Papers, 1870-1893.

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Papers, 1870-1893.

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The collection documents Thomas' cattle and sheep businesses, mainly Hay & Thomas. Hay & Thomas records include correspondence (1871-1889) including some personal letters of Thomas and of Hay and letters relating to the U.S. Surveyor Generals Office; daybooks (1873-1883); journals (1876-1888); ledgers (1870-1884); legal agreements (1871-1877); accounts with Whipple & Hay and other financial materials (1870-1892). Records of Thomas & Page (1881-1884), Suffolk Cattle Co. (1883-1893), Thomas & Arnett (1885-1890), Warner & Arnett (1884), and Adams, Choate & Co. (1888-1891) may include any of the following, letter books, cashbooks, journals, ledgers, trial balances, and legal agreements. There are also a few materials (1873-1875) of Thomas and of Hay relating to the U.S. Surveyor Generals Office, including the field notes for his 1874 survey of the Fort Sanders military reservation outside of Laramie, Wyoming; and Thomas' records (1887-1888) on the construction of Atlas Block in Cheyenne.

5.4 cubic ft. (12 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7249209

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

Related Entities

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Hay, Henry Gurley, 1847-1919.

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Arnett, A. H.

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Warner & Arnett (Firm)

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Whipple and Hay (Firm)

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Adams, Choate & Company.

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Thomas & Arnett (Firm)

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Thomas & Page (Firm)

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United States. Surveyor General

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Federal land surveys in Illinois were authorized by Congressional act (March 26, 1804), when the U. S. Surveyor General was given jurisdiction over all public land north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers. Surveys began in the western Vincennes Tract (1804) and southern Illinois (1806), then proceeded northward; covering all but most northern Illinois by 1831. When the Illinois surveys began, the Surveyor General was an independent officer under the President's direct su...

Suffolk Cattle Company.

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Page, E. A.

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Thomas, John Baldwin, 1857-1937

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Thomas had several business interests in Cheyenne, Wyoming, during the 1870s and 1880s, dealing mainly with the cattle and sheep industries. Hay & Thomas, a company formed by his partnership with Henry Gurley Hay (1847-1919), included the operation of a sheep ranch near Cheyenne, Valley Ranche. During the 1870s both Thomas and Hay served as surveyors for Wyoming Territory with the U.S. Surveyor Generals Office. Hay also operated a wholesale grocery in Cheyenne, Whipple & Hay...

Hay & Thomas (Firm)

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