Cauthorn-Stout family papers, 1780-1953.

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Cauthorn-Stout family papers, 1780-1953.

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The collection includes receipts, accounts, and other documents relating to Elihu Stout's business and personal life, and materials submitted to him for publication. John Bayard's papers contain business documents and letters from his family in Grenoble, France, and Evansville and Vincennes (Ind.). Henry S. Cauthorn's material includes correspondence related to his business interests, state Democratic Party politics, and the Indiana state legislature (1860-1880). Also included is receipts and legal documents of French inhabitants at Vincennes (1780-1810), and a draft and copy of an unpublished MA thesis by Valerie Catherine Knerr, "Elihu Stout, Indiana's First Printer."

3 boxes and 1 oversize folder.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Democratic Party (Ind.)

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Knerr, Valerie Catherine, 1929-

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Bayard, John Francis, 1786-1853

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Cauthorn, Henry S. (Henry Sullivan), 1828-1905

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Stout, Elihu, 1786-1860

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Elihu Stout (1786-1860) was a printer and publisher in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. He published Indiana's first newspaper, the "Indiana Gazette" from 1894 to 1806, and the "Western Sun" from 1807 to 1845. John Francis Bayard (1786-1853) was an officer in the French army under Napoleon, and a Vincennes businessman. Henry S. Cauthorn (Stout's grandson and Bayard's son-in-law) studied at Indiana Asbury University. He practiced law at Vincennes from 1851-1905 and sat as a Democrat in the Indian...

Indiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.)

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