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Charles W. Gallentine Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gallentine
Abstract

Letters home, 1862-1863, by Charles W. Gallentine of the 7th Illinois Cavalry, from Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., Jacinto and Corinth, Miss., Memphis and LaGrange, Tenn., and Lawrence Co., Ala., regarding camp life, skirmishes, men killed and wounded, Southern guerillas, northern Copperheads and the draft, Southern plantations and slave attitudes, Union and Confederate prisoners, etc.

Dates: 1861-1863

Everett family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Everett
Abstract Primarily correspondence of the Everett family, concerning family news and health issues, and also covering abolition, temperance, women's rights, rights of African-Americans, and moral reform. Printing, education, pioneer life, and religion are all discussed within the papers. Papers include materials of Robert Everett, the pastor of Welsh Congregationalist churches in Oneida County, NY, and publisher of Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd (The American Missionary), a...
Dates: 1794-1949; Majority of material found within 1838 - 1927

Henry Clay Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Clay
Abstract

Letters of Henry Clay, prominent statesman and orator, during his career as US Senator, concerning political topics which include the election of Jackson, secession, the temperance movement, and slavery.

Dates: 1825-1851

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Rodgers Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rodgers
Abstract Correspondence, essays, financial and legal documents, genealogies, journals, newspaper clippings, and four photographs relating to the Rodgers family, descendants of Rev. John Rodger (1735-1812). The papers document the life of an American pioneer family in Virginia, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, New Mexico, and California, and cover topics such as farming life, homestead claims, politics, livestock and grain industries, and religion. There is an overland journal penned by Andrew Rodgers,...
Dates: 1773-1925; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1890

Waller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract

Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander

Dates: 1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888

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Manuscripts, American 3
Brothers and sisters -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Families -- Correspondence 2
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Parent and adult child -- United States -- Correspondence 2
Sisters -- Correspondence 2
Abolitionists -- 1850-1860 1
Abolitionists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Antislavery movements -- Kansas 1
Brothers -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Camp Butler (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Children's writings, American 1
Congregational churches -- Sermons 1
Congregational churches -- United States -- Clergy -- Correspondence 1
Copperhead movement 1
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Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
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Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Families -- Illinois 1
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Family farms -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Farm life -- Kansas 1
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Fathers and daughters -- Family relationships 1
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Free Soil Party (U.S.) 1
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Kansas 1
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West -- Sources 1
Fulton County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Genealogical correspondence -- United States 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Homeopathy -- Methods 1
Homeopathy -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Husband and wife -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Illinois -- Politics and government -- Sources 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
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Leases -- Illinois 1
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion 1
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Middle West -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Nullification (States' rights) 1
Operational rations (military supplies) -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Oregon National Historic Trail -- History 1
Oregon Territory -- History -- Sources 1
Osawatomie, Battle of, Osawatomie, Kan., 1856 1
Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Sources 1
Parent and child -- Correspondence 1
Pictorial lettersheets -- 1851-1900 1
Politicians -- Kentucky -- Correspondence 1
Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Presidential candidates 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828 1
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1848 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Private presses -- New York (State) 1
Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroad law -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Right of way -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
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Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American Missionary Association 1