Manuscripts
Newton Bateman letters
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U.S. Pension Office file for Mrs. E.B. Bateman
Manuscripts
Xerox copies of original documents held in the U.S. Pension Office. These records document Mrs. E.B. Bateman's request for a government pension based upon her husband's service in the Mexican-American War.
mssHM 81123
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Sir James Bateman correspondence
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Bateman's detailed letters to Hill over a four-year period from 1697 to 1700 concerning military remittances to the Continent as well as advice and reports on his private investments on Hill's behalf, with technical references to explanations of the wide variety of financial instruments of the 1690s including the new Exchequer Bills, interest bearing bonds, stocks, etc., and filled with specific quotations of prices, interest, discount rates, and dividends. There are passing references to the politics of the relationship between the Bank of England and the British Treasury, to relations between the Old and New East India Companies, to King William's War, and to other administrators and politicians, but the over-riding content is financial. There are also three letters in French from Cornelius Kreps in Ghent to Hill, 1699-1701, also concerning finance, and three accounts of expenses for English soldiers in the hospital at Bylocke, Ghent, 1693-1698.
mssHM 78000-78036
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J.H. (James Hervey) Simpson letter to Richard H. Kern
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J.H. Simpson writes of his travels to and arrival at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and of details of other troops.
mssHM 20646
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Newton S. McAbee diary and correspondence
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This small group consists of one diary and twelve letters from McAbee to his family. The diary covers the period from February 21 through May 13, 1866. McABee describes his trip from New Mexico to Ohio, by the Santa Fe Trail. He was accompanied by a young woman named Lizzie. The entries describe stopovers at towns, forts, and trading posts, including Albuquerque, Algodones, Kozlowski, San Jose, Las Vegas, Fort Union, Viernes, Margo, and Segundo. He writes about various methods of procuring food, illnesses, cures, and encounters with other travelers and Native Americans.
mssMcAbee
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E.B. Winans letter to J. Sterling Morton
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Letter written by E.B. Winans shortly after his arrival in Mule Creek, California. He briefly describes his travels across the United States and the Indians he encountered along the way ("wild as the country they inhabit") before giving a detailed account of California. Winans writes in-depth descriptions of the weather, the scenery, and the condition of gold mining (including the "fabricated" stories of great wealth being acquired in gold). He also writes of the diversity of the population of the mining camps and the lack of interaction among residents.
mssHM 72993
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Memorandum of the settlement between Alfred Bateman and B. F. Morris
Manuscripts
This collection consists of 39 items which show some aspect of the economic history mainly in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The sources are diverse, if not random, ranging from stock certificates to deeds to business letters, but they generally seem to offer a good opportunity to explore the connection between some investors in New York and mining industry in the West. The items related to Benjamin F. Morris are conspicuous; his correspondence with the Edgar Gold & Silver Mining Co., William H. Cushman, and his son Charles H. Morris suggests his relations to the mining industry in Kentucky and Colorado. There are also some sources which tell of his business, such as the lease contract regarding the real estate in Colorado with J. V. Harlotte, W. W. Lee, and Alfred Bateman Morris, his own memorandum, and the deed with Benjamin P. Brower.
HM 72288