison and suggests that the recipient speak with Senator Stanford about this potential occupation. He uses the phrase “confidential absolutely” and asks that his name not be mentioned in connection with the suggestion
Dates:
1892/11/12
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
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ewing family collection
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
George H. Proffit collection
Collection — Folder S1087
Identifier: S1087
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostats and photocopies of handwritten, daily journal entries written 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 20th until the last entry made in Harmony, Missouri on October 27th. Proffit titled the entries "Journal of Emigration" and provies the number of miles traveled, rations issued, and facts about the trip.
Dates:
1837
Godlove S. Orth letters
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1033
Scope and Contents
The collection contains original and photostat correspondence from Godlove S. Orth to Schuyler Colfax, James A. Garfield, Stephen Neal, and others in Lafayette, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from discussing Whig, Know Nothing, and Republican party politics, the Indiana General Assembly, and other state and national issues, including the the 14th Amendment.
Dates:
1845-1881
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Godlove S. Orth letters
Heineken family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0626
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several letters from members of the Heineken family, particularly to or from Christian, Samuel and Thomas Heineken, in Ohio, Indiana, and Great Britain ranging from 1810 to 1888 regarding settlement in Indiana and Ohio, family life, travel, weather, cholera epidemics, national politics, and farming. There is also a U.S. Civil War diary kept by Samuel Heineken during 1862-1863 and an 1888 roster of the 3rd Indiana Cavalry.
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Heineken family papers
