Facsimile collection, 1215-1865 (bulk 1832-1865).

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Facsimile collection, 1215-1865 (bulk 1832-1865).

Facsimile copies of important documents from American history including the Declaration of Independence and other Revolutionary-era documents; the Louisiana Purchase treaty; mid-nineteenth century political posters for the Democratic, Republican, and Whig parties; and numerous political, military, and personal documents produced before and during the Civil War, especially the letters of Alexander Farnsley of Kentucky. A facsimile copy of the Magna Carta is also included.

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United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Farnsley, A. P. (Alexander Pericles), 1832-1896

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Alexander Pericles Farnsley (1832-1896) of Fernlea, Jefferson County, Ky., was married to Mary E. E. Thurman of Louisville, Ky. From the guide to the A. P. Farnsley Letters, 1856-1860, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Little is known of Alexander Farnsley other than that he was passionately in love with Miss Mary Elizabeth Thurman of Louisville, KY in the years preceding the Civil War. From the guide to the A...