Owen County (Ind.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
John Tipton collection
Collection
Identifier: L160
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Tipton’s correspondence and business papers from the period 1810-1839 in Indiana. His correspondence, including retained copies of his outgoing letters, includes letters relating to the operations of the Indiana Militia in the 1810s; and political correspondence regarding the work of the state legislature (1820s-1830s), his senatorial elections (1831, 1832), his appointments to federal office (1831-1839), and local, state, and national issues, particularly...
Dates:
1806-1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Tipton collection
Owen and Orange counties election certificates
Collection — Folder S2411
Identifier: S2411
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an election returns document that certified the number of votes cast in Owen County for each candidate running for the office of governor and lieutenant governor in 1896. The certificate was signed by the clerk of the Owen Circuit Court on November 10, 1896 and includes the county seal. The second document is a sheriff's certification of the election of Perry McCart as joint representative of Dubois, Lawrence, and Orange counties, signed at the Orange County Courthouse...
Dates:
1896
Owen County, Indiana collection
Collection — Folder S2096
Identifier: S2096
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to Owen County, Indiana: a February 22, 1839 handwritten letter sent by O.H. Gallup, secretary of the Owen County Botanico Medical Board, to Dr. Cary O'Neal of Greene County with a request for the doctor to deliver a lecture on the botanic theory and practice of medicine at the board's next meeting; a typewritten copy of a February 1, 1928 response letter sent to a Mrs. Thoms from Miss Alice Milligan of Cragmont, North Madison, Indiana regarding...
Dates:
1839-1928
Peter Shaffer letter
Collection — Folder S1761
Identifier: S1761
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letter written by Peter Shaffer on January 17, 1858 and sent to John and Mary Smith of Vandalia, Owen County, Indiana. In the letter he mentions that their "dear sister Eve Ann departed this life and died last October 13th."
Dates:
1858/01/17
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peter Shaffer letter
