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Shattuck, Walter. Letter from Walter Shattuck transferring his right to Lot 3 in Block 38 to William Jones, Esq.

Title: Letter from Walter Shattuck transferring his right to Lot 3 in Block 38 to William Jones, Esq.

This item is part of a group of legal transfer letters to the Board of Canal Commissioners from various individuals transferring rights to Lots by Block number in the original town of Chicago. Letters related to the sale of land along the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Chicago, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53928852 View

Jones, William. [Day book, 1819-1836].

Title: [Day book, 1819-1836].

Day book for a tavern, country store and livery stable kept by William Jones of Lyndeborough, N.H. Entries include items such as tobacco, rum, sugar, brandy, tea, molasses, potatoes, veal, butter, rye, mutton, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 170 p.) ; 37 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47635014 View

Jones, William. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84692139 View

Merritt, Wallace, Mrs. Sioux massacre of 1862, 1933 / by Mrs. Wallace Merritt, Hackensack, Minn.

Title: Sioux massacre of 1862, 1933 / by Mrs. Wallace Merritt, Hackensack, Minn.

Details the flight of the William and Margaret Jones family from their farm in Cambria Township (Blue Earth County, Minn.) to Mankato during the Dakota Conflict; written by their granddaughter. Submitted for a Minnesota Tourism Bureau contest in 1933.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves on partial microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122404655 View

McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884. Correspondence and subject file, 1788-1939.

Title: Correspondence and subject file, 1788-1939.

Papers of McCormick, inventor of the reaper and a Chicago industrialist, comprising correspondence, memoranda, and letterbooks concerning the growth of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company in both the domestic and foreign fields, and dealing with McCormick's many other interests, particularly the Presbyterian Church and several charities; his activities as a member of the state and national Democratic party; and his investments, chiefly in Chicago real estate, railroads, and mines. Also included are deeds, contracts, investment proposals, and other documents. Some of the letters are to or from McCormick's wife Nettie Fowler, their son Cyrus, Jr., and others associated with the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. The earliest dated items were written or received by Cyrus' father, Robert McCormick, and by other family members.

ArchivalResource: 84.6 c.f. (192 archives boxes, 50 card boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145788280 View

Lockman, DeWitt McClennan, 1870-1957,. [Map of the area later bounded by 8th and 12th Streets, 3rd Avenue and the Bowery, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)].

Title: [Map of the area later bounded by 8th and 12th Streets, 3rd Avenue and the Bowery, Manhattan, New York (N.Y.)]. [between 1838 and 1847]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 46 x 59 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81672183 View

Connecticut. Committee of the Pay Table. Pay table orders, 1782-1783.

Title: Pay table orders, 1782-1783.

Pay table orders signed by Connecticut Committee members Eleazer Wales, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., William Moseley, and Fenn Wadsworth. The orders were the balance due to soldiers for service in the Continental Army. Those serving were Samuel Teal, James Chittenden, Frederick Avery, William Jones, William Goodrich, Asaph Pettingal, and William Chambers. John Lawrence was serving as Treasurer at the time the orders were issued.

ArchivalResource: 7 pieces (1 folder).

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Legal transfer letters : Chicago, to the Board of Canal Commissioners of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, June 1836.

Title: Legal transfer letters : Chicago, to the Board of Canal Commissioners of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, June 1836.

Legal transfer letters to the Board of Canal Commissioners from various individuals transferring rights to Lots by Block number in the original town of Chicago. Letters related to the sale of land along the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Chicago, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 30 cm.

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United States. Continental Army. Massachusetts Regiment, 15th. Orderly book, 1799-1800.

Title: Orderly book, 1799-1800.

Orderly book, 1799-1800, possibly of Maj. William Jones of the 15th Regiment. The v. is written by hand and bound in leather. It includes a partial copy of general orders, circulars, and correspondence that the regiment received, June 28, 1799-March 12, 1800. There are unidentified newspaper clippings about events of 1723 which are pasted on the last 7 p. on the v. The v. was donated by Dr. Norman E. Clarke, Sr.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (in 1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43852012 View

Papers, 1830-1838.

Title: Papers, 1830-1838.

Final draft of petition to the New York State Legislature for charter to a corporation to conduct a whaling, fishing, and candlemaking business at Cold Spring, and the final draft of the act presented to the Legislature, 1838; handwritten copy of the bylaws of the Cold Spring Whaling company adopted November 13, 1838, and minutes of a meeting of the company's trustees signed by William Jones, Henry R. Willis, Samuel J. Underhill, and Richard M. Conklin. Also, letters from John H. Jones to Walter R. Jones discussing the ships Matilda and James Fairley, and other business plans, 1830; expense sheet for "The Sloop Peruvian for Barque Monmouth" and a note and voucher dealing with the Monmouth, 1838.

ArchivalResource: 8 items

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Jones, William. A study in the Chinook and Katlamat languages.

Title: A study in the Chinook and Katlamat languages. 1902.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56156114 View

Jones, William. Orphan Boy, 1862-[ongoing].

Title: Orphan Boy, 1862-[ongoing].

ArchivalResource: items in folder ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28510457 View

Hale, Nathan,. Lawyer's ledger, Boston, Massachusetts, 1829-1837.

Title: Lawyer's ledger, Boston, Massachusetts, 1829-1837.

Records fees collected for legal services such as drawing deeds and writs, and representing clients in court. Mentions the case of Badger v. Jones, 12 Pickering 371 (1831).

ArchivalResource: [130] p. ; 31 cm.

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Sage, Gardner A. A map of the lands of Samuel Jones esqr. lying between Broadway and the Bowery / surveyed by Stephen Ludlam, E.W. Bridges ; a true copy from the original Edwin Smith ; copied by Gardner A. Sage.

Title: A map of the lands of Samuel Jones esqr. lying between Broadway and the Bowery / surveyed by Stephen Ludlam, E.W. Bridges ; a true copy from the original Edwin Smith ; copied by Gardner A. Sage. 1840 Sep. 11.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms. ; 34 x 43 cm.

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Trueheart, James L., 1815-1882. Letter : San Antonio, Texas, to Thomas H.O.S. Addicks, 1846 Sep 24.

Title: Letter : San Antonio, Texas, to Thomas H.O.S. Addicks, 1846 Sep 24.

ALS informing Addicks of Trueheart's plan to appeal the decision by Judge William E. Jones in the case of Thomas H. O. S. Addicks vs James L. Trueheart and Thomas Whitehead, and that he will appoint J. L. Hewitt to confer with Addicks' counsel regarding an appropriate amount of compensation should the decision be reversed. Accompanying the letter is an undated manuscript document in an unidentified hand stating that evidence produced before Judge Jones shall be certified to by the Clerk of the District Court as a transcript of the proceedings should the case be appealed to the Supreme Court. The document is signed by V. E. Howard for Addicks, and Van Derlip P. Paschal for Trueheart. The verso is stamped "M-179."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702161143 View

Ashworth, Edward F. James L. Gillis collection, 1899-1957.

Title: James L. Gillis collection, 1899-1957.

Pictures, personal papers and clippings of former State Librarian James Louis Gillis.

ArchivalResource: 2 manuscript boxes ; 15 1/2 x 12 x 3 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456566744 View

Jones, George. Papers, 1833.

Title: Papers, 1833.

Letter from William Jones in Elbert Co., Ga. to George Jones in Oldham Co., Ky., concerning the compromise tariff. See the William Jones Papers, in this department, for any possible relationship to this letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41571200 View

Beecher Family Papers

Title: Beecher Family Papers

Correspondence, writings, speeches, diaries, clippings, printed matter, sermons, and other papers of two centuries of Beecher family members. The papers relate principally to Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), popular 19th century clergyman and orator, and members of his family. Among those represented are his father, the Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), clergyman; his brothers, Edward Beecher (1803-1895), educator and antislavery leader, and Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900) and Charles Beecher (1815-1900), both clergyman and antislavery activist; and his sisters, Harriett Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe (1811-1896), author, Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878), pioneer educator and writer on 'domestic economy,' and Isabella Homes (Beecher) Hooker (1822-1907), well-known suffragist. Also included are papers relating to the Scoville family (mainly Annie Beecher Scoville, 1866-1953, teacher and lecturer), as well as other related families. The papers cover an extremely wide range of cultural, political, social, and religious issues and topics of 19th and early 20th century America and include correspondence from a large number of well-known men and women. The papers were previously known as the Beecher-Scoville Family Papers.

ArchivalResource: 72.67 Linear Feet (138 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0071 View

Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950. Additional papers of the late Brigadier General including 100 letters from Innes Young, 1938-1949 [manuscript] 1898-1949.

Title: Additional papers of the late Brigadier General including 100 letters from Innes Young, 1938-1949 [manuscript] 1898-1949.

50 letters from Harry Clemons, 1946-1949; 30 letters from Luther Ely Smith, of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association, 1935-1943; material on Order of Indian Wars 7th Army Corps, 1898-1900, War Dept. bulletins, 1917, ms. sketchbook of Lars Anderson, script of play of Isabel Anderson and letter, 27 December 1905 to William Jones with his sketch on life of Fitzhugh Lee.

ArchivalResource: 300 items.

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Jones, William. Autograph bill receipted and signed, 1800 Aug. 9.

Title: Autograph bill receipted and signed, 1800 Aug. 9.

Concerning account of Washington for tailoring.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (16mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270484980 View

Door, Josiah R. John Kinzie.

Title: John Kinzie.

ArchivalResource: items in folder ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19967158 View

Begle, Howell, 1944-. Howell Begle collection, 1949-2008.

Title: Howell Begle collection, 1949-2008.

The collection includes detailed royalty statements from the Atlantic Recording Corporation that document payments to Ruth Brown, 1955-1964. There are also copies of contracts and correspondence related to royalty payments owed to other artists who recorded for Atlantic and other labels during the 1950s and 1960s, among them Nellie Lutcher, Jimmy Scott, Joe Turner, Harry Van Walls, the Clovers, the Coasters, and the Drifters. Also included are legal documents, articles of incorporation, correspondence, news articles, and other materials relating to the formation and administration of the Rhythm & Blues Foundation; scattered correspondence between Begle and Atlantic executives, including Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Michael Resnick, and Sheldon Vogle, documenting negotiations leading to the royalty settlement of 1988; correspondence with musicians involved in the Foundation, particularly board member Bonnie Raitt; letters relating to Begle's dissatification with and 1998 resignation from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation; photocopied news and periodical articles relating to Foundation; and calendars and promotional materials for the Foundation, some relating to the Foundation's annual award ceremony. Other items include Billboard chart research documents, 1950s-1960s; a chronology documenting efforts to reform royalty payment accounting at Atlantic Records, 1983-1993; programs from Ruth Brown's memorial service in 2006; correspondence with activists including Jesse Jackson, politicians including Congressmen John Conyers Jr. and Dennis J. Kucinich, and members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA); and 45rpm, 78rpm, and LP record albums collected by Begle.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/761324974 View

Barney, Joshua, 1759-1818. Papers, 1782-1818.

Title: Papers, 1782-1818.

These papers reflect Joshua Barney's activities as an American naval officer during the Revolution, Commodore in the French navy from 1796 to 1802, privateer during the War of 1812, and commander of the Chesapeake flotilla defending Washington, D.C., in 1814. The largest group of papers relate to his service in the French navy and include official papers, accounts, log of La Tribune, and related material. Some papers, possibly saved by Barney from captured ships, consist of circular letters of British postmasters, instructions and documents for the mail packet Amelia, 1793-1812, with information on intelligence-gathering, as well as a few letters for English merchants, 1812. Also commissions, naval signals, testimonials and more.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122524088 View

Jones, William. Ancestors and descendants of Emma Cecilia (Bacot) Richey, wife of Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., compiled by William Jones, 1928.

Title: Ancestors and descendants of Emma Cecilia (Bacot) Richey, wife of Rev. Thomas Richey, D. D., compiled by William Jones, 1928.

Photocopy of typed notes and genealogical chart, on the Bacot family of Charleston, South Carolina, including information on the allied Cochran, De Saussure, Mercier, Richey, and Thomson families.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422549786 View

Jones, William. Papers, 1838-1865.

Title: Papers, 1838-1865.

Receipted bills for merchandise (1838-1842); miscellaneous petitions to courts in Wilkes Co., Ga.; and other legal documents addressed to the sheriffs of Wilkes Co.

ArchivalResource: 46 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41395608 View

Jones, James M. Nahant.

Title: Nahant.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19543899 View

Barrell, Theodore. Letter book, 1798-1803.

Title: Letter book, 1798-1803.

Letter book, 1798-1803, with correspondence to business associates in London, Barbados, etc., as well as letters to relatives and friends on personal affairs, and life in Guiana. Includes many lettes to William and Samuel Jones, London; Walter Barrell, London; William Gill and Samuel Went, Barbados.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (182 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58659026 View

A View of Concord in 1776 : in the Massachusetts magazine of July 1794 : a short account of the town of Concord, illustrative of the annexed plate : typescript, [19--].

Title: A View of Concord in 1776 : in the Massachusetts magazine of July 1794 : a short account of the town of Concord, illustrative of the annexed plate : typescript, [19--].

Passage refers to William Jones' A topographical description of the town of Concord.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ([1] leaf) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30092581 View

Grew, Edward W., Mrs.,. Mrs. Edward W. Grew autograph collection, 1761-1834.

Title: Mrs. Edward W. Grew autograph collection, 1761-1834.

Includes letters from Aaron Burr to Catharine Hawes, from Thomas Addis Emmet to Charles Smith, from Alexander Hamilton to John Bay, from William Jones to John Fisher, from Philip Milledge to John Fisher, from George Taylor to Archibald Stewart, and from John Woodside to Joseph Hardy, among other letters. Also includes a manuscript contract from Comfort, Sands, and company; an autograph manuscript by Robert Fulton; a manuscript lease for Powles Hook ferry; a passport for Aaron C. Burr; and a list of prisoners made at Powles Hook, among other documents.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81933581 View

Wood, James, 1747-1813. Letter from James Wood to Brig. Gen. Jones, dealing with the Whiskey Rebellion [manuscript] 30 Sept. 1794.

Title: Letter from James Wood to Brig. Gen. Jones, dealing with the Whiskey Rebellion [manuscript] 30 Sept. 1794. 1794.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960249 View

Jones, George Washington. L.J. Farwell.

Title: L.J. Farwell.

ArchivalResource: items in folder ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21115555 View

Child, William, b. 1834. Jones, William.

Title: Jones, William.

ArchivalResource: pt. 2, p. 101 ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122579190 View

Cox, Jameson, register. Map of lands belonging to Samuel Jones Junior, William Jones, Elbert H. Jones, Thomas Jones and David S. Jones, at Greenwich / Edward Doughty ; copied by Jameson Cox.

Title: Map of lands belonging to Samuel Jones Junior, William Jones, Elbert H. Jones, Thomas Jones and David S. Jones, at Greenwich / Edward Doughty ; copied by Jameson Cox. 1830 Dec. 7.

ArchivalResource: 1 map : ms., col. ; 39 x 50 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55046416 View

Sherman, Francis C. Letter from Francis C. Sherman transferring his claim to Lot number 2 in Block No. 40 in the original town of Chicago to William Jones.

Title: Letter from Francis C. Sherman transferring his claim to Lot number 2 in Block No. 40 in the original town of Chicago to William Jones.

This item is part of a group of legal transfer letters to the Board of Canal Commissioners from various individuals transferring rights to Lots by Block number in the original town of Chicago. Letters related to the sale of land along the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Chicago, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53381663 View

Wadsworth, Julius. Letter from Julius Wadsworth and William Jones to David Prickett transferring ownership of Lots 1 and 1 in block 34.

Title: Letter from Julius Wadsworth and William Jones to David Prickett transferring ownership of Lots 1 and 1 in block 34.

This item is part of a group of legal transfer letters to the Board of Canal Commissioners from various individuals transferring rights to Lots by Block number in the original town of Chicago. Letters related to the sale of land along the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Chicago, Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53928853 View

Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Association. Application for recognition in the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Association, Ho-L.

Title: Application for recognition in the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Association, Ho-L. 1961-

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/625433419 View

Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857. Langdon Cheves papers, 1800-1967, bulk 1800-1844.

Title: Langdon Cheves papers, 1800-1967, bulk 1800-1844.

Letter, 21 May 1800, to George Robertson, Sr., Barnwell County, S.C., re lawsuit brought against Robertson by Mrs. Molsey Jones over the administration of Molsey Jone's estate; letter, 20 May 1815, Charleston, S.C., to B[enjamin] W[illiams] Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C., re war record of the wounded Thomas Paine. Letters, 14 Apr. 1819, 2 Mar. 1819, 10 Nov. 1820, and 4 Dec. 1820, L. Cheves, President, Bank of United States, to various presidents of branch banks, re board resolutions, approval of his job performance, and decision making by local banks; letter, 1 Jan. l822, Philadelphia, Pa., to Nath[aniel] Silsbee, re Cheves' resignation as director; and letters, 1822-1830, Philadelphia, Pa., Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga., to William Jones, re freedom and liberty, family news, and the sales of slaves identified by name. Letter, 19 Oct. 1829, Lancaster, Pa., to A. Bolmar, Philadelphia, Pa., re Langdon Cheves, Jr., and his preparation for college; letter, 15 Sept. 1830, Charleston, S.C., response to invitation to a States Rights dinner; letter, 16 Sept. 1830, from William Johnson, re states' rights dinner and opposition to nullification. Volume, 16 Oct. 1830, "Nile's Register," including correspondence of George Michael Troup, L. Cheves, and William Johnson, re nullification and a State Rights' dinner in Columbia, S.C.; letter, 15 Aug. 1831, Pendleton, S.C., to David James McCord, re nullification. Letter, 28 Nov. 1833, Beaufort, S.C., from John Milton Clapp, re a meteor shower and local events; letter, 26 Nov. 1844, re party politics and warning the Democratic Party against becoming associated with the Native American Party; also including obituary, 27 June 1857, including biographical sketch of Cheves; letter, 27 April 1967, Lancaster, Pa. from Dr. John L. Farmer, re information on Cheves and his residence during the period 1825-1830.

ArchivalResource: 32 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41069934 View