John A. Rockwell papers, 1791-1871.

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John A. Rockwell papers, 1791-1871.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228769766

Personal and professional papers of John Arnold Rockwell, chiefly his incoming and outgoing correspondence. The papers document Rockwell's legal career; the development of the U.S. Court of Claims; politics and the Constitutional Union Party of 1860; land development, (particularly in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan), transportation, (including land grants in aid of canals and railroads such as the Illinois Central and the projected Pacific Railroads), mining, and banking. Correspondents include John William Allen; Reverdy Johnson, Charles William Rockwell, Dixwell Latrhop, a member of the Rockwell Land Company and one of the founders of Rockwell Colony in La Salle, Ill., and others. Also included are a letterbook, plats, Dixwell Lathrop's notebooks, newspaper clippings, and the legal brief in the case of the United States, appellants vs. Charles Fossatt, regarding the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines (1857). consists mainly of the incoming correspondence of John A. Rockwell's youngest son Alfred Perkins Rockwell, a Yale graduate, mining engineer, Civil War veteran, and businessman. Also included the correspondence of the Perkins and Tisdale families, including Rockwell's father-in-law Joseph Perkins (d. 1832), a Revolutionary war soldier, Major of Connecticut militia, physician, and businessman, Simon Perkins, John Tisdale, Elkahan Tisdale, and others. The correspondence deals chiefly with the properties in Connecticut and the Western Reserve.

Approximately 3,000 pieces, including ephemera.38 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Lathrop, Dixwell

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Rockwell, Alfred Perkins, 1834-1903

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Mining engineer, professor at M.I.T. In Colorado summer 1871 to lead a student tour of the mining districts near Central City, Georgetown, and Golden City, with a side trip to Salt Lake City, Utah. From the description of Papers, 1871-1872. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13807106 Mining engineer and soldier. From the description of Papers, 1857-1859. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36405133 Mining engineer, army officer, and ...

Kinsman family.

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876

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American jurist and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Annapolis, Maryland, to Jonathan Meredith, 1841 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270486276 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Annapolis, Maryland, to Jonathan Meredith, 1830 Dec. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270486259 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to "My dear Otho", 1845 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270491319 ...

Perkins family.

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Tisdale family.

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United States. Court of Claims

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Allen, John W. (John William), 1802-1887

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Rockwell, Charles Schut

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Perkins, Joseph, d. 1832.

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New Almaden Quicksilver Mines (Calif.)

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Constitutional Union Party (U.S.)

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Perkins, Simon, 1771-1844

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Surveyor, soldier, and banker, of Ohio. Perkins was highly instrumental in the settlement of the Western Reserve (Ohio) and in the founding of the city of Akron, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1801-1919. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18375963 Simon Perkins (1771-1844) was a surveyor, soldier, land agent, postmaster, and banker who played a major role in the early development of the Western Reserve. Born on September 17, 1771 to Simon...

Tisdale, Elkanah, 1768-1835

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United States. Congress 1847-1848)

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Rockwell, Charles William, 1799-1866

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Rockwell, John A. (John Arnold), 1803-1861

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Connecticut Representative and chairman of the Committee on Claims born in Norwich, Connecticut. From the description of Incoming correspondence, 1846-1861. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 57615941 U.S. Congressman from Connecticut. From the description of Tax receipt, 1838 Jan. 18. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 42288957 Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, a lawyer and congressman. From the description of...