Isaac Brandt papers, 1852-1896.

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Isaac Brandt papers, 1852-1896.

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Personal correspondence and telegrams; financial records of the Black Diamond Company; correspondence related to Brandt's appointment to the position of postmaster; documents related to securing federal funding for a post office in Des Moines; lists of letter carriers (including their political affiliations) and postal clerks; a program from a Pioneer Lawmakers' Association meeting (1896), commissions (1890-1893), an anti-tobacco petition; and the script of a play titled The Village Lawyer (1852).

ca. 120 p. in 3 folders.

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa

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The Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa was organized in 1886 with membership open to "all former state officers ... who served twenty-five years prior to each biennial reunion" as specified in the group's articles of association which were adopted at the 3rd reunion held in 1892. These articles specify that the reunions were to be held at the capital beginning on the second Wednesday of February in the years when the General Assembly met for its regular sessions. From the descrip...

Black Diamond Company (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Brandt, Isaac, 1827-1909.

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Isaac Brandt was born in Ohio and moved to Des Moines, Iowa with his family in 1858 where he worked in the mercantile business. In 1867 Brandt was appointed deputy state treasurer. In 1873 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives. He also served as an inspector for the Northern Pacific Railroad; the postmaster of Des Moines; secretary of the Pioneer Lawmakers' Association of Iowa; treasurer of the Black Diamond Company (a Des Moines coal mining company); Des Moines School Board member...