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McMillan, S. J. R. (Samuel James Renwick), 1826-1897. Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Chester A. Arthur], [Washington, D.C.?], 1882 Jan. 28.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Chester A. Arthur], [Washington, D.C.?], 1882 Jan. 28.

Autograph letter signed. Letter recommends Jasper N. Searl[e]s to be District Attorney for the District of Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79202885 View

Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-1930. William B. Mitchell and family papers, 1806-1935.

Title: William B. Mitchell and family papers, 1806-1935.

Correspondence, clippings, land records, and other papers documenting the activities of Mitchell, editor of the St. Cloud (Minn.) Journal-Press, and members of his family.

ArchivalResource: 2.25 cu. ft. (6 boxes and 8 oversize items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122373670 View

McMillan, Samuel James Renwick, 1826-1897. Samuel McMillan and family papers, 1842-1913.

Title: Samuel McMillan and family papers, 1842-1913.

Correspondence, printed materials, newspaper clippings, and two scrapbooks (1880-1899) documenting the life and career of McMillan (1826-1897), a lawyer, judge (1858-1875), and Republican U.S. Senator (1875-1887) from Minnesota.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (1 box, including 2 v.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122588317 View

Pusey, Pennock, 1825-1903. Pennock Pusey papers, 1856-1883.

Title: Pennock Pusey papers, 1856-1883.

Mainly letters from Minnesota governor John S. Pillsbury to Pusey, his private secretary, relating to Pillsbury's business affairs and Minnesota politics after his 1882 retirement as governor and to a few matters during his governorship, including the register for Minnesotans at the 1876 Philadelphia exposition and an investigation into the finances of the state trustees for the insane (1878).

ArchivalResource: 73 items in 2 folders; 5 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122508880 View

Beals, Walter B.,. Descendants of Samuel J. R., and Harriet E. Butler, McMillan, 1930 April 14.

Title: Descendants of Samuel J. R., and Harriet E. Butler, McMillan, 1930 April 14.

A typed list of the descendants of Samuel and Harriet McMillan, with birth, death, and marriage dates. Includes information on the compiler, Walter Burges Beals, whose mother was Katharine Gazzam McMillan, a daughter of Samuel and Harriet McMillan.

ArchivalResource: 5 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313866536 View

Salt Springs Lands Records., 1858-1915.

Title: Salt Springs Lands Records. 1858-1915.

Records documenting the creation and administration of the state's salt springs lands, public lands granted in the state's February 26, 1857 enabling legislation. The lands themselves or the proceeds from their sale were to be used for salt spring development. Over time it became clear that no great quantity of salt would be found in the state and the lands eventually were placed under control of the University of Minnesota.

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Jones, John, 1824-1886. John Jones and family papers, 1823-1937.

Title: John Jones and family papers, 1823-1937.

Primarily letters, certificates, and memorabilia documenting Jones' activities as a frontier soldier in Minnesota and Dakota Territory (1856-1866), especially his command of the artillery at Fort Ridgely during the 1862 Dakota Conflict and his subsequent participation in the punitive Sibley Expedition into Dakota Territory (1863). There are also letters to Jones' daughter Nellie, family letters from England (1823, 1847), and miscellany documenting Jones' service in the Mexican War (1846-1847) and as St. Paul (Minnesota) chief of police (1866).

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cu. ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313842369 View

Receipt for Official Register of the United States, Dec. 8, 1880.

Title: Receipt for Official Register of the United States, Dec. 8, 1880.

Preprinted note acknowledging receipt of one copy of Volume Two of the Official Register of the United States for 1879 and signed by Samuel James Renwick McMillan, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1875-1887.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52576683 View