Papers of Thomas A. Jenckes, 1836-1878.

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Papers of Thomas A. Jenckes, 1836-1878.

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Correspondence, journals, ledgers, diaries, account books, patent papers, legal briefs and related papers, law library catalog, and photographs pertaining to Jenckes' career from his days as a student at Brown University until his death. Documents his patent law practice; services to Rhode Island as legislator, adjutant general, and secretary to the 1842 Constitutional Convention and to the governor's council; and particularly four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, during which Jenckes was a pioneer in the civil service reform movement and a leader in the revision of the bankruptcy, patent, and copyright laws. Includes material on the Credit Mobilier of America fraud prosecution, patent cases such as the Corliss steam engine and Goodyear rubber controversies, and suits concerning ventilating and refrigerating patents. Correspondents include Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Charles Adams, Henry B. Anthony, Hugh Burgess, Alexis Caswell, Horace H. Day, Ezra D. Fogg, George Gifford, B. Benton Hammond, Alexander Hay, Julius E. Hilgard, Charles R. Ingersoll, David Lyman, Dennis F. Murphy, Francis C. Nye, James H. Parsons, William Sprague, Charles C. Van Zandt, Henry E. Wallace, and Augustus Woodbury.

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Rhode Island. Constitutional Convention (1842)

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Nye, Francis C.

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Murphy, Dennis F.

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Wallace, Henry E. (Henry Edward), 1814-1879

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Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877

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Ingersoll, Charles Roberts, 1821-1903

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Lyman, David

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Burgess, Hugh, 1958-

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Goodyear tire and rubber company

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Goodyear put pneumatic tires on 1917 Packard trucks for the first interstate trucking run between its Akron tire factory and Boston to prove that air-filled tires could make long-haul trucking possible. From the description of Wingfoot Express press kit, [ca. 1984-1987]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41001463 ...

Anthony, Henry B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884

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American journalist and politician. He was governor of Rhode Island, 1849-50, and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1858-1884. From the guide to the Henry B. Anthony letters, 1850-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1859-1884. Anthony was Governor of R.I. from 1849-1850 and editor of the Providence Journal newspaper from 1838-1858. He graduated from Brown University in 1833. ...

Hammond, B. Benton

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Van Zandt, Charles C. (Charles Collins), 1830-1894

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Adams, Charles, 1845-1895

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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Fogg, Ezra D.

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Sprague, William, 1830-1915

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American army officer, and United States senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to an unidentified recipient, 1862 Feb. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575332 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence?, to Judge G.W. Paschal, 1875 Jun. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575325 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Providence, to Judge G.W. Paschal, 1873 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

Corliss Steam Engine Company

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Jenckes, Thomas A. (Thomas Allen), 1818-1875

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Jurist, state legislator and adjutant general, and U.S. representative from Rhode Island. From the description of Papers of Thomas A. Jenckes, 1836-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449305 Thomas A. Jenckes, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Cumberland, R.I., November 2, 1818; attended the public schools; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Providence, R.I.; cler...

Woodbury, Augustus, 1825-1895

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Parsons, James H.

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Credit Mobilier of America

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Gifford, George, 1811-1883

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Day, Horace H., 1813-1878

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Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890

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Hay, Alexander

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