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Vigo, Francis, 1747-1836. Papers, 1751-1873, bulk 1785-1820.

Title: Papers, 1751-1873, bulk 1785-1820.

Vigo's business and personal papers. Topics include the fur trade at Vincennes, Fort Wayne, Detroit, and Montreal; John Askin and the Miami Company; business dealings with the Piankeshaw and other Native Americans; land transactions at Vincennes, including lands donated by Congress to the original French settlers; Vigo's work on behalf of Anthony Wayne and William Henry Harrison; and his efforts to collect repayment from Congress for loans to George Rogers Clark during the American Revolution. Also included is the inventory of Fernando de Leyba's estate, 1780.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 3 reels microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43981613 View

U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Title: U.S. History mss., 1612-1977

Consists of individual items acquiredseparately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety ofsources, relating to the United States. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 551 items

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1392 View

Wright, Silas, 1795-1847. Silas Wright correspondence, 1842-1845.

Title: Silas Wright correspondence, 1842-1845.

Two ALS (1842 November 5 and December 31) from Wright to John Law concerning preparations for a political convention; ALS (1844 February 22) from Wright to Sidney Lawrence relating to the nomination of Samuel Beardsley to the New York State Supreme Court, abolition of slavery, the tariff, and other political matters; and ALS (1845 May 23) from Wright to John C. Rives pertaining to the James K. Polk presidential administration.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981430 View

Law, John, 1796-1873. Letters, 1835-1842.

Title: Letters, 1835-1842.

The collection contains 10 letters from John Law of Vincennes, Indiana, to his brother William H. Law, of Norwich, Connecticut, dated August 1835 to July 1842. The letters mention concerns by John Law over the building of a canal through his property.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156804222 View