George D. Hill papers, 1843-1866 and 1870-1876.

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George D. Hill papers, 1843-1866 and 1870-1876.

Correspondence, 1850-1866, papers, 1870-1876, and business papers, ledgers, and receipts; include material concerning the Dakota Territory, the Free Homestead Association of Central New York, lumbering activities, the Michigan militia, the removal of President Henry P. Tappan from University of Michigan, and Hill's role in Republican Party politics. Correspondents include: Cyrus Aldrich, Henry J. Alvord, Moses K. Armstrong, Kinsley S. Bingham, Philemon Bliss, W.W. Brookings, Walter A. Burleigh. Zachariah Chandler, Frederick W. Curtenius, Mark W. Delahay, Charles H. Dennison, James M. Edmunds, Newton Edmunds, Alpheus Felch, James S. Foster, Orrin N. Giddings, Bradley F. Granger, William Jayne, Whitney Jones, Francis R. Stebbins, Henry P. Tappan, T.J. Townsend, Jerome M. Treadwell, Seymour B. Treadwell, and Benjamin F. Wade.

2 linear ft. and 1 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7363030

Bentley Historical Library

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Alvord, Henry Jones, 1811-1877

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Dr. Henry Jones Alvord was born on June 8, 1811, in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He later moved to Michigan, where he was a physician, and served as Senator for Michigan's Twenty-ninth District from 1855-1856. In 1861, he was secretary of the Michgian Soldiers' Relief Association in Washington, DC. He died in Washington on July 7, 1877, and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan....

Granger, Bradley Francis, 1825-1882.

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Dennison, Charles F.

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Brookings, W. W.

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Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878

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American senator from Ohio (1851-1869). From the description of Autograph letter signed : Jefferson, Ohio, 1861 Apr. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639962470 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to an unidentified recipient 1865 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 639931419 Lawyer, U.S. senator from Ohio, and Republican Party leader. From the description of B.F. Wade papers, 1832-1886 (bulk 1852-1869). (Unknown). Wor...

Townsend, T. J., d. 1862.

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Armstrong, Moses K. (Moses Kimball), 1832-1906

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Pioneer Dakota surveyor, journalist, and politician. From the description of Collection, 1868-1906, 1961. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28260837 Prominent Dakota Territory surveyor, politician, journalist and historian. Born in Milan, Ohio, educated at the Huron Institute and Western Reserve College, and trained as a civil engineer and surveyor, Armstrong came to the Yankton area from Minnesota in 1859. He undertook num...

Tappan, Henry Philip, 1805-1881

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First president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Henry P. Tappan letters, 1870-1881. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63534515 First president of University of Michigan. Clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1860, November 18, Ann Arbor, to the Librarian of Brown University. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122593979 First president of University of Michigan. From the description of Henry Philip Tappa...

University of Michigan. University Guards.

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Giddings, Orrin N., 1814-1904.

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Stebbins, Francis Reuben, 1818-1892.

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Adrian, Michigan, businessman and newspaper editor. From the description of Francis Reuben Stebbins papers, 1856-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422562 ...

Burleigh, Walter A. (Walter Atwood), 1820-1896

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Aldrich, Cyrus, 1808-1871

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Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861

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Michigan Democratic Congressman, 1847-1851, Republican Governor, 1855-1858, and U.S. Senator, 1859-1861. From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1915. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419699 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944 [microform] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81408982 From the description of Kinsley S. Bingham papers, 1820-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 78696456 ...

Treadwell, Jerome M., 1823-1863?

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Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879

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George Armstrong Custer was a famous cavalry officer during the Civil War and the Indian wars of the 1860s and 1870s. Elizabeth Bacon Custer, his wife, was the author of several works about Army life on the plains. After the death of her husband, she dedicated her life to defending his honor. From the guide to the George A. and Elizabeth B. Custer papers, 1857-1929, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) American politician. From the description of Autograph letter s...

Jayne, William, 1826-1916

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Springfield, Illinois physician; first governor of Dakota Territory (1861-1863); state senator, Sangamon County (1860-1861); four-term mayor of Springfield (1859, 1876, 1877, 1882); pension agent, Illinois (1869-1873). From the description of Legal account, September 2, 1857. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 124509820 Springfield, Illinois physician; first Governor of the Dakota Territory (1861-1863); State Senator, Sangamon County (1860-1861); May...

Republican Party (Mich.)

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Free Homestead Association of Central New York.

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Felch, Alpheus, 1804-1896

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Resident of Houlton, Maine, later Monroe and Ann Arbor, Michigan; Michigan state supreme court justice, 1842-1845, Democratic governor, 1846-1847, and United States senator, 1847-1853. From the description of Alpheus Felch papers, 1817-1896. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419272 Lawyer, Governor of Michigan, and U. S. Senator from Michigan. Born in Limerick, Me., Sept. 28, 1804; graduated from Bowdoin,1827; studied law, was admitted ...

Delahay, Mark W. (Mark William), 1818?-1879

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Delahay was an old friend of Lincoln who had formerly lived in Illinois, but moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. He had managed Lincoln's campaign in the territory, and as a reward for his political support Lincoln appointed him Surveyor-General for Kansas and Nebraska in April 1861. From the description of Correspondence : Washington, D.C., with Abraham Lincoln, 1861 May 10. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617157 ...

New England Society (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

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Bliss, Philemon, 1814-1889

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Curtenius, Frederick W., 1806-1883.

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Jones, Whitney, 1812-1892.

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Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879

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Hill, George D., 1820-1881.

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Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman and surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. From the description of George D. Hill papers, 1843-1866 and 1870-1876. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422541 George D. Hill was an Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman active in the period of the 1840s through the 1870s. Early in his administration, President Lincoln selected Hill to serve as surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. He was reappointed in 1865. In this position, Hill o...

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Editor of the Michigan Freeman. From the description of Seymour boughton Treadwell papers, 1818-1869 and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422361 From the description of Seymour Boughton Treadwell papers, 1818-1869 and undated. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81274403 ...

Washtenaw County Agricultural and Horticultural Society (Mich.)

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Foster, James S., 1828-1890

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Edmunds, Newton

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