Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891.

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Douglass Boardman papers, 1839-1891.

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Letters concerning the appointment of the original faculty of the Cornell Law School. Correspondents include Henry Williams Sage, Charles Kendall Adams, Charles Avery Collin, Francis Miles Finch, Harry Burns Hutchins, Robert Henry Thurston, Daniel L. Follett, Lucien A. Wait, Herbert Tuttle, Arthur M. Curtis, Alfred C. Coxe, and H. J. Heath. Also, an Introductory lecture by Boardman, 1890. Also, legal papers of Boardman and Finch, and of Douglass Boardman of Ithaca; chiefly concerns mortgages, with reference to McGregor and Tenny, and Erastus W. Drury of Milwaukee, the Lewis Investment Company, the Topeka Investment and Loan Company, the Kansas City Investment Company, Rochelle National Bank, the Kansas Loan and Trust Company, the Dwight Farm and Loan Company, the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Company, and Woodward Brothers. Also, Boardman family correspondence and deeds, mortgages, and other legal papers,including two letters from Boardman to Dr. Henry Spence. Also, correspondence, business and legal papers concerning the Jennie McGraw Fiske estate, including correspondence with Boardman pertaining to Andrew Dickson White and Cornell University, and John McGraw.

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Cornell Law School.

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Curtis, Arthur M.

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Rochelle National Bank (Rochelle, Ill.)

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Sage, Henry W. (Henry Williams), 1814-1897

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Lumber magnate, benefactor of Cornell University, president of the Cornell University Board of Trustees. From the description of Henry W. Sage papers, 1814-1930. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63939095 ...

Tuttle, Herbert 1846-1894

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Lecturer in international law at the University of Michigan, 1880-1881. From the description of Herbert Tuttle papers, 1892. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419186 Herbert Tuttle was Professor of Modern European History at Cornell University. From the guide to the Herbert Tuttle papers, 1880-1896., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Professor of Modern European History, Cornell University. ...

Thurston, Robert Henry, 1839-1903

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Professor of engineering and author, born R.I.; taught at U.S. Naval Academy, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Cornell; first president of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and author of many engineering articles and an autobiography of Robert Fulton. From the description of Letters and postcard to Mr. McClure, 1889 May 11, 29 August 1890, 22 August 1894. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55230943 Director of Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering an...

Spence, Henry.

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McGregor and Tenny (Milwaukee, Wis.)

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McGraw, John, 1815-1877

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Finch, Francis M. (Francis Miles), 1827-1907

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Dwight Brothers (Beatrice, Neb.)

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Collin, C. A. (Charles Avery), 1846-

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Kansas City Investment Company (Kansas City, Mo.)

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Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902

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Historian, President of Cornell University, 1885-1892. From the description of Charles Kendall Adams papers, 1882-1892. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935288 ...

Hutchins, Harry B. (Harry Burns), 1847-1930

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Professor of law and president of the University of Michigan. From the description of Harry Burns Hutchins papers, 1879-1930. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423004 Harry Burns Hutchins was born in Lisbon, N.H., in 1847 and received his preparatory education in the east. However, from the time he entered the University of Michigan as an undergraduate, his life and work were closely tied to Michigan. He was the first student to receive a degree fr...

Fiske, Jennie McGraw, 1840-1881

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Jennie McGraw was the daughter of John McGraw of Dryden, N.Y. and later became the wife of Willard Fiske, Cornell's first University Librarian. From the description of Jennie McGraw diary, 1877. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64032050 Mrs. Fiske and her husband, Prof. Willard Fiske, were wealthy, traveling to Europe and filling their home, Fiske Mansion, with art and goods purchased there. From the description of Inventory Book, 1889, 1891. (Cl...

Follett, Daniel L.

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Topeka Investment and Loan Company (Topeka, Kan.)

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Drury, Erastus W.

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Boardman family.

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Lewis Investment Company (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Coxe, Alfred C. (Alfred Conkling), 1847-1923

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White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918

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The second International Peace Conference was held at the Hague in 1907. From the description of Hague Peace Conference documents, 1907. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64052217 Ambassador to Russia; first president of Cornell University. From the description of Andrew Dickson White papers, 1901-1902. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155410378 Andrew Dickson White was born at Homer, New York, November 7, 1832. ...

Boardman, Douglass, 1822-1891

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Lawyer, judge, professor of law. Douglass Boardman graduated from Yale in 1842 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and practiced law in Ithaca, New York. From 1848-1851 he served as District Attorney of Tompkins County, New York, and from 1852-1856 was County Judge. In 1856 he and Judge Francis M. Finch formed a law partnership which continued until 1866 when Boardman was elected a justice of the Supreme Court for the 6th district. He was a director ...

Kansas Loan and Trust Company (Topeka, Kan.)

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Wait, Lucien A.

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Heath, H. J.

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