Manuscripts

James C. Kellogg certificates

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Description: The first certificate, dated 1890 March 21 and signed by U.S. President Benjamin Harris, appoints James C. Kellogg as Consul at Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland). The second certificate, dated 1905 May 27 and signed by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, appoints Kellogg as Consul at Colon, Panama.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1890-1905.
Call number: mssKellogg
Creator: Kellogg, James C(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Transferred from Rare Books, November 1980.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Henry Edmund Gregory appointments to Indian agencies in Dakota Territory

Manuscripts

Consists of two certificates, both signed by President Ulysses S. Grant. One certificate appoints Gregory as an agent of the Ponca Indians under Secretary of the Interior, Jacob Cox; another appoints Gregory to the White River Indian Agency under Secretary of the Interior, Zechariah Chandler.

mssShawg

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Certificate for shares of stock in the Meiggs Wharf Company

Manuscripts

Printed stock certificate for 10 shares of stock in the Meiggs Wharf Company, certified from Thomas Bell to Maurice Dore. The certificate is dated May 4, 1883, and is signed by Dore, the president of the Meiggs Wharf Company.

mssHM 16546

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Membership certificate for A. C. Bird

Manuscripts

This is A. C. Bird's certificate of membership in the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. It is signed by Philip Henry Sheridan who was president. It has images of the regiment along with Major Generals Buell, Rosecrans, and Thomas.

mssHM 79807

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William Henry Pratt papers

Manuscripts

Collection consists of material relating to William Henry Pratt's activities in California. Items include a certificate for Pratt's appointment as Surveyor General of California signed by Benjamin Harrison, 1890 March 4 (HM 73028); a certificate for his appointment as Collector of Customs for Humboldt County signed by Chester A. Arthur, 1883 December 26 (HM 73026); a typescript letter signed congratulating Pratt from then-Governor of Ohio William McKinley, 1893 November 13 (HM 73029); a letter addressed to "Lyman" in which Pratt writes of the ships Corona and Pomona, and a postcard of a ship at Fort Ross sent to Pratt by "Walter." Also included is a certificate appointing Jared Turner Deputy Postmaster of Georgetown, California, signed by President James Buchanan, dated 1857 August 14 (HM 73027).

mssHM 73026-73031

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William Henry Pratt papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 73026-73031

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Biography and certificates for Alonzo Orson Perry

Manuscripts

Collection of items related to Alonzo Orson Perry and Mormon history. Includes a biography of Perry by Almeda Perry Brown, a family history of his wife Ann Janette Stowell Perry (1849-1912), a mission certificate signed by Brigham Young (1876), a certificate of his residence at Mill Ward in the Uintah Stake (1899), a copy of a certificate of his ordination as high priest (1907), Also includes a printed pamphlet of a revelation given through John Taylor relating to George Teasdale and Heber J. Grant and copies of two photographs of Egyptian papyrus reputed to be Joseph Smith's Book of Abraham.

mssHM 74300-74306

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