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Curtis, Henry B. (Henry Barnes), 1799-1885. Henry B. Curtis correspondence, 1850-1866.

Title: Henry B. Curtis correspondence, 1850-1866.

64 letters written by Samuel Curtis to his brother Henry B. concerning business ventures, politics, and local and family news. Accompanied by five letters from other family members to Henry B., one by Samuel's wife Belinda, one by Samuel's son Henry Zarah, two by Samuel Prentis Curtis, and one by Samuel's son Samuel S. The letters are written primarily from St. Louis, Council Bluffs, Keokuk, and Washington, D.C. Samuel's letters describe these cities, and reveals his opinions regarding their potential growth. He also discusses his ferry business in Council Bluffs and land investments in Omaha. From 1858-1861 Samuel writes from Washington and discusses the election, secession and the beginning of the Civil War. He writes from Head-Quarters Camp of Instruction, Benton Barracks,(near St. Louis, Mo.) in Oct and Dec 1861, from Head Quarters, Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, Mo. in Oct 1862, and Head Quarters Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, in 1864. He describes his experiences while treating with the Indians in 1865 at Fort Sully, South Dakota, and then his work on the Union Pacific Railroad in the year before he died. The letters from other family members discuss family business ventures and news.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear ft. (1 box)

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Curtis, Henry B. (Henry Barnes), 1799-1885. Papers 1829-1885? [microform].

Title: Papers 1829-1885? [microform].

Lawyer of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Business, personal, and political correspondence, and other papers. Includes letters from John Sherman and Rutherford B. Hayes.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel.

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Curtis, Henry Barnes, 1799-1885. Papers 1806-1888.

Title: Papers 1806-1888.

Lawyer of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Business, personal, and political correspondence, accounts, legal documents, and other papers, relating to Curtis' law practice, railroads, insurance, real estate, and Whig and Republican Parties. Contact repository for more information.

ArchivalResource: 3 cubic feet.

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. Letters, 1837-1858.

Title: Letters, 1837-1858.

Four letters written by Samuel Ryan Curtis. The earliest letter (3 pp.) is dated Sept. 15, 1837 at the Engineers Office, McConnelsville, Ohio to Charles Whittlesey, Topographic Engineer, Marietta, Ohio, and is about Curtis' work as Engineer on the National Road in Ohio. The second letter (1 p.) is dated June 23, 1846 at Camp Washington to President James K. Polk, written the day Curtis became Colonel of his regiment. Curtis recommends the appointment of Doctor Benjamin Stone of Somerset, Ohio, as surgeon or assistant surgeon in the regiment. Curtis' signature is at the head of a list of officers that include G. B. Arnold, Commanding General, Ohio Volunteers; A. F. Noles, Captain, Union Infantry; and J. E. Eaton, First Lieutenant Belmont Volunteers. The third letter (8 pp.) is dated Aug. 1, 1855 at Keokuk to his brother Henry B. Curtis. In it Curtis discusses the state of several of his businesses, including a ferry operation, and his opinions on the Republican ticket and the spread of slavery in the West. The fourth letter (3 pp.) is dated March 26, 1858 in Washington to Thomas J. McKean. Curtis writes of the proposal in the House to call out regiments to serve in the West, and tells McKean that he has mentioned his name to the Governor of Iowa in case a regiment from Iowa is called.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Greer, Allen. Agreement, 1850 Mar 2.

Title: Agreement, 1850 Mar 2.

By the terms of this agreement, Allen and Asa Greer were to go to Oregon or California, whicherver proved more profitable, for a period of two working seasons, to prospect and mine for gold or to pursue any other endeavor that would produce a profit. Henry B. Curtis was to be a partner by investing a sum equal to the others, but was to receive, after the initial investment was returned, a smaller share of the profits.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.; 27 cm.

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Curtis, Henry Barnes, 1799-1885. Papers, 1824, 1829, 1833-1837, 1847.

Title: Papers, 1824, 1829, 1833-1837, 1847.

Specifications, contracts, bills, orders, receipts, and other memoranda, relating to the construction of the Curtis home.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear ft.

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McGugin, D. S. Letter to Henry B. Curtis. Keokuk, IA. 1864 Nov. 11.

Title: Letter to Henry B. Curtis. Keokuk, IA. 1864 Nov. 11.

Concerning his possible appointment to a position in the state; thanking Curtis for his continued interest.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. Papers of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 1826-1866.

Title: Papers of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 1826-1866.

Personal correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly his letters to his brother Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885), a prominent Ohio lawyer. Included are: a 1828 letter from West Point, discussing the cadet life and national politics (including the presidential elections); letters recounting Curtis' service in the Mexican War (1846, July - 1847, Nov.), his political and professional activities in 1849 and 1857, the Civil War (including the battle of Pea Ridge), and post-war service.

ArchivalResource: 79 pieces.2 boxes.

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Henry Barnes Curtis Papers, 1824-1847

Title: Henry Barnes Curtis Papers 1824-1847

Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885) was a lawyer, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. The collection consists of specifications, contracts, bills, orders, receipts, and other memoranda, relating to the construction of the Curtis home. Actual construction of this building, now known as the Curtis-Devin home, was begun in 1934 by Westley Irvin and Eliphalet Armstrong, who followed a design published in Edward Shaw's in 1831. Some of these papers were published in the Appendix of I. T. Frary's (Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1936). Civil Architecture Early Homes of Ohio

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. Samuel Ryan Curtis correspondence, 1823-1837 (bulk 1823-1831).

Title: Samuel Ryan Curtis correspondence, 1823-1837 (bulk 1823-1831).

The collection contains 39 letters, all but five addressed to Curtis from his family and friends, many of them from his brother Henry. Five letters are written by Curtis himself. The letters from his brothers and parents carry local news and advice to Samuel about how to behave, who to work for, and how to do well at West Point. There are several letters from Robert McComb of Mansfield, offering Curtis a job, and after Curtis accepted, several more directing the business while McComb was away. A fragment of one letter written by Curtis is to his brother Hosmer telling him of this job offer. Two more letters are written by Curtis to his classmates at West Point regarding school matters. In one, dated January 30, 1831, he attempts to resign, angered at an appointment another classmate received. Two more letters are written to his wife, one from Camp Catherine in 1836, another from McConnelsville, Ohio in 1837 while he worked in the Engineer Corps of Ohio.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear ft. (1 box)

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. Papers of Samuel Ryan Curtis : Addenda, 1846-1914 (bulk 1860-1890).

Title: Papers of Samuel Ryan Curtis : Addenda, 1846-1914 (bulk 1860-1890).

Miscellaneous letters and correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly letters addressed to him, documenting his political, and military career. The collection includes: letters and newspapers clippings related to 1860 presidential elections and Curtis' own campaign, including the tallies for various Iowa counties; correspondence related to his removal from the Dept. of Missouri in 1863, including a lengthy letter from Jacob Brinkerhoff to his brother Henry B. Curtis, describing his meeting with Abraham Lincoln regarding the case (1863, Nov. 11), and letters to Curtis from his friends and colleagues. Also included are letters addressed to Samuel Stephen Curtis. The letters deal with his post-war career, including letters written by various officials in response to his attempt to have a Nebraska fort named after his father.

ArchivalResource: 59 pieces, also a scrapbook.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122644214 View