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Bullock, C. Seymour,. C. Seymour Bullock letters, 1823-1889 [manuscript].

Title: C. Seymour Bullock letters, 1823-1889 [manuscript].

Letters to and from Jefferson Davis, including an 1856 invitation from A. T. Bledsoe to Jefferson Davis to an evening party; a typescript copy of a letter, June 1823, from Sam Davis to his son Jefferson concerning family and personal news; and typescript and photostatic copies of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Major Walker Taylor in 1889, denying the rumor that he had intended to capture or assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Also included are photostatic copies of other items, including a bill, 1854, from Oak Hill Cemetery for burial expenses for Jefferson Davis' son; a letter, 20 March 1862, from S. Mullens, secretary of the Navy, C.S.A., to Jefferson Davis regarding the battle of the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimac); a letter, 27 February 1865, from Mrs. M. E. Trotter and Miss E. P. Buel, to Jefferson Davis, offering their services, perhaps as spies, to the Confederacy; and a letter, 18 December 1878, from Jefferson Davis to C. E. Hooker responding to inquiries about former personal belongings. Additional items include a typescript copy of a letter, 3 September 1883, from Jefferson Davis to Hancock Taylor, Gen. Abe Buford, and R. H. Taylor, declining an invitation to appear at the dedication of a monument to Zachary Taylor; and a printed reproduction of a portrait of Stonewall Jackson, with a photostatic copy of an explanation from the artist, J. R. Graham.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27188740 View

Davis, Samuel. Davis, Samuel, legal documents, 1821.

Title: Davis, Samuel, legal documents, 1821.

Papers relate to a judgment against David Alexander, preventing his operation of a ferry across the Mississippi River between Vidalia, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi, and in favor of Davis of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, holder of the legal ferry permit.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23833328 View

Davis, Isaac. Isaac Davis and Samuel Davis deeds, 1764-1775.

Title: Isaac Davis and Samuel Davis deeds, 1764-1775.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79423881 View

Indenture for land purchased by Samuel Davis 1810 [manuscript]

Title: Indenture for land purchased by Samuel Davis 1810 [manuscript]

Land indenture.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/569582539 View

Lease for land to Samuel Davis 1825 [manuscript]

Title: Lease for land to Samuel Davis 1825 [manuscript]

Lease for land in Crawford County.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/327854608 View

Markham, Robert. Robert Markham collection.

Title: Robert Markham collection.

This collection consists of family documents, dating 1813, 1854, and 1896. The collection consists of a surveyor's commission for Joseph Kilborn from the government of Ontario; a marriage record for Samuel Davis and Mary Bennett from the county of Cornwall; and the will of Louisa H. Crosby (not recorded with the Ingham County Probate Court), witnessed by Orlando M. and Mary L. Barnes of Lansing, Mich. The collection is arranged as received.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder .1 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41498530 View

Davis, Samuel. Indenture for land of Samuel Davis 1801.

Title: Indenture for land of Samuel Davis 1801.

Handwritten indenture for land.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50807331 View

Davis, Samuel. Samuel Davis papers, 1840-1842.

Title: Samuel Davis papers, 1840-1842.

Correspondence, a power of attorney, and legal notes record the work of Samuel Davis, attorney, to obtain the head right, land grant, and back pay owed to the Estate of Alexander O'Brien by the government of the Republic of Texas. Correspondence between Davis and attorneys in Texas, J. De Cordova and James Burke, and Burke's agent and cousin in Austin, William H. Murrah, discuss the difficulties encountered in pressing claims with the government. Of tangential interest is Burke's 1841 letter to Davis in which he encloses 'diamonds' found in Texas for Davis to have appraised in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46997646 View

Kidd, Samuel. Samuel Kidd estate papers, 1826-1836.

Title: Samuel Kidd estate papers, 1826-1836.

This collection contains documents filed by heirs of Samuel Kidd, deceased, who formerly lived in Fluvanna County, Virginia. The heirs in question are Samuel Davis, of Jessamine County, Kentucky; Warren Davis, of Wayne County, Kentucky; Larkin Kidd, also of Wayne County; Sherrard and Isabella Kidd, also of Wayne County; and William and Polly Simpson, of Lincoln County, Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41433501 View

Davis, Samuel. Samuel Davis, appellant, vs. the County of Yuba, respondent : no. 11880 in the Supreme Court of the State of California.

Title: Samuel Davis, appellant, vs. the County of Yuba, respondent : no. 11880 in the Supreme Court of the State of California. 1886-1887.

An action brought by Samuel Davis to recover coupons attached to bond issue for Yuba County Wagon Road and Bridge Interest and Sinking Fund. Appealed to the Supreme Court by plaintiff.

ArchivalResource: 4 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36064382 View

Miscellaneous collections: Town of Brookhaven, 1745-1864.

Title: Miscellaneous collections: Town of Brookhaven, 1745-1864.

Miscellaneous documents pertaining to the Town of Brookhaven, N.Y., including assessment rolls, 1834-1840 and 1852-1853; lists of grand jurors; a petition regarding cattle grazing in West Meadow; papers to the New York State legislature concerning the division of the town, 1832; letters to John M. Williamson as town supervisor, 1834-1857; and a bill of sale for a seat in the Presbyterian Meeting House, Brookhaven (Setauket) from "Cornel Henery Smith" to Samuel Davis, 1745.

ArchivalResource: .2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155535786 View

North and South Carolina boundary survey, ca. 1764-1772 [manuscript].

Title: North and South Carolina boundary survey, ca. 1764-1772 [manuscript].

Boundary line of North and South Carolina, a survey of the line from the coast, signed by Samuel Spencer, Morgan Brown, Nicholas Bond, Samuel Davis, William Howard, William Hardwick, John Stuewart.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27192730 View