Nathaniel Pitt Langford and family papers. 1707-1942.

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Nathaniel Pitt Langford and family papers. 1707-1942.

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Correspondence, diaries, genealogical data, clippings, and other papers relating to the family of Langford, a Minnesota and Montana pioneer and banker. Included are data regarding the family's life in New York before migrating to the Lake Pepin area of Minnesota in 1854; on numerous aspects of life in Minnesota Territory (1854-1857); and on Nathaniel's career as Montana collector of internal revenue and on lawlessness and vigilante activity there (1863-1869).

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Langford, George, 1876-1964.

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Langford, of Joliet, Illinois, was trained as an engineer, worked as a steel mill manager, and was self-trained as a paleontologist. He donated much material to the Field Museum in Chicago. From the description of Manuscript, 1947-1950. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 237002395 ...

Langford family.

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Langford, Nathaniel Pitt, 1832-1911

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Nathanial Pitt Langford was born in Westmoreland, New York, in 1832; he came to St. Paul in 1854. He was cashier in the banking house of Marshall and Company in 1855, and in 1858 he became cashier of the Bank of the State of Minnesota. On June 16, 1862, Langford left St. Paul with the Northern Overland Expedition led by Captain James L. Fisk to establish a wagon road into Montana Territory. Langford settled in Bannack, Montana Territory, where he established freightage, milling, and...