Papers, 1866-1968.

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Papers, 1866-1968.

Correspondence, clippings, financial records, and a scrapbook. The collection illustrates the activities of Troop A during the Southwest Expedition, 1916-1917, the business activities of John Spence in the late 19th century, and the growth and development of the Spence Brothers Construction Company.

3.01 linear ft.

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Spence Brothers Construction Company

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Orr, Stanley L.

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Spence family.

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John Spence immigrated from England in the mid-nineteenth century and worked as a stone contractor. John M. Spence was the first mayor of Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1904-07), served eighteen years on the Cleveland Heights Board of Education and was active in the state Republican Party executive committee. Along with his three brothers he operated Spence Brothers Construction Company. His nephew, Stanley L. Orr served with Troop A Cavalry Regiment in the Texas-Mexican border dispute of 1916-17 and ...

Spence, John M.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A.

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