Records of Cairo, Illinois, 1850-1894.

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Records of Cairo, Illinois, 1850-1894.

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This collection consists of photocopied materials held by the Cairo Public Library including: Cairo City Property Trust Records of minutes of meetings held in Philadelphia, PA dating from 1850 to 1864; Jonathan Boon family letters (the bulk of which are from Boon to his wife during the Civil War); Effie Lansden letters dating from 1921 to 1952; Edna Ferber Papers, which contains correspondence with Effie Lansden; two ship passages, one signed by President Thomas Jefferson dated 1804 and one signed by President James Monroe; City Engineer reports dated July, 1913; Cairo City Clerk estimated and actually costs of a retaining wall dated 1893; City Council minutes of meetings dated 1892 to 1893; various correspondence with Illinois Central Railroad dating from 1853 to 1930; May Halliday of Cairo correspondence dated 1925 to 1954; Diary of Dr. John Wright McKinney dated 1862, a surgeon for the 63rd Illinois Infantry; exhibits items at Cairo Public Library; and court documents from Cairo Property Trust v. Clifford (1893 to 1894).

2.00 boxes.

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7147282

Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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