George D. Hill papers 1843-1876

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George D. Hill papers 1843-1876

Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman and surveyor general of the Dakota Territory; correspondence and business papers.

2 linear feet and 1 oversize volume.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389113

Bentley Historical Library

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Alvord, Henry Jones, 1811-1877

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Dr. Henry Jones Alvord was born on June 8, 1811, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He later moved to Michigan, where he was a physician, and served as Senator for Michigan's Twenty-ninth District from 1855-1856. In 1861, he was secretary of the Michgian Soldiers' Relief Association in Washington, DC. He died in Washington on July 7, 1877, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan....

Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879

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George Armstrong Custer was a famous cavalry officer during the Civil War and the Indian wars of the 1860s and 1870s. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, his wife, was the author of several works about Army life on the plains. After the death of her husband, she dedicated her life to defending his honor. From the guide to the George A. and Elizabeth B. Custer papers, 1857-1929, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American politician. From the description of Autograph letter s...

Edmunds, Newton

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Treadwell, Jerome M., 1823-1863?

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Giddings, Orrin N., 1814-1904.

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Bliss, Philemon, 1814-1889

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Treadwell, S. B. (Seymour Boughton), 1795-1867

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Editor of the Michigan Freeman. From the description of Seymour boughton Treadwell papers, 1818-1869 and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422361 From the description of Seymour Boughton Treadwell papers, 1818-1869 and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81274403 ...

Armstrong, Moses K. (Moses Kimball), 1832-1906

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Pioneer Dakota surveyor, journalist, and politician. From the description of Collection, 1868-1906, 1961. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28260837 Prominent Dakota Territory surveyor, politician, journalist and historian. Born in Milan, Ohio, educated at the Huron Institute and Western Reserve College, and trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, Armstrong came to the Yankton area from Minnesota in 1859. He undertook num...

Aldrich, Cyrus, 1808-1871

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Republican Party (Mich.)

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Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879

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Commissioner of the General Land Office. From the description of Letter, 1865 Dec. 26. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23024481 Whig State representative and Senator from Ypsilanti, Michigan, later Republican Commissioner of U.S. Land Office. From the description of James M. Edmunds correspondence, 1861-1866. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420521 ...

Granger, Bradley Francis, 1825-1882.

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Foster, James S., 1828-1890

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Delahay, Mark W. (Mark William), 1818?-1879

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Delahay was an old friend of Lincoln who had formerly lived in Illinois, but moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. He had managed Lincoln's campaign in the territory, and as a reward for his political support Lincoln appointed him Surveyor-General for Kansas and Nebraska in April 1861. From the description of Correspondence : Washington, D.C., with Abraham Lincoln, 1861 May 10. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617157 ...

Jayne, William, 1826-1916

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Springfield, Illinois physician; first governor of Dakota Territory (1861-1863); state senator, Sangamon County (1860-1861); four-term mayor of Springfield (1859, 1876, 1877, 1882); pension agent, Illinois (1869-1873). From the description of Legal account, September 2, 1857. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 124509820 Springfield, Illinois physician; first Governor of the Dakota Territory (1861-1863); State Senator, Sangamon County (1860-1861); May...

Brookings, W. W.

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New England Society (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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Curtenius, Frederick W., 1806-1883.

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Michigan. Militia, 1838-1862. University Guards.

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Dennison, Charles H.

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Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861

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Michigan Democratic Congressman, 1847-1851, Republican Governor, 1855-1858, and U.S. Senator, 1859-1861. From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419699 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81408982 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78696456 ...

Felch, Alpheus, 1804-1896

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Resident of Houlton, Maine, later Monroe and Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan state supreme court justice, 1842-1845, Democratic governor, 1846-1847, and United States senator, 1847-1853. From the description of Alpheus Felch papers, 1817-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419272 Lawyer, Governor of Michigan, and U. S. Senator from Michigan. Born in Limerick, Me., Sept. 28, 1804; graduated from Bowdoin,1827; studied law, was admitted ...

Free Homestead Association of Central New York.

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Jones, Whitney, 1812-1892.

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Stebbins, Francis Ranna, 1818 or 1819-1892

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Hill, George D., 1820-1881.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman and surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. From the description of George D. Hill papers, 1843-1866 and 1870-1876. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422541 George D. Hill was an Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman active in the period of the 1840s through the 1870s. Early in his administration, President Lincoln selected Hill to serve as surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. He was reappointed in 1865. In this position, Hill o...

Wade, Benjamin Franklin, 1800-1878.

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Jefferson [Ohio], to O.D. Barrett, 1867 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586157 From the description of Memorandum of thanks : to Captain William G. Temple of the U.S. Steamer Tennessee, docketed 1871 Mar. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586168 U.S. senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, [18]56 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Washtenaw County Agricultural and Horticultural Society

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Burleigh, Walter A. (Walter Atwood), 1820-1896

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Townsend, T. J., d. 1862.

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First president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Henry P. Tappan letters, 1870-1881. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534515 First president of University of Michigan. Clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1860, November 18, Ann Arbor, to the Librarian of Brown University. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122593979 First president of University of Michigan. From the description of Henry Philip Tappa...