Collection, 1880-1908 (bulk 1889-1893)

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Collection, 1880-1908 (bulk 1889-1893)

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Business and family correspondence, photographs of Harrison and his wife, and newsclippings. Topics include land purchases in Montana; the HELENA DAILY JOURNAL; plans to buy the Austin & Northwestern Railroad and street railroads in Richmond and Muncie, Ind.; and Harrison's trouble with the press, most notably a libel suit brought by John Schuyler Crosby. Letters from William Benner offer to Harrison papers damaging to Senator Thomas C. Power. There are also 11 telegrams from Harrison's Spanish-American War service in Florida, and Benjamin Harrison's 1892 annual address to Congress.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Austin & Northwestern Railroad Company

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Crosby, John Schuyler, 1839-1914

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Colonel, Mayor, Postmaster. John Schuyler Crosby, born 1839, was a colonel in the American Civil War, Governor of Montana, and First Assistant Postmaster General. From the description of Letter, 1861. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50657877 ...

Power, Thomas C. (Thomas Charles), 1839-1923

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Thomas Charles Power was born at Dubuque, Iowa, May 22, 1839, the son of Irish immigrants, Michael W. Power and Catherine McLeer Power. In 1867, he travelled up the Missouri River to Fort Benton, Montana Territory and opened a general mercantile firm in partnership with his brother, John W. Power. T.C. Power and Brother and I. G. Baker and Company dominated trade and freighting on the northern plains by the mid 1870's. In connection with this trade, T.C. Power and severa...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...

Harrison, Russell B. (Russell Benjamin), 1854-1936

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The son of President Benjamin Harrison, Harrison was a businessman, politician, and lawyer. A native of Ohio, Harrison moved to Montana in 1878, where he ran the U.S. Assay Office; invested in land, railroads, cattle, and mining enterprises; and bought the HELENA DAILY JOURNAL in 1890. During his father's presidency he was involved in a libel suit brought by John Schuyler Crosby. After serving in the Spanish-American War, he settled in Indianapolis, practiced law, and served in the Indiana House...