Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1472 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Walke letter
Collection — Folder S1349
Identifier: S1349
Scope and Contents
This letter from Thomas Walke to his father Anthony Walke in Chillicothe, Ohio, was privately printed by David K. Webb, who was in charge of The Ohio Place Name Project at the Ross County Historical Society, Chillicothe, Ohio. The letter was printed in the "Daily Scioto Gazette" on June 17, 1850. The printed letter is two pages. Thomas wrote about the California Gold Rush. He lived in the small town of Coloma on the South Fork of the American River, 50 miles from Sacramento. He wrote: "Gold is...
Dates:
1850
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Walke letter
Thomas Williams letter
Collection — Folder S1430
Identifier: S1430
Scope and Contents
This letter, which is a copy, was written by Thomas Williams in November 1847 to his father, mother, sisters and brother (or brothers). He wrote about his Mexican War service. Having left Madison on October 31, he went to Jeffersonville, then on the rivers to New Orleans. He wrote: "I know it is an honorable cause, friends, [I] want you to think when you go to the ballot box who is for their country and who is against their country, for we are depending on you for your assisance. We got news...
Dates:
1847
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Thomas Williams letter
Thomas Worthington Camp Morton papers
Collection — Folder S1524
Identifier: S1524
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photocopy of the submission “Civil War Letters of Confederate Cavalryman and Dallasite, Thomas Payne Worthington,” a contribution of 9 pages in length, excerpted from the June 1980 issue of The Quarterly of the Dallas Genealogical Society (specifically, pages 91-99). The items in the compilation include 3 diary entries and 15 letters, most of the letters having been written by Thomas Payne Worthington from Camp Morton in...
Dates:
1980
Timothy Stratton letter
Collection — Folder S1263
Identifier: S1263
Scope and Contents
This letter was written to Casper Budd in Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, by Tomothy Stratton of New Mt. Pleasant, Jay County, Indiana, on March 29, 1852. On page one, Timothy wrote: "Dear Brother and Sister ... fifty years has past with me...." He told about his farming operations. Page two begins: "Permit me here Sis to say a few things on a subjec which perplexes and torments the minds if all honest seekers after truth that is what is called spirts rapping or knocking spirits it seems...
Dates:
1852
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Timothy Stratton letter
Tippecanoe County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1698
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three folders. The first contains a copied list of land deed notes and notes on the Battle of Tippecanoe, a written summary on the origins of the county, a letter from Jn. P. Boyd to Honorable Richard Cutts Esquire regarding the Battle of Tippecanoe, a roll of the army that fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe and a letter from Charles Mehl to Martin Mehl (includes both the original and the transcript). The second folder includes notes on a Record of Poor Children’s...
Dates:
1811-1942
Tipton County collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1699
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of transcriptions of news items published in the Tipton Times from 1898 to 1899, including a letter to the editor from S. W. Nelson about the first businessmen of Tipton; letters from E. H. Phares, James W. Russell, Harry Hutchins, and a private who served with 160th Indiana Volunteers during the Spanish-American War; an article about two soldiers being “captured by Cupid”; and obituaries of George Vawter, Alexander Pennock,...
Dates:
1849-1923
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Tipton County collection
Todd Reutebuch letter
Collection — Folder S2927
Identifier: S2927
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 1 letter from Todd E. Reutebuch in Matthew, Indiana ranging from 1991 regarding The Persian Gulf War.
Dates:
1991/05/03
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Todd Reutebuch letter
Toledo, St. Louis and Western compensation case papers
Collection — Folder S2384
Identifier: S2384
Scope and Contents
This collection contains legal correspondence and documents ranging from January 1920 to March 1921 regarding the claim for just compensation by the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company and the company's receiver, Walter L. Ross. The declaration was brought before the Board of Referees appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, namely Winthrop M. Daniels, Henry C. Keene, and John J. Hickey. Organized in a folder from the Office of General Counsel, United States Railroad...
Dates:
1920-1921
Turley family correspondence
Collection — Folder S2250
Identifier: S2250
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of five letters written by George Donaldson from his home in Spring Hill, Alabama and sent to Jonathan Turley from 1878 to 1893 and one sent to Eliza Turley in July 1897. In Donaldson's correspondence with Jonathan Turley, he discusses his property, "Shawnee," in Lawrence County, Indiana, land he would like to sell, and the burlarization and burning of his cabin. The correspondence sent to Miss Turley was in response to her letter informing him...
Dates:
1878-1911
Tyner-White family papers
Collection
Identifier: L416
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of the correspondence (1838-1931) of the Tyner-White families. The majority of correspondence includes Ezekial Tyner’s wife, Sarah Meeks Tyner (1818-1899), daughter Ellen Tyner White (1846-1925) and granddaughter Grace Tyner White (1884-1966). Subjects discussed include political events, religion (largely activities within the Methodist Church), family events (births, deaths, and marriages), education, and travels.Correspondents include Zachery...
Dates:
1780-1953
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Tyner-White family papers
