Manuscripts

Jerome B. Chaffee letter to Alphonso Taft

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Description: Chaffee requests the appointment of Judge Decker to the position of United States District Attorney for Colorado, and gives his support. Decker is named "William" in the letter. There is also a brief endorsement of Decker signed by James B. Belford. Includes two-piece printed clipping with short biography of Chaffee, and one with a biography of Westbrook S. Decker.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1876, December 22.
Call number: mssHM 29225
Creator: Chaffee, Jerome Bunty (1825-1886)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William Wreden, 1961, January 5.
Dimensions: 25 cm :
Associated people: Taft, Alphonso, (1810-1891,)

James Judson Jerome letters

Manuscripts

The letters are written to Jerome by his sister Clara and brother Sylvester. The first, written by his sister Clara from a ranch in Watsonville, California in 1915, is about the death of his niece Jennie. Clara talks a little about her life in California. The second letter, written by his brother Sylvester from Uncasville, Connecticut in 1916, is a sympathy letter to James whose wife had just died.

mssHM 75098-75099

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William B. (William Boyd) Alisson letter to Henry Graff Trevor

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Allison is happy that Trevor and his wife are coming to Washington, but he is not sure if he can secure tickets to "the Ceremony in the Capitol." Typed letter, signed by hand. On United States Senate letterhead. Includes clipping with brief biography of Allison.

mssHM 29218

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James S. (James Stephen) Green letter to Jeremiah Sullivan Black

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Green gives his support for Albert M. Snyder for the position of Marshall of Nebraska.

mssHM 29236

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Jerome H. Markham letters to Walter Markham

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Most of the letters are written by Jerome H. Markham of Buena Vista, Colorado, to his brother Walter Markham of Middletown, Connecticut. The letters address topics of concern to settlers such as health, land, livestock, and hunting. The most frequent subject is the need for money. Two of the letters are written by "Ronnie" and one by E. Webber (?). Many are written on letterhead from Colorado establishments such as hardware states and hotels.

mssHM 83180-83188

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Matías Romero letter to Edward E. Dunbar

Manuscripts

Romero thanks Dunbar for his prior assistance, and requests additional help concerning practices and operation. in Spanish. Includes printed clipping with brief biography of Romero; the clipping is in English, and is incomplete.

mssHM 29258

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A brief sketch of the lives of Henry Butler and Harriet B. Russell

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Short biography of Henry Butler and Harriet B. Russell, which traces the Mormon conversion of Butler's family and their journey from England to Utah. It also gives a brief account of Russell's family background and a history of the couple's life in Utah and Arizona, including their homebuilding, family life, and involvement in the Church.

mssHM 66490

Jerome B. Chaffee letter to Alphonso Taft

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