Caleb Forbes Davis scrapbooks [microform], ca. 1882-1897.

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Caleb Forbes Davis scrapbooks [microform], ca. 1882-1897.

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Ten volumes of clippings, correspondence, broadsides, biographical materials, holograph accounts, photographs, election records, lists of Keokuk city officials and papers related to the construction of an octagon house. Among the items of note in the collection are biographical materials related to Moses Keokuk, John W. Noble, Samuel M. Clark and M. Scott Howell, information related to the naming of Lee County, a letter from Samuel Clemens, carpentry and masonry specifications for the construction of an octagon house, and letters related to a steamboat trip from Keokuk to Fort Dodge made by the steamboat Charles Rogers.

10 v.

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7945705

Iowa State Historical Society

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Howell, H. Scott, 1830-1909.

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Davis, Caleb Forbes, 1829-1898.

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Caleb F. Davis was born in Clarksburg, W.V. and came to Keokuk, Iowa in 1849. He was a prominent businessman and citizen, connected with various Keokuk business enterprises including the mercantile firm of McGavic Chittenden & Co., Imperial Mills and the Keokuk Savings Bank (Davis was one of the bank's organizers and served as its president in the 1870s). He was also an avid collector of relics and materials related to the early history of Lee County and the state of Iowa and contributed fre...

Keokuk, Moses

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Clark, Samuel M. (Samuel Mercer), 1842-1900

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Noble, John W. (John Willock), 1831-1912

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U.S. secretary of the interior, army officer, and lawyer. From the description of Certificate of John W. Noble, 1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451170 Major in the 3rd Iowa Cavalry, later promoted to General. Appointed Secretary of the Interior in 1889 by President Harrision. Helped draft The Forest Reserve Act. From the description of Papers, 1859-1894. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52723763 ...

Charles Rogers (Steamboat)

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