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Job, Archibald, 1784-1874. Correspondence, 1828-1847.

Title: Correspondence, 1828-1847.

13 letters addressed to Job & 2 letters between other parties, dealing mostly with politics, road building, land development, and Job's activities.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43575364 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1876. Summary of the law of evidence, ca. 1820.

Title: Summary of the law of evidence, ca. 1820.

Handwritten notes of Sidney Breese summarizing the law of evidence. Covering such topics as competency, perjury, spousal testimony, confidential communications, presumptions, and proof.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83995119 View

Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849,. Petition : to James K. Polk, Washington, 1846 May 16.

Title: Petition : to James K. Polk, Washington, 1846 May 16.

Members of the Illinois congressional delegation request that Jacob B. Backenstos be appointed captain of a new regiment to be raised in their state. Signed by senators James Semple and Sidney Breese (whose name was later crossed out) and congressmen Stephen A. Douglas, John Wentworth, Orlando B. Ficklin, John A. McClernand (who later withdrew his name), Joseph P. Hoge, and Robert Smith. A note on the verso confirms that the appointment was granted.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490258 View

Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891,. Draper manuscripts: Illinois papers, 1776-1868.

Title: Draper manuscripts: Illinois papers, 1776-1868.

Letters, 1842-1868, to Lyman Draper from Illinois pioneer settlers, authors, and historians; interview notes; and scattered original papers of James Piggott. Includes correspondence of Sidney Breese, James Lemen, Jr., George and John T. Lusk, Pierre Menard, John Mason Peck, Isaac Newton Piggott, John Reynolds, and Benjamin Scott.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f. (1 volume)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145783176 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. Letter, 1850 March 16, Carlyle, Ill., to D. Webster [n.p.].

Title: Letter, 1850 March 16, Carlyle, Ill., to D. Webster [n.p.].

The country looks to Webster to settle the question threatening to divide the Union. A compromise should be reached with Mexico. Calhoun is for disunion.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2864699 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. Legal documents, 1834-1835.

Title: Legal documents, 1834-1835.

Two documents signed by Breese in his capacity as judge of the Monroe County, Illinois, Circuit Court.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27418214 View

John Dean Caton Papers, 1826-1947, (bulk 1826-1895)

Title: John Dean Caton Papers 1826-1947 (bulk 1826-1895)

Businessman and jurist. Correspondence, speeches, writings, legal records, financial records, a scrapbook, printed matter, and other material documenting mainly Caton's activities as a lawyer and businessman in Chicago and as associate and chief justice of the supreme court of Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 9,500 items; 33 containers; 13.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011029 View

Coles, Edward, 1786-1868. Documents, 1823, 1825.

Title: Documents, 1823, 1825.

January 14, 1823, document signed by Coles appoints Sidney Breese circuit attorney for the 3rd Judicial Circuit; January 24, 1825, document concerns payment of Illinois Canal commissioners, signed by Coles, E.C. Berry, Abner Field, George Forquer and Joseph Duncan.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28398008 View

Breese and Morse family papers

Title: Breese and Morse family papers

Personal and business correspondence.

ArchivalResource:

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Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. Papers, 1731-1896.

Title: Papers, 1731-1896.

Collection includes personal letters, correspondence, legal documents, unpublished papers, copybooks, speeches, published material and clippings, laws, bills and resolutions. Among the topics covered are the legal affairs of William Morrison, Smith Thompson, Elias Kent Kane, William Engle and George Forquer; the Black Hawk War, 1832; construction of railroads; abolition of slavery; the Mexican War; the Mormons in Utah; and Democratic Party politics of the 1840s.

ArchivalResource: .83 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25023420 View

Field, Alexander Pope, 1800-1876. Letter : Vandalia, [Ill.], to A.F. Grant, Shawneetown, Ill., 1831 May 31.

Title: Letter : Vandalia, [Ill.], to A.F. Grant, Shawneetown, Ill., 1831 May 31.

Has started campaigning for congress with Sidney Breese, prospects are promising.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30463391 View

Morrison, William Vincent, 1906-. Papers, 1777-1975.

Title: Papers, 1777-1975.

Correspondence, legal papers, business papers, news clippings and photographs. Letters from many family members including Pierre Menard and many from Pierre's son, Edmond, Pierre, Jr., Berenice Menard Chouteau, Peter Menard, Lucien Maxwell, Ferdinand Maxwell, and also Sidney Breese and Felix Valle. Much of W.V. Morrison's correspondence involves family history, restoration of the Menard home, his book, Alias Billy the Kid and the lawsuit. Numerous deeds, inventories, promissory notes, surveys, claims and other documents. Copies of his biography of Lucien Maxwell, the Maxwell family history and the Morrison family history.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet 2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50498251 View

Bradwell, Myra, 1831-1894. James and Myra Bradwell Papers, 1864-1884.

Title: James and Myra Bradwell Papers, 1864-1884.

Letters to husband and wife James and Myra Bradwell concern social invitations; the Committee on Arms, Trophies and Curiosities, Chicago Sanitary Fair, 1865; political and legal topics. Correspondents include Sidney Breese, James Harlan, John Marshall Harlan, John Blake Rice and John Wentworth.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27418182 View

Berry, James W., 1805-1877. Papers, 1843-1890 (bulk 1843-1844)

Title: Papers, 1843-1890 (bulk 1843-1844)

Letters to Berry include those from his sister Ann E. Harrison, brothers-in-law George W. Harrison and W.L.D. Ewing, and Sidney Breese discussing Illinois politics and family matters. A petition to the 1843 Democratic Party county convention in Vandalia, Illinois, nominates Berry for clerk.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27159048 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878,. C.S. Hutter deposit of miscellaneous letters and documents, 1801-1892.

Title: C.S. Hutter deposit of miscellaneous letters and documents, 1801-1892.

The collection contains ships papers for the schooner "Maria," captain Joseph Storey, bound for St. Sebstians, 1801 June 10, signed by Thomas Jefferson and countersigned by James Madison; and a photostat of ships papers for the brig "Alexander, " captain William Miller, bound for Guadeloupe, 1807 November 5, signed by Jefferson and countersigned by James Madison. Also a photostat of a letter, 1815 May 25, Thomas Jefferson to Charles Clay regarding the management of his property; a photostat of a letter 1802 April 17, Talleyrand to Mr. Jackson, the British ambassador at Paris, inviting him to accompany the "First Consul" to Notre Dame on Easter and noting that the crowd may prevent a strict observation of rank and precedence; and a photostat of a letter 1814 November 26, James Monroe to Thomas S. Jessup, commander of the 25th Regiment Infantry conveying orders concerning his posting to Conncecticut, the British fleet and the proposed convention. Also a photostat of a reprieve, 1816 December 16, for highway robbers Clinton Adams and Randal Terrier signed by James Madison; a photostat of a pardon, 1818 December 24, for Francis Pic, convicted of setting up a billiard table, signed by James Monroe; a photostat of a letter, 1859 January 11, James Buchanan to Sidney Breese, appointing him a marshall of the northern district of Illinois responsible for the census; and a letter [original and photostat],1860 January 7, Sidney Breese to James Buchanan declining the position. Autograph additions to the collection include a third person note from Capmbell Morfit to his father, 1830 October 29, requesting a loan of 25 cents; a poem "Knocking, knocking," by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1891; a poem (hymn) "I need thee" [every hour] by Annie Sherwood Hawks, 1892; a poem [hymn] "The lamb of Calvary" by Ray Palmer, 1884; a printed Christmas menu for the Maxwell House, Nashville, Tenn., 1874; and a deed of sale (indenture), 1800 April 1, for Rockingham County land belonging to the late John Rice.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49516330 View

Eddy, Henry, 1798-1849. Papers, 1817-1875.

Title: Papers, 1817-1875.

Correspondence full of the political, social and economic life of Illinois, includes letters from governors, senators, judges, politicians, printers, army personnel, land speculators, merchants, farmers and slave holders. The presidential elections of 1824, 1828, 1832 and 1836 are discussed with references to most of the candidates. Discussions of Illinois candidates including John Reynolds, Elias Kent Kane, Pierre Menard, Jesse Burgess Thomas, Edward Coles, Matthew Duncan, Joseph Duncan, Thomas Ford, David J. Baker, Abraham Lincoln and many others. Letters from John McLean, Daniel Pope Cook, Thomas C. Browne, and David Barton. Letters pertaining to the state bank issue, the investigation of the bank at Edwardsville, and the conduct of bank directors and their loan to Judge Smith. Much material related to other banks in Illinois and a letter from John A. McClernand re: opposition to the state bank. Letters related to his Shawneetown press as well as presses at Belleville, Alton, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes. More than a few items related to the sale of slaves, proof of freedom, and the return of lost slaves. Over 30 items re: Massac, the surveying of the town, sale of lots, rivalry with Metropolis, settling of German families and other issues.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56434058 View

Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861. Letter: Washington, [D.C.], to J[ames] W[atson] Webb, 1851 Jan. 28.

Title: Letter: Washington, [D.C.], to J[ames] W[atson] Webb, 1851 Jan. 28.

Thanks Webb for his editorial about Douglas' January 5, 1851, letter to Sidney Breese, stating it helped reconcile James Shields.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.); 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29647669 View

Hitt, Daniel Fletcher, 1810-1899. Papers, 1830-1913 [1831-1851].

Title: Papers, 1830-1913 [1831-1851].

Correspondence, surveying notes and ledgers and plats. Much family correspondence especially from Willis Hitt a doctor in Vincennes, Ind. Letters form H.L. Mead describing Fort Scott, Kansas in 1876-1877. Much of the correspondence relates to surveying, land entries, business matters and family affairs. Other topics include organization of the militia in LaSalle County, the purchase of the Starved Rock property, Democratic politics in northern Illinois, national elections, purchase of Chippewa lands east of the Mississippi, interest in copper and other minerals on Indian lands in Wisconsin, raising troops to fight the Mexican War and coal mining in LaSalle. Those from the Civil War years mainly concern recruiting troops. Many prominent people of the time wrote to Hitt, including T. Lyle Dickey, Sidney Breese, Governors Thomas Ford, Augustus C. French and Joel A. Matteson and U.S. Senators James Semple, James Shields, and Richard M. Young, among many others. The ledgers are concerning LaSalle County land.

ArchivalResource: 1.59 linear feet (1 1/2 boxes + 5 bound v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49281505 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875.

Title: Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875.

Two letters of recommendation and a letter concerning unsolicited publications being sent to Breese.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27418211 View

Edwards, Ninian, 1775-1833. Ninian Edwards papers, 1798-1833.

Title: Ninian Edwards papers, 1798-1833.

Chiefly letters to Ninian Edwards, who was a U.S. Senator and a governor of Illinois, plus other papers relating to Illinois, Kentucky, and national politics, reflecting factional and individual political conflicts and local and national elections and administrations. Includes material on the presidential elections of 1824-1832, especially regarding John Calhoun and William Crawford; the Illinois gubernatorial elections of 1826-1830, with emphasis on William Kinney and John Reynolds; American Indian affairs, particularly the Potawatomis and the Wabash Saline; the Galena Advertiser; the Burr conspiracy; the War of 1812 in and around Illinois Territory; and the Black Hawk War. Contains references to John Quincy Adams, Daniel P. Cook, Andrew Jackson, Elias Kent Kane, and James Monroe. Correspondents include David Jewett Baker, Shadrach Bond, Sidney Breese, John Caldwell Calhoun, William Clark, Henry Clay, Daniel P. Cook, William Eustis, Alexander Pope Field, George Forquer, Albert Gallatin, Duff Green, Samuel D. Ingham, Rufus King, John McLean, James Monroe, John Pope, John Reynolds, Joseph Montfort Street, Hooper Warren, and William Wirt.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder.2 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera negative).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/715351618 View

Martin, William, d. 1855. Papers, 1839-1853.

Title: Papers, 1839-1853.

Correspondence and a few receipts entirely to Martin concerning legal matters, most of them related to land transactions. Correspondents include Sidney Breese, and a number of individuals in St. Louis, Missouri.

ArchivalResource: 31 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/706817855 View

Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

Title: Lewis Cass papers (1774-1924)

The Lewis Cass papers contain the political and governmental letters and writings of Lewis Cass, American army officer in the War of 1812, governor and senator from Michigan, American diplomat to France, secretary of war in the Andrew Jackson administration, secretary of state under James Buchanan, and Democratic candidate for President. These papers span Cass' entire career and include letters, speeches, financial documents, memoranda, literary manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and a travel diary. In addition to documenting his political and governmental career, the collection contains material concerning relations between the United States and Native Americans, and Cass' role in presidential politics.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-372cas?rgn=main;view=text View

Sidney Breese letters, 1848-1858

Title: Sidney Breese letters 1848-1858

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7729 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Breckinridge" to "Burt."

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Breckinridge" to "Burt."

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: approx. 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145430460 View

Morse Family Papers, 1779-1868

Title: Morse Family Papers 1779-1868

The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear feet (21 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0358 View

Herndon, Archer Gray, 1795-1867. Letter: Springfield, [Ill.], to Sidney Breese, Carlyle, Ill., 1858 Sept. 9.

Title: Letter: Springfield, [Ill.], to Sidney Breese, Carlyle, Ill., 1858 Sept. 9.

Discusses politics and 1858 political campaign.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.); 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33809545 View

Menard, Pierre, 1766-1844. Papers, 1741-1910 (bulk 1785-1844)

Title: Papers, 1741-1910 (bulk 1785-1844)

Personal and business correspondence, records, legal documents and ledgers. The collection includes personal letters to and from family members and correspondence with business associates concerning a variety of subjects such as Indian affairs and the fur trade.

ArchivalResource: 14.83 linear ft. (14 boxes) + 74 bound volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23117727 View

Wallace, Joseph, 1834-1904. Biographical sketches, [ca. 1865-ca. 1903]

Title: Biographical sketches, [ca. 1865-ca. 1903]

Ten (9 bound and 1 unbound) handwritten (handwriting varies) biographical sketches.

ArchivalResource: 0.42 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39312567 View

Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878. Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858.

Title: Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858.

Incoming correspondence concerns Breese's possible candidacy for U.S. senator in 1858 on the Democratic ticket, rather than Stephen A. Douglas, against Abraham Lincoln. Issues discussed include slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Correspondents include Jas. J. Clarkson, George Wallace Jones, Onias C. Skinner and Isaac H. Sturgeon.

ArchivalResource: 36 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27418204 View

French, Augustus C., 1808-1864. Papers, 1841-1852.

Title: Papers, 1841-1852.

300 letters from state financial agents in New York and London, England re: debt. 100 letters re: Illinois-Michigan Canal. 50 letters dealing with Illinois Central Railroad. 50 letters dealing with the St. Louis dike. 20 letters re: problems in Massac County. A series of letters dealing with administrative problems at the Jacksonville Asylum. Several letters re: violence at Bishop Hill colony including a sworn statement from the abused woman, who the troublemakers demanded be returned to her husband. Other topics include building a state university, housing women in the Alton prison, the sale of Quincy House, the return of a French-Negro kidnapped and taken to Missouri as a slave, Illinois as a place for German immigrants, David Dale Owens as head of the Geological Survey, Reverend Chiniquy and Canadian emigrants in Iroquois County, one letter from Dorothea Dix re: Alton Prison and the Jacksonville Asylum. Political commentary in many letters including those from John Wentworth, Sidney Breese, Stephen A. Douglas, Orlando B. Ficklin, Philip Fouke, Thomas L. Harris, John Hogan, William Jackson, Joel A. Matteson, John A. McClernand, Elam Rust, Peter Sweatt, James Shields, Lyman Trumbull, Elijah Wilcox, Timothy Roberts Young and C. Zarley.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53167537 View

Morse family. Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive).

Title: Morse family papers, 1779-1868 (inclusive).

The principal figures in this collection are Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826) and his sons Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) and Richard Cary Morse (1795-1868). More than half of the collection is made up of correspondence (1779-1868) among members of the family. Also included are legal and financial papers, sermons by Jedidiah and Richard Cary Morse, travel journals, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, and photographs. Jedidiah Morse's missionary work among the Indians and his concern for their condition is reflected in a number of letters on the subject. Samuel F. B. Morse, who had a double career as a painter and as the inventor of the telegraph, is represented by correspondence, depositions on his invention, and three drawings by a student (dated 1862). Richard Cary Morse's papers contain a biography of Jedidiah Morse and extensive journals on travels to the Bay of Fundy in 1822; to Europe in 1837-1838 in search of a cure for his depression; and again to Europe in 1855. One of the entries in his journal of 1837-1838 is his account of the coronation procession of Queen Victoria. Correspondence with his wife, Sarah Louise, between 1838 and 1850 conveys a vivid picture of family life and many details on the sickness of children.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (21 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153494 View

Enos Family. Papers, 1796-1868.

Title: Papers, 1796-1868.

Correspondence, legal documents, bank book, ledger. Approximately 180 items relating to his work in Vermont. Ledger from his blacksmith business in St. Louis in 1816-1817. The majority of the collection deals with his work in the land office, but also includes topics such as national politics, the selection of judges, the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and his general store business. Enos, Jr.'s papers include such topics as the Alton and Springfield and the Northern Cross Railroad, David Davis writing about new legislation for making, altering and changing the judicial circuit and the slavery issue. His bank book from 1860-1865. The collection includes letters from Ninian Edwards, George Forquer, Jesse B. Thomas, Sidney Breese, Daniel P. Cook, David Davis and John McLean.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet 2 boxes + 1 oversize volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49047503 View