John Gillett-William P. Whittle papers, 1835-1869.

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John Gillett-William P. Whittle papers, 1835-1869.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24440621

Correspondence, tax receipts, legal documents and copybook. The majority of the collection concerns the partnership of Gillett, Smith Tuttle of Fair Haven, Connecticut, and Horace Hotchkiss of New York, who sold the town of Commerce to the Mormons who renamed it Nauvoo. Letters concern real estate dealings and property taxes. Whittle's student copybook and genealogy material on the Gillett, Whittle, Parke and Hickcox families is included.

ca. 45 items.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7132537

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Gillette family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn0b9m (family)

Whittle family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z40wmq (family)

Park family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69974zk (family)

Hotchkiss, Horace

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h1409c (person)

Hickcox family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p938rf (family)

Whittle, William Parker, 1820-1859.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj5h8v (person)

Gillett, John, 1796-1847.

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John Gillett (1796-1847), of Cornland, Logan County, Illinois was a farmer and real estate speculator. His son-in-law William P. Whittle (1820-1859) worked as an engineer, first with the Illinois and Michigan Canal, and later with the railroad. From the description of John Gillett-William P. Whittle papers, 1835-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 24440621 ...

Tuttle, Smith, 1795-1865.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc40f5 (person)