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Thompson, De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton), b. 1826. DeWitt Clinton Thompson deeds, 1849.

Title: DeWitt Clinton Thompson deeds, 1849.

Includes 2 deeds from Samuel Brannan, May, 1849 for lots in Stanislaus, and one from Charles V. Gillespie to Thompson and Frederick Billings for a lot in Benicia, June 1, 1849.

ArchivalResource: 1 portfolio (3 items).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78354023 View

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869.

Title: Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869.

Journal (1857-1869) containing dated entries relating to legal cases, presumably handled by Billings for his firm; together with an attorney's license (1850) issued to Billings, two land indentures for real estate in Sacramento and San Francisco (1854, 1863), and a one-page letter (1857) from Billings to Francis W. Page. The first land indenture is for land sold by Lafayette Maynard to Billings, Archibald Peachy, and Page. The second indenture is for land sold to Billings by William F. Herrick and Ferdinand Wassauet.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (0.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86128672 View

Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882. Papers, 1812-1929.

Title: Papers, 1812-1929.

Lawyer, scholar diplomat and Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1844-49). Correspondence (mostly incoming), diaries, notebooks relating to service as U.S. Minister to Turkey (1849-54) and Italy (1860-82) as well as scholarly activities in the fields of linguistics, literature, geography and ecology. Notable correspondents include: Spencer Baird, George Bancroft, Frederick Billings, Rufus Choate, Henry Clay, Guiseppe Garibaldi, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Henry, Charles C. Jewett, Justin S. Morrill, Hiram Powers, and Charles C. Rafn.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6063395 View

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. Biographical materials relating to Frederick Billings : San Francisco, [undated].

Title: Biographical materials relating to Frederick Billings : San Francisco, [undated].

Part of a collection of biographical sketches, dictations, and notes, all relating to California pioneers, created or commissioned by Hubert Howe Bancroft and his staff for use in Bancroft's publications.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26574772 View

Montana History Conference (33rd: Billings, Mont.: 2006). Proceedings, 2006.

Title: Proceedings, 2006.

Montana History Conference Proceedings, 2006. Recordings from the 33rd Annual Montana History Conference (Our Place in the West: Views from the Yellowstone River Valley), held in Billings, Mont. at the Sheraton Hotel.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings 19 cassette tapes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/238657984 View

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

Title: Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

Two ALS written by Frederick Billings on letterhead of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Land Department, New York, to John White Geary, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Apr 16, 1872, Billings asks for Geary's assistance in opposing a lawsuit brought by B. S. Brooks in Geary's name against Billings and other assignees of B. Simmons. The lawsuit concerns financial transactions originating twenty years previously. In a brief letter dated May 7, 1872, Billings arranges a meeting with Geary.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702162054 View

Doyle, John T. (John Thomas), 1819-1906. John Thomas Doyle letterbooks, 1858-1906.

Title: John Thomas Doyle letterbooks, 1858-1906.

Letterpress copies of private and business letters of a California lawyer. Many relate to the Pious Fund litigation, the estate of Peter Donahue and other important cases in his extensive legal practice. Also includes references to his vineyards and winery.

ArchivalResource: 1 carton, 1 box, 34 volumes (5.0 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26541130 View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0200 View

Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1928 (inclusive), 1870-1900 (bulk)

Title: Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1928 (inclusive), 1870-1900 (bulk)

Business records, correspondence, and photographs of 19th century railroad and electrical industry financier Henry Villard (1835-1900)

ArchivalResource: 87 linear ft. (127 vols., 124 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/bak00046/catalog View

Dodge, Joseph Thompson, 1823-1904. Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

Title: Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

Professional and personal papers of a civil engineer related to railroad building in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Montana. Letter books contain letters to superiors and subordinates on technical aspects such as locations of lines, costs, legal problems, supplies, personnel, engineering problems, public relations, and, very occasionally, political matters. Also present are other letters, notebooks, voucher records, ledgers, bills, bridge elevations, sketch maps, and grading contracts, 1857-1894. Dodge worked on construction for the Milwaukee and Mississippi, Milwaukee and St. Paul, St. Paul and Chicago, Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Pacific, St. Paul and Duluth, Montana Central, and Hastings and Dakota railroads, and the Minnesota Railway Construction Company. Prominent correspondents include Frederick Billings and Russell Sage. Also includes family correspondence relating to Dodge's "Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County, Massachusetts" published in 1894, and to other personal matters.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/466121616 View

Hamilton, Joseph, 1839-1932. Joseph Hamilton papers, 1865-1932.

Title: Joseph Hamilton papers, 1865-1932.

The papers consist of Joseph Hamilton's autobiography, several diaries, his "Book of baptisms, marriages and funeral sermons administered, solemnized, and preached" (1865-1929), and an unfinished manuscript, "Methodism in Woodstock," as well as a list of Woodstock Methodist ministers from 1887-1930. Collection also contains genealogy for both the Hamilton and Packer families. The Rev. Hamilton depicts his life as a Methodist minister as well as the politics of the Vermont Conference (Methodist) in his autobiography. In his brief diary entries he adds notes about people and events to the names and dates in his baptism, marriage, and funeral register. The Rev. Hamilton was frequently reassigned to churches throughout central and northern Vermont; he usually stayed at a church for just three years. In chronological order, beginning with his first assignment in 1865, the towns Hamilton mentions in his autobiography where he served are: Kirby; Marshfield; Northfield Falls and West Berlin; Waitsfield; Plainfield; Groton and for East Topsham; Rochester and West Rochester; Wilmington and Jacksonville; West Fairlee and Ely; Woodstock and Taftsville, South Woodstock and Pomfret; White River Junction, Quechee, and Wilder; Northfield; St. Johnsbury; Newport; Danville and West Danville; and Randolph.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36058214 View

Halleck, Peachy & Billings (Firm : San Francisco). Records of Halleck, Peachy & Billings, 1851-1860.

Title: Records of Halleck, Peachy & Billings, 1851-1860.

The collection consists of documents and letters related to California land cases. It includes copies of land titles, drafts of briefs, and opinions used in establishing the legal titles of some 36 different land grants. There are also notes on Spanish land law and a few papers relating to other legal cases in California.

ArchivalResource: 80 pieces.2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644056 View

Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. Samuel Bowles papers, 1852-1893 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel Bowles papers, 1852-1893 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4105 View

O'Donnell, I. D. (Ignatius Daniel), 1860-1948. I.D. O'Donnell papers, 1884-1947.

Title: I.D. O'Donnell papers, 1884-1947.

Diaries, correspondence, business records, literary manuscripts, postcard albums, subject files, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 3.6 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70922370 View

San Francisco (Calif.). Deeds : San Francisco : ADS, 1850.

Title: Deeds : San Francisco : ADS, 1850.

Two deeds for land lots in San Francisco. The first was sold to Frederick Billings and Archibald Peachy by Lafayette Maynard; the second was sold to Billings by Peachy and James King of William and is signed by H.W. Halleck. Includes photostat copies.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122563629 View

Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890. Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

Title: Frederick Billings letters to John White Geary, 1872 Apr-May.

Two ALS written by Frederick Billings on letterhead of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Land Department, New York, to John White Geary, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In a letter dated Apr 16, 1872, Billings asks for Geary's assistance in opposing a lawsuit brought by B. S. Brooks in Geary's name against Billings and other assignees of B. Simmons. The lawsuit concerns financial transactions originating twenty years previously. In a brief letter dated May 7, 1872, Billings arranges a meeting with Geary.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81618877 View

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Frederick Billings, Aug. 1 [n.y.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : New York, to Frederick Billings, Aug. 1 [n.y.].

Recommending Mr. Buard who seeks success in California.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270752106 View

Northern Pacific Railway Company. President. President's records, 1872-1970.

Title: President's records, 1872-1970.

Correspondence and subject files, letterpress books, and miscellaneous records created by the NP president's office.

ArchivalResource: 1,222.0 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122475931 View

Northern Pacific Railway Company. President. President's records, 1872-1970.

Title: President's records, 1872-1970.

Correspondence and subject files, letterpress books, and miscellaneous records created by the NP president's office.

ArchivalResource: 1,222.0 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122475931 View

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01425/catalog View

Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. ALS, 1861 May 27 : Hotel du Louvre, Paris, to Frederick Billings.

Title: ALS, 1861 May 27 : Hotel du Louvre, Paris, to Frederick Billings.

Fremont relates the state of negotiations with French capitalists about his Mariposa Mines. "For our country things look much better. We shall have the sympathy of the French emperor."

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 18 x 11 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16390178 View

Villard, Henry, 1835-1900. Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1900 (inclusive).

Title: Henry Villard business papers, 1862-1900 (inclusive).

Correspondence, legal papers, accounts, printed documents, and clippings relating to personal and business matters. Includes material relating to the Kansas Pacific Railway, Northern Pacific Railroad, Wisconsin Central Railroad, and other railroads; Oregon enterprises including the Oregon Improvement Company, Oregon Steamship Company, Oregon and Transcontinental Company, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, Oregon and California Railroad, and North American Company; and to the Deutsche Bank, Siemens & Halske, American Liquid Fuel Company, Edison Electric Light Company, the Northern Transcontinental Survey, and the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Correspondents include Thomas F. Oakes, Raphael Pumpelly, C.A. Spofford, Lewis N. Tappan, and James B. Thayer.

ArchivalResource: 45 linear ft., (170 v., 90 boxes)Copies: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122575843 View

Dodge, Joseph Thompson, 1823-1904. Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

Title: Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

Professional and personal papers of a civil engineer related to railroad building in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Montana. Letter books contain letters to superiors and subordinates on technical aspects such as locations of lines, costs, legal problems, supplies, personnel, engineering problems, public relations, and, very occasionally, political matters. Also present are other letters, notebooks, voucher records, ledgers, bills, bridge elevations, sketch maps, and grading contracts, 1857-1894. Dodge worked on construction for the Milwaukee and Mississippi, Milwaukee and St. Paul, St. Paul and Chicago, Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Pacific, St. Paul and Duluth, Montana Central, and Hastings and Dakota railroads, and the Minnesota Railway Construction Company. Prominent correspondents include Frederick Billings and Russell Sage. Also includes family correspondence relating to Dodge's "Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County, Massachusetts" published in 1894, and to other personal matters.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels of microfilm (35mm)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301358333 View

President's records., Northern Pacific Railway Company records, ., 1872-1970.

Title: President's records. . Northern Pacific Railway Company records 1872-1970.

Correspondence and subject files, letterpress books, and miscellaneous records created by the Northern Pacific president’s office.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/01027.xml View