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Ela, Richard E. (Richard Emerson), 1812-1888. Papers, 1830-1907.

Title: Papers, 1830-1907.

Correspondence and business records of manufacturer Richard Emerson Ela of Rochester, Wis. Early letters to his family describe his efforts to establish himself in the West and discuss land speculation, financial operations, and agricultural prospects. Later business correspondence is mainly incoming mail from his agents who sold the Ela fanning mills, wagons, carriages, plows, and other agricultural implements from town to town or from their own hardware stores, and from wholesale manufacturers and a few individual customers. Further details of his business are found in journals, ledgers, cash books, agents' sales books, inventories, lists of customers, and miscellaneous volumes from the firms of Richard E. Ela & Co. and Thompson & Ela. In addition, the collection includes letters written to Ela by two young friends, William W. S. Bliss and Henry L. Kendrick, between 1830 and 1837 which describe student life at the U.S. military academy at West Point. The processed portion of this series is summarized above, dates 1830-1884, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1845-1907 and are described below.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 1 flat box, including 28 volumes); plus9.0 c.f. of additions.

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John J. Peck Papers, 1851-1852

Title: John J. Peck Papers, 1851-1852

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

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Kendrick, Henry Lane, 1811-1891. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1840-1867.

Professor of chemistry, minerology and geology, USMA, 1835-1847 and 1857-1880. Letter from Theophile D'Oremieulx, 26 May 1867, New York, providing D'Oremieulx's autobiographical information for Cullum's register; check for $8.00 dated 13 Oct 1840, payable to H.L. Kendrick.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Tillman, S. E. (Samuel Escue), 1848-1942. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1869-1967.

General, USMA professor, 1880-1911, Supt. 1917-1919. Diary/notebooks, 1873-1878 and 1883, including Tillman's observations of the transit of Venus in 1874 and his visits to Eastern College in 1883; memoirs covering boyhood, the Civil War, cadet years, and army service including professorship, 1880-1911 at U.S. Military Academy (also typescript copy, with supplement by Tillman's daughter); scientific writings; addresses; correspondence on U.S. Military Academy affairs, 1903-1919; personal correspondence, 1873-1930; miscellaneous personal papers, 1869-1930; photographs; newspaper clippings; U.S. Military Academy memorabilia; published pamphlets; "Family Biography of Lewis Tillman", 2nd, which Tillman helped to prepare and publish; "Col. Henry L. Kendrick, U.S.A." (E.P. Dutton, 1892), an obituary address by Tillman; letters of consolation received by his daughter Mrs. Tillman Martin after Tillman's death; correspondence concerning Tillman and his papers, 1942-1967.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes.

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Carlisle, Josiah Howard, d. 1866. Letter to Henry Lane Kendrick : LS, 1857 Feb. 17.

Title: Letter to Henry Lane Kendrick : LS, 1857 Feb. 17.

Letter to Henry Lane Kendrick, Major, 2nd U.S. Artillery, commanding Fort Defiance; report of search for the remains of Capt. H.L. Dodge, Indian Agent, killed by the Apaches.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.

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Lasher, Robert J. Robert J. Lasher collection of John J. Peck papers, 1851-1852.

Title: Robert J. Lasher collection of John J. Peck papers, 1851-1852.

Summary: Collection consists of three items relating to General John James Peck. The first is a printed form letter to Peck dated December 1, 1851 requesting military bounties in the form of land for soldiers who served in the Mexican War. The second item is a handwritten letter addressed to Majors H.L. Kendrick and John Peck primarily concerning the Treaty of Canyon de Chelly between the United States and the Navajo nation. The letter, written by Richard Hanson Weightman, requests information about an incident in the career of John S. Calhoun and the negotiation of the treaty. The third item is an undated newspaper clipping on the dedication of a memorial to General Peck.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear feet.

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Kendrick, Henry Lane, 1811-1891. Letter, 1866 November 13, West Point, N.Y., to A.D. Smith [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1866 November 13, West Point, N.Y., to A.D. Smith [n.p.].

CONTENTS: He will contribute aid to Mr. Chandler until he completes his studies.

ArchivalResource: 2 p. 18 cm.

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Greene, F. V. (Francis Vinton), 1850-1921. Letters.

Title: Letters. 1880-1915.

Brigadier General and military historian. Letter form H.L. Kendrick, West Point 21 Dec. 1880 discussing Kendrick's retirement from professorship of chemistry, minerology and geology at the U.S. Military Academy, Dec. 1880; letter from S.E. Tillman, West Point, 27 Dec. 1880 discussing Tillman's appointment to professorship of chemistry, minerology and geology at U.S. Military Academy; letter from F.V. Greene, Buffalo, N.Y., 27 Mar. 1915 to Col. Tounsley, Superintendent U.S. Military Academy discussing H.L. Kendrick and S.E. Tillman and donating the two above letters to the U.S. Military Academy.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1840-1885.

General, U.S. Army. President, U.S., 1869-1877. Letter to cousin Mckinstry Griffith telling of cadet life at West Point, 1840; typed transcripts of letters to John Lowe relating Mexican War anecdotes; letter, 26 August 1861, stating that troops are recruiting more volunteers; 16 February 1862, note to General S.B. Buckner demanding unconditional surrender; letter, Oct. 1863, memorandum regarding the treatment of civilians and their property; letter, 27 January 1864, from Abraham Lincoln; letter, 30 April 1864, to Meade regarding fresh horses; note, 4 April 1864, granting Maryland troops furlough; note to Sherman instructing him to destroy the railroad as far east of Knoxville as possible; letter, 6 May 1865, to Maj. General Halleck suggesting amnesty for General R.E. Lee; 2 letters, 1865, to General Thomas regarding troop movements and instructions on surrender of Confederate troops in Alabama and Tennessee. Letter, 22 January 1866, to Sheridan requesting names of Generals to be retained on active service; letter, 7 May 1866, to John Pope instructing him how to deal with the post trader; 16 May 1866, letter of introduction for G.A. Custer; 8 January 1877, to W.T. Sherman, advice regarding retirement of professor H.L. Kendrick; letter, 6 March [18]77 to J.M. Schofield accepting an invitation to visit West Point remarking, "I always enjoy a visit to the old Academy now that the Supt. & Instructors have lost the power they used to have of "bulldozing" me."; notes from his sick bed, June-July 1885, to Bishop John Newman; note, 3 July 1885, to his doctor; funeral memorabilia.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9212628 View

Jackson, Joseph Cooke, 1835-1913. Military officer correspondence, 1845-1900.

Title: Military officer correspondence, 1845-1900.

Correspondence before, during, and after the Civil War from Joseph C. Jackson; Richard T. Jacob to R. D. Mussey, Benjamin W. Austin, and John Tweedale; Charles D. Jameson; Thomas L. Kane; J. C. Kelton to Horatio C. King; Henry L. Kendrick to George B. Patrick; Horatio C. King to Judge MacArthur; and Rufus King to A. C. Niven.

ArchivalResource: 10 items

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