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Daniel Lyman Chandler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-128
Abstract

Twelve letters of New Englander Daniel Lyman Chandler from Chicago, Illinois, and Ogden, Kansas, to his relatives,1855-1863, which describe life in Chicago and in the Kansas Territory. Also, two other letters from his nephew John and a woman named Elisabeth Hewins.

Dates: 1855-1866

Hambleton Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-022
Abstract

Three letters by Emma Lander Hambleton, wife of Chalkley Jay Hambleton. Also one letter by Vera S. Wolfe, daughter of conductor Frederick Stock to Peggy Hambleton Murphy.

Dates: 1871-1932

Lambert Tree papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tree
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, drafts, documents, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings relating to Lambert Tree, Cook County lawyer, judge, politician, philanthropist, and U.S. diplomat in Belgium and Russia. The collection contains some Tree family material, commentary on the state of the Democratic Party under Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan, and numerous items related to Tree's social, political, philanthropic, and diplomatic activities.

Dates: 1821-1948; Majority of material found within 1821-1933

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

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Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 3
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Abolitionists -- Kansas 1
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Art patronage -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
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Children's writings, American 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 -- Personal narratives 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
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Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
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Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
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Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861 1
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Legal instruments -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion 1
Migration, Internal -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century 1
Norfolk (Va.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
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Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
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Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Right of way -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
Real estate business -- Illinois 1
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Scrapbooks 1
Secession -- Virginia -- Public opinion 1
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Speeches 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Altgeld, John Peter, 1847-1902 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
American National Red Cross 1
Barnard, Harry, 1906-1982 1
Chandler, Daniel Lyman, 1814- 1