Hagerstown (Ind.)

Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of correspondence sent to members of the Amos Parsons family by relatives, friends, and business associates from 1865 to 1907. Also included are photocopies of an October 12, 1858 receipt for full payment by Amos Parsons on a note signed by John Conaway; a Western Union receipt from the 1860s for money sent from Cincinnati to N. J. Hunt at Hagerstown, Indiana; a May 7, 1868 receipt from White and Nicholson Bro. of Richmond, Indiana for items purchased by...

Scope and Contents This collection includes five merchantile account ledgers from Beck and Stonebacker in Hagerstown, Indiana ranging from 1854 to 1871 regarding the businesses activities.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a compilation from newspaper articles and letters from various authors in Indiana ranging from 1917 to 1939 regarding Charles H. Black and the automobile he built.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a February 12, 1849 article of agreement contract signed by Samuel G. Newcom, Franklin Newcom, and John Michael Fritch, all of Wayne County, Indiana. The Newcoms agreed to "pay to the treasurer of the Hagerstown Mining Company one hundred and twenty five dollars as an outfit for the use of said John Michael Fritch in the contemplated expedition to California by said Hagerstown Mining Company." The agreement also included an agreement by Fritch to share an equal dividend...

Scope and Contents This collection contains several items related to education in Wayne County, Indiana, including Joshua Williams's "Articles of Agreement" contract to teach school in the county for twelve months starting on November 3, 1828, photostat copies of articles of agreement to teach school for William Boroughs in 1835 and Vernon Ham 1837, a photostat copy of James Donelan's attendance records for his students in District 5 from 1849, Louisa A. Culbertson's teaching certificate signed by examiner A.C....