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Illinois. Governor (1873-1877 : Beveridge). John Lourie Beveridge correspondence, 1873-1877.

Title: John Lourie Beveridge correspondence, 1873-1877.

Correspondence primarily concerns law enforcement matters such as strikes, mob disorders, the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the Ku Klux Klan, lynchings, posses, militia law, extraditions, prizefights, bigamy, bastardy, grand juries, penitentiaries, wardens, jail escapees, commutations, executive clemency, and pardons. Correspondence also provides information concerning immigration, the Chicago Fire of 1871; the Constitution of 1870; the State House; insects; hog cholera; flax cultivation; geological surveys; oil; swamp lands; land patents; revenue laws; public charities; insane asylums; foreign insurance companies operating in Illinois; the Black Hawk War; internal improvement claims; Gatling-gun experiments; volunteers for Indian wars; dikes; canals, dams, and waterpower; state institutions and commissions; and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The correspondence also contains letters and lists of volunteers compiled for a potential war with Spain or against the Sioux Indians in response to the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35766040 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Beveridge, John L., 1824-1910. Commission, March 1, 1875.

Title: Commission, March 1, 1875.

Commission for John L. Loomis of Jacksonville, Illinois, to be a notary public. Also an autograph.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/739953330 View

O'Connor, Peter J., fl. 1875. Commission, December 23, 1875.

Title: Commission, December 23, 1875.

Commission signed by Illinois governor John L. Beveridge, appointing Peter J. O'Connor captain of Company B, 2nd Illinois State Militia.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281307270 View

Beveridge, John L., 1824-1910. Letters, 1875-1876.

Title: Letters, 1875-1876.

Letter to F. L. Matthews of November 10, 1875 recomending a list of men who would be good exposition judges in various categories. Letter of March 4, 1876 to Joseph R. Hawley recommends Richard P. Morgan, Jr. of Bloomington, Illinois as a Centennial Exposition judge.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748839220 View

Letter from Roger Fleming to John Lourie Beveridge, 1873

Title: Letter from Roger Fleming to John Lourie Beveridge 1873

Letter from US Civil War veteran to Illinois Governor John Lourie Beveridge, requesting an expedited pension claim (February 25, 1873).

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/7320 View