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Oliver Eldridge journals

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Description: Two journals that Capt. Oliver Eldridge kept from Feb. 7, 1857 and Dec. 31, 1866 , and from May 31, 1876 and Mar. 4, 1894. The first journal also contains logs of the ships under Eldridge's command -- the Atlantic, State of Maine, Constitution, Golden Age, and Golden City, interspersed with personal entries. The personal entry concern Eldridge's family, friends, and business associates; social life in Massachusetts, New York, and San Francisco, war news, travels, etc. Also included a copy of the resolution of the meeting of the passengers of the Atlantic expressing their appreciation to Capt. Oliver Eldridge for his exemplary command of the ship (1856, June 21) The resolution is signed, among other, by Millard Fillmore and Erastus Corning.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1856-1894.
Call number: mssHM 70388-70390
Creator: Eldridge, Oliver (1818-1902)(Opens in new tab)

Letters to James William Eldridge

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs, which date from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

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James William Eldridge collection

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes; see container list for item details.

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Oliver Ames business papers

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Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers of Oliver Ames. The letters, chiefly addressed to Ames, deal with the sale of stock, railroad mergers, etc. Included are items relating to the Union Pacific Railroad; Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad; Union Pacific Railway Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad Company; and a brokerage firm Pickering & Mosely. The papers also deal with the estate of Oliver Ames and his father Oakes Ames. There is also correspondence by American financier Samuel Carr.

mssHM 49276-49346

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Oliver Granger letter to Joseph Smith

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Letter from Oliver Granger to Joseph Smith asking Smith to pay Samuel Clark $101 in land and cash, to go toward an obligation against Granger for land purchased to settle a debt against Smith in favor of Hitchcock and Sons of New York.

mssHM 28171

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Oliver Ellsworth letter to John Lawrence

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A note from Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Pay-table Committee, to John Lawrence, Treasurer, authorizing him to pay "Mr. John Steele ... for sundry necessaries supplied the Canghnawaya chiefs ...at Harfford, on their way to General Washington's Camp last winter." Steele's signed receipt on the verso.

mssHM 70290

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Oliver Cowdery transcription of a letterbook to Warren and Lyman Cawdery : Far West, Mo

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The transcription consists primarily of copies of letters written by Oliver Cowdery. They cover subjects such as his duties as and problems associated with being the editor of the Evening and Morning Star, his political aspirations, the persecution of Mormons in Missouri, discussion on church doctrine, and his excommunication from the church.

mssHM 70170

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