Papers, 1777-1975.

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Papers, 1777-1975.

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Correspondence, legal papers, business papers, news clippings and photographs. Letters from many family members including Pierre Menard and many from Pierre's son, Edmond, Pierre, Jr., Berenice Menard Chouteau, Peter Menard, Lucien Maxwell, Ferdinand Maxwell, and also Sidney Breese and Felix Valle. Much of W.V. Morrison's correspondence involves family history, restoration of the Menard home, his book, Alias Billy the Kid and the lawsuit. Numerous deeds, inventories, promissory notes, surveys, claims and other documents. Copies of his biography of Lucien Maxwell, the Maxwell family history and the Morrison family history.

.84 linear feet 2 boxes.

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Menard, Pierre, 1766-1844

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Illinois' first Lieutenant-Governor (1818-1822). Menard was an early French Canadian resident of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, related by marriage to the Saucier and Chouteau families. A trader and merchant, Menard invested in trapping and exploring expeditions. He was involved in territorial politics, appointed judge in Randolph County courts, 1801; elected representative to the Indiana Territorial Legislature at Vincennes, 1806-1807; representative to the Illinois Territorial Legislature 1812-18...

Maxwell, Hugh 17..-18.. imprimeur-libraire

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Hugh Maxwell, born in Ireland, settled in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1808, where he opened a general merchandise store, which he ran until his death in 1834. At that time two of his sons took over the store. From the description of Ledger, 1830-1834. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 50498250 ...

Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909

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Served in the Illinois legislature, 1854-1860 and 1870-1871, as a Colonel in the Civil War, in the U.S. Congress,1863-1865 and 1873-1887, as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1856, 1868, 1884 and 1888 and appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission by both President Cleveland and President Harrison, serving from 1887-1897. Helped form the 49th Illinois Infantry. Was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee Committee. Authored the horizontal reduction tariff bill. Cons...

Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980

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Born at Kaskaskia, Ill., a descendent of Pierre Menard, Hugh Maxwell, and William Morrison, all early settlers and prominent in Illinois history, he studied law and practiced in St. Louis until he moved to Texas where he continued to research his family genealogy to establish heirship and used the information in a 1943 law suit to recover Menard's land for the family heirs. He also wrote unpublished family histories on the Maxwell and Morrison families, co-authored "Alias, Billy the Kid" in 1955...

Valle, Felix, 1800-1877.

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Maxwell, Lucien Bonaparte, 1818-1875

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Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell (1818-1875), explorer and rancher. He was at one time the largest landowner in the United States. From the description of Indenture, 1868. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461533 From the guide to the Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell indenture, 1868, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Chouteau, Berenice, 1801-1888

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Carson, Kit, 1809-1868

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Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the American West, was a various times a trader, trapper, military scout, Indian agent, and interpreter. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1847-1923. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37653498 Trapper, guide, Indian agent, and army officer. From the description of Kit Carson papers, 1842-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453501 Kit Carson, a legendary figure in the history of the Ame...

Billy the Kid (Singer)

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Desperado. From the description of Collection concerning Billy, the Kid, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450989 ...

Morrison family.

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Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878

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Lawyer, Kaskaskia, Illinois; U.S. district attorney, 1827-1829; lieutenant colonel, Black Hawk War; U.S. senator, 1843-1845; Illinois House of Representatives, 1851-1852; Illinois Supreme Court justice, 1841-1843, 1857-1878. From the description of Letters, 1845, 1851, 1875. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418211 From the description of Papers re: election of 1858, 1849-1858. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418204 ...

Menard family.

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Menard, Edmond.

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Maxwell, Ferdinand.

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Maxwell family.

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