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Foote, William H., 1778-1846. William H. Foote letters to W.A. Carter and related papers, 1834-1884 (bulk 1834-1846)

Title: William H. Foote letters to W.A. Carter and related papers, 1834-1884 (bulk 1834-1846)

Contains 77 letters written at Haywood, Virginia, June 12, 1834-June 12, 1846, to Foote's nephew William A. Carter. Three letters by his widow, M.M. Foote, 1847-1848, and letters by Henry W. Davis and John Johnson (n.d. and 1884), relate to the probate of his estate. The whole reflects a highly individual personality during a turbulent era in the history of the Republic.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (82 items) and 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215380270 View

William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975, bulk 1860-1869

Title: William Alexander Carter papers 1837-1975, bulk 1860-1869

The William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860-1869) contains Carter's business and personal papers as a sutler at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, mainly to Carter, along with legal papers, financial records, and items relating to Carter and to his family. The papers give a detailed view of a busy period during the history of Fort Bridger as a center of regional business and government, and likewise reflect the business, political, and personal aspects of Carter's career during an active and successful period. Carter's business involved people from all over the United States, but regional centers like Salt Lake City and St. Louis are particularly well represented, as is New York City.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 5 boxes and 2 oversize folders; Linear feet: 2.3

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Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. William A. Carter papers, 1835-1925 (bulk 1880).

Title: William A. Carter papers, 1835-1925 (bulk 1880).

Business letters received, alphabetically arranged, mostly for the 1870's and 1880's; legal papers, especially an 1838 agreement for carrying on a sutlership in the Cherokee Nation, Tennessee; papers reflecting employee concerns in the Fort Bridger area from about 1860 and transactions with settlers of the vicinity; papers relating to business transactions with army officers, or to army personnel; documents concerned with Carter's duties as probate judge of Green River County, Utah, 1858-1867; social and personal letters received, 1835-1891; two items of special interest being letters by W.A. Carter to his wife from Placerville, California, August 11, 1850, and from Camp Scott, Utah Territory, March 10, 1858. Miscellaneous family papers, 1846-1925, include a "diary" made up by Mrs. Groshon from letters of 1858-1859, the originals of which have largely disappeared; fragmentary original diaries for 1859, 1873, and 1881; and some papers of Mrs. Groshon, reflecting her work for the Daughters of the American Revolution in Wyoming, ca. 1913-1915.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.2 linear feet)Microfilm of Carter Family papers, including: copy of application, DAR; copy of Senate bill 609, 41st Congress, 2d Session for land for Fort Bridger and Uinta Mountain Railroad Company 1 microfilm reel (14 exposures) : negative (Rich. 117:1) and positive (Film P-M 202, part 4)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215084406 View

William A. Carter papers, 1863-1925

Title: William A. Carter papers 1863-1925

This collection includes several personal and business letters between 1863 and 1925, and letters of condolence at the time of Carter's death in 1881. In addition there is an undated map of Fort Bridger detailing the water lines and buildings.

ArchivalResource: 5 folders; (0.08 linear ft.)

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Carter, William Alexander, 1818-1881. William Alexander Carter, account ledger, 1858-1860.

Title: William Alexander Carter, account ledger, 1858-1860.

This one box collection contains photocopies of W. A. Carter's financial records during his operation as sutler at Fort Bridger, Wyoming and business dealings with the United States military between 1858 and 1860. The ledgers contain a daily log of business information, such as the buyers name, goods purchased, and the price sold.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71297125 View

Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. Documents from Uinta County, Wyoming, 1869-1875.

Title: Documents from Uinta County, Wyoming, 1869-1875.

Documents presumably retained by Carter relating to court cases for murder and theft, petition filed for a post office, contracts for the purchase or rental of oxen, receipts for funds received from the Union Pacific Rail Road Company and taxes turned over to the Territorial Government, and report of persons selling liquor without a license. Almost all documents signed by W. A. Carter and docketed. Several documents written from Fort Bridger and Carter Station.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702138584 View

Connor, P. E. (Patrick Edward), 1820-1891. William Alexander and Mary E. Carter papers, 1859-1890.

Title: William Alexander and Mary E. Carter papers, 1859-1890.

Correspondence; business records, including Carter's statements, checks, and accounts; material relating to Carter's mining, lumber, oil, and cattle interests. Significant correspondents include U.S. Army Generals Patrick Edward Connor, A.L. Chetlaine, William Meyers, J.W. Clampitt; author Frank A. Root; Ogden business man and Mormon bishop Lorin Farr; and Cheyenne merchant-banker Posey S. Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45107200 View

Carter, William A., 1818-1881. Papers, 1857-1882.

Title: Papers, 1857-1882.

The collection includes legal documents, correspondence from 1860-1881, a transcript of a diary from 1857, a train book of United States stores transported in 1862, and a Fort Bridger financial journal of 1880-1882. There are also copies of two articles about early oil exploration in Wyoming from the Inland Oil Index.

ArchivalResource: .65 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27183224 View

Carter, Edgar N. Edgar N. Carter papers, 1856-1954.

Title: Edgar N. Carter papers, 1856-1954.

Contains correspondence, research notes and drafts for book on William Carter. Also includes original letters from William Carter to his wife Mary from 1856-1859 and research on the Carter family.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (0.4 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214999607 View

William Alexander Carter, account ledger, 1858-1860

Title: William Alexander Carter, account ledger 1858-1860

This one box collection contains photocopies of W. A. Carter's financial records during his operation as sutler at Fort Bridger, Wyoming and business dealings with the United States military between 1858 and 1860. The ledgers contain a daily log of business information, such as the buyers name, goods purchased, and the price sold.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft.

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MS 24502, Ashworth, Brent Ferrin 1949-. Brent F. Ashworth collection 1817-1993

Title: MS 24502, Ashworth, Brent Ferrin 1949-. Brent F. Ashworth collection 1817-1993

ArchivalResource:

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Martin, Michael, d. 1860. Michael Martin papers, 1859-1864.

Title: Michael Martin papers, 1859-1864.

A trader on Green River, killed in 1860. Martin's estate was probated by Judge William A. Carter, from whose papers these have been segregated: Account book, June, 1859-December, 1860; letter to Thomas Papan & Co., Green River, September 1, 1860; one by "Thomas & Papin" to Carter, St. Louis, 1861; two letters to Carter from Henry W. Hough, Secretary, Marine Insurance Company, St. Louis, 1861 (with a note by Martin for $1,547.91 to Thomas & Papin, 1860); and a statement of account, 1864, for estate of Martin submitted by John Robertson ("Uncle Jack Robinson"), his administrator, April 26-August 15, 1861, with signed endorsement by Carter.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623894 View

Livingston, Kinkead & Company. Livingston, Kinkead & Company records, 1857-1862.

Title: Livingston, Kinkead & Company records, 1857-1862.

The papers include letters from and accounts with army officers and others who accompanied the Utah Expedition or wintered with it in 1857-1858; notes by and accounts with John Robertson and other mountain men; letters by Livingston, Kinkead & Company, and by William Bell, who suceeded Kinkead in the partnership; and papers relating to the acquisition by Carter of the firm's Fort Bridger properties.

ArchivalResource: 75 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623893 View

Carter, James Van Allen, 1838-1896. James Van Allen Carter overland diary, 1866.

Title: James Van Allen Carter overland diary, 1866.

Carter kept a penciled diary west-bound in charge of William A. Carter's train. Entries begin as dated accounts at Nebraska City July 13, and end on arrival at Fort Bridger, September 11, 1866. The diary includes pencil sketches of terrain and one of Moore's Ranch [house], July 26.

ArchivalResource: [89] p. ; 15 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623892 View

Corson Family. Corson family correspondence, 1858-1893.

Title: Corson family correspondence, 1858-1893.

The papers are notable for 114 letters by William A. Carter and his wife Mary E. to their daughter Ada and her husband, Dr. Joseph K. Corson, May 28, 1858-July 21, 1886, and include two letters of 1866 by Ada Carter to her parents, one undated, and undated memo by her, and an 1869 letter by Jospeh K. Corson to his sister Fanny, from Fort Fred Steele. There are also three letters by H.F. Henry, Sr., to Ada C. Corson, 1881-1893 (typed copies)

ArchivalResource: 117 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623891 View

Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881. William Alexander Carter letterbooks, 1860-1884.

Title: William Alexander Carter letterbooks, 1860-1884.

Kept by Carter primarily in his capacity as sutler and post trader at Fort Bridger; many of the letters and entries are by his wife and sons-in-law, James Van Allen Carter and Maurice Groshon. The first letterbook, a photocopy of the Ms. owned by the Missouri Historical Society, contains letters sent from the fort, February 19, 1860-April 3, 1861; with it are two pages of mounted photographs of Fort Bridger scenes, made by E.A. Brininstool about 1924. Other volumes, pressbook copies of letters sent, cover the periods June 20, 1871-December 21, 1872; January 3, 1873-December 28, 1874; December 20, 1875-June 12, 1879; and June 8, 1882-November 8, 1884. A copy book of "Mail Correspondence," January 7, 1865-January 13, 1880, is separate. In all, ca. 2,565 l.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. ; 30 & 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/215380331 View

William Alexander and Mary E. Carter papers, 1859-1890

Title: William Alexander and Mary E. Carter papers 1859-1890

Correspondence; business records, including Carter's statements, checks, and accounts; material relating to Carter's mining, lumber, oil, and cattle interests. Significant correspondents include U.S. Army Generals Patrick Edward Connor, A.L. Chetlaine, William Meyers, J.W. Clampitt; author Frank A. Root; Ogden business man and Mormon bishop Lorin Farr; and Cheyenne merchant-banker Posey S. Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes; 2 linear ft.

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Carter, William Alexander, 1818-1881. Papers, 1858-1884.

Title: Papers, 1858-1884.

One letterbook (1866-1869) of Carter's Fort Bridger affairs; cash book (1864-1873); invoices; checks; Overland Stage Line passenger register (1863-1866); correspondence to and from Carter or members of his family; microfilm contains letterbook, correspondence, passenger register and cashbook.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft., 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13280254 View

Pacific Telegraph Company. Pacific Telegraph Company accounts, 1865-1866.

Title: Pacific Telegraph Company accounts, 1865-1866.

Account book, removed from W.A. Carter Papers, "of all Expences on Repairs of Line west of Laramie. D.T.," October, 1865-April, 1866.

ArchivalResource: [34] p. ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623895 View

Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881. Fort Bridger miscellany.

Title: Fort Bridger miscellany.

Clippings and Mss. segregated from W.A. Carter family papers, pertaining to Jim Bridger, post life, and the physical establishment at Fort Bridger, including the text of a proposed promotional brochure by Mrs. Lulie (Carter) Groshon on the abandoned military post.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26623888 View

Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. Fort Bridger account book, 1865-1869.

Title: Fort Bridger account book, 1865-1869.

The volume was used by several different groups. The first page contains an invoice of stores given to Lt. Pike of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, followed by copies of letters from Lt. Pike to the quartermaster at Fort Bridger. Scott Eddy and Company's purchase records take up several pages, followed by the records of the Fort Bridger post trader. The post trader's accounts involve members of the garrison, Indian agent Luther Mann, civilian settlers and travelers.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (285 p.) ; 35 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702127563 View

Carter, William Alexander, 1820-1881. William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860-1869).

Title: William Alexander Carter papers, 1837-1975 (bulk 1860-1869).

Consists of the business and personal papers of William A. Carter as sutler at Fort Bridger, Utah Territory include letters to Carter from U.S. government and army officials, merchants, financial institutions, and others involved in business affairs in the Rocky Mountains and in Utah Territory. A small number of letters from Carter are included, as well as letters are to J. Van Allen Carter, among others. Financial records record daily business operations at Fort Bridger. Legal records relate to the Fort Bridger land ownership controversy, Carter's governmental appointments, contracts for army supplies between Carter and the government, other contracts, documents relating to mining and petroleum claims, real estate, and other legal transactions. Also includes legal documents generated by Carter as Probate Judge and by David A. Burr as Justice of the Peace at Fort Bridger. Documents by and about Carter include his brief notes on the Seminole War and on Indian activity at Fort Bridger, a "diary" probably compiled from letters he wrote to his wife, and similar items. With the William A. Carter papers are research materials gathered by Herbert Auerbach for a book or article on Fort Bridger. These include his notes; documents he copied from institutions and from publications; reminiscences collected about Jim Bridger, Louis Vasquez, W.A. Carter, mountain men and trappers, life at Fort Bridger; and photographs of Jim Bridger, William A. Carter, and the Fort Bridger area.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes and 2 oversize folders (2.3 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49687856 View

Ols, James T. Deposition, 1858 Jun 26.

Title: Deposition, 1858 Jun 26.

Concerns the loss of a Colts revolver while herding army horses.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128489 View

Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. William A. Carter papers, 1863-1929.

Title: William A. Carter papers, 1863-1929.

Collection includes several personal and business letters between 1863-1925 and letters of condolence at the time of Carter's death in 1881. In addition there is an undated map of Fort Bridger detailing the water lines and buildings.

ArchivalResource: 5 folders (0.08 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/365128365 View

Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. W. A. Carter papers, 1835-1946 bulk 1835-1842.

Title: W. A. Carter papers, 1835-1946 bulk 1835-1842.

Chiefly correspondence of W. A. Carter including: letter written by Carter,addressed to J. B Mahan, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., containing list of soldiers and amount due to him; letter from London Carter Henry at Ft. Russell to Carter in St. Augustine reporting that nothing much has happened since Carter left except that Captain Burke and troops left for the Miami River; letter from Carter (1 sheet; writing both sides; 25 June 1839), at Key Biscayne, Fla., to Mr. Daly, requesting supplies to be sent by 1st boat and that Daly signed a $200 note to be repaid in 90 days, and describes problem of getting goods; letter (1 sheet; writing on one side; 15 Jan. 1840), from Martin Burke, Ft. Dallas, asking Carter, sutler at Key Biscayne, to pay Lieutenant Sherman $14.00 and charge it to Burke's account; letter from W. A. Brown, at Fort Brown, East Florida (1 sheet; writing on one side; 11 Mar. 1840) to Carter, St. Augustine, sutler of the artillery, stating that Carter wants to establish a sutler store at Ft. Hanson, wants Carter to send a wagon and then he lists the items he wants, and mentions Lt. Randolph Ridgely and Private Miller who are commissary clerks; letter (1sheet folded; with letter on one side and address on other; 12 Mar. 1842) addressed to Carter, St. Augustine, from Randolph Ridgely from Adj. Office, 3rd Artillery, Fort Peyton, describing conversation with Lt. Brown and Carter supplying goods from store at Fort Hanson and refers to previous letter;

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430827433 View

Carter, William A. (William Alexander), 1818-1881. Documents from Uinta County, Wyoming, 1869-1875.

Title: Documents from Uinta County, Wyoming, 1869-1875.

Documents presumably retained by Carter relating to court cases for murder and theft, petition filed for a post office, contracts for the purchase or rental of oxen, receipts for funds received from the Union Pacific Rail Road Company and taxes turned over to the Territorial Government, and report of persons selling liquor without a license. Almost all documents signed by W. A. Carter and docketed. Several documents written from Fort Bridger and Carter Station.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702138584 View

United States. Army. Papers relating to Fort Bridger, 1865-1875.

Title: Papers relating to Fort Bridger, 1865-1875.

Record of Quartermaster's Department stores transferred, issued, etc., 1873-1875; box of retained copies of invoices of stores, property returns of various officers, 1865-1867 (principally for Nashville, Tennessee, and Fort Sedgwick, Colorado) Includes ledgers of William A. Carter. With the papers is honorable discharge of a private, Charles Cane, at Fort Bridger, 1869.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26631776 View