Henry Wells Magee papers, 1840-1965.

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Henry Wells Magee papers, 1840-1965.

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Diaries or journals (scattered years 1866-1928) of Henry Wells Magee, household expense ledgers or journals (1879-1909) and Christmas notes (1874) of Mrs. Magee, law office docket (1896-1910), correspondence, insurance policies, scrapbooks (1860-1922), bills and receipts, a few photographs, and a typescript copy (ca. 580 p.) of some of the originals in the collection, with reminiscences by Henry W. Magee, a Chicago lawyer. Topics include his early life, college years at Hillsdale College (Michigan), Chicago labor and transit issues, Civil War service in the 4th Michigan Infantry, General Ambrose E. Burnside, Southern conditions (1865), the West (1868), and world travels (1868-70), including a description of London (1870), comments on Julius Caesar Burrows and Sir Henry Morton Stanley.

5 linear ft. (10 boxes)

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Stanley, Henry Morton, 1841-1904

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Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as John Rowlands, also known by his Congolese byname Bula Matari, or Breaker of Rocks. Stanley was born on January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. He died on May 10, 1904, London, England. He was a British American explorer of central Africa, who became famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone and for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899....

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

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Burnside was born in Liberty, Indiana and was the fourth of nine children of Edghill and Pamela (or Pamilia) Brown Burnside, a family of Scottish origin. His great-great-grandfather Robert Burnside (1725–1775) was born in Scotland and settled in the Province of South Carolina. His father was a native of South Carolina; he was a slave owner who freed his slaves when he relocated to Indiana. Ambrose attended Liberty Seminary as a young boy, but his education was interrupted when his mother died in...

Burrows, Julius C. (Julius Caesar), 1837-1915

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Republican U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1895-1911. From the description of Julius Caesar Burrows diary, 1867. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419912 Born January 9, 1837 in Erie Co, Pennsylvania; attended school in Ohio; admitted to the bar at Jefferson, Ohio, 1859; Principle of Richland Seminary in Kalamazoo County, 1859; practiced law, 1861; raised a company for 17th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 1862, served as captain until 1863; elected Circuit Co...

Hillsdale College

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864)

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Magee, Henry W. (Henry Wells), 1840-1931.

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