Choctaw Indians--Claims, Choctaw Indians--Government relations, Indians of North America--Claims, Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Legal status, laws, etc., and Indians of North America--Treaties
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbot Anderson and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell while students at Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, 1865-1867. Topics include the family's ranch in Georgetown, Texas, the Chisholm trail, an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans, the Civil War, and Richard Ely Talbot's involvement with the Republican Party. Includes documentation of Richard Ely Talbot's interactions with the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, including the impressment of ten of Talbot's mules and an interrogation about transactions involving enemy property, 1862-1864. Property records include deeds, land grants, surveys, and titles concerning land in Texas relating to Richard Ely Talbot, Thomas Talbot, John W. Talbot, Joseph W. Talbot, Elias W. Talbot, Peter Kinsey, and Sarah Gilleland Kinsey Tone, 1838-1877. Includes three manuscript and printed maps of the Talbots' properties in Texas. Collection also includes report cards from the Abbot Academy for Anna Louisa Talbot Shell and Elizabeth Talbot Anderson. Genealogical material consists of five issues of the Williamson Country Genealogical Society newsletter containing articles about the Talbots and Andersons.
Description:
Box 1: correspondence between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louise Trowbridge, and their daughters, genealogical materials, and report cards. and The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstruction Convention, including serving as a delegate to the Texas Republican Party Convention, 1868-1869. Talbot married Anna Louisa Trowbridge in Louisiana in 1846; they moved to Texas in 1852 and were among the earliest settlers in the area between Georgetown and Circleville. The Talbots had six children, including Elizabeth Talbot Anderson (1847-1900) and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell (1848- ). Richard Ely Talbot's siblings included John W. Talbot (1805-1876), Joseph W. Talbot (1815-1886), Elias W. Talbot (1820-1876), and Thomas Talbot (1818-1885), who was a politician and governor of Massachusetts, 1874-1875 and 1879-1880.
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbot Anderson and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell while students at Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, 1865-1867. Topics include the family's ranch in Georgetown, Texas, the Chisholm trail, an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans, the Civil War, and Richard Ely Talbot's involvement with the Republican Party. Includes documentation of Richard Ely Talbot's interactions with the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, including the impressment of ten of Talbot's mules and an interrogation about transactions involving enemy property, 1862-1864. Property records include deeds, land grants, surveys, and titles concerning land in Texas relating to Richard Ely Talbot, Thomas Talbot, John W. Talbot, Joseph W. Talbot, Elias W. Talbot, Peter Kinsey, and Sarah Gilleland Kinsey Tone, 1838-1877. Includes three manuscript and printed maps of the Talbots' properties in Texas. Collection also includes report cards from the Abbot Academy for Anna Louisa Talbot Shell and Elizabeth Talbot Anderson. Genealogical material consists of five issues of the Williamson Country Genealogical Society newsletter containing articles about the Talbots and Andersons.
Description:
Box 1: correspondence between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louise Trowbridge, and their daughters, genealogical materials, and report cards. and The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstruction Convention, including serving as a delegate to the Texas Republican Party Convention, 1868-1869. Talbot married Anna Louisa Trowbridge in Louisiana in 1846; they moved to Texas in 1852 and were among the earliest settlers in the area between Georgetown and Circleville. The Talbots had six children, including Elizabeth Talbot Anderson (1847-1900) and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell (1848- ). Richard Ely Talbot's siblings included John W. Talbot (1805-1876), Joseph W. Talbot (1815-1886), Elias W. Talbot (1820-1876), and Thomas Talbot (1818-1885), who was a politician and governor of Massachusetts, 1874-1875 and 1879-1880.
Subject (Geographic):
Georgetown (Tex.)--Economic conditions--19th century, Georgetown (Tex.)--Social life and customs, and Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950
Subject (Name):
Abbot Academy, Shell, Anna Louisa, 1848-, Talbot family, Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge,-1869, Talbot, Elias W., 1820-1876, Talbot, John W., 1805-1876, Talbot, Joseph W., 1815-1886, Talbot, Richard Ely, 1816-1884, Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886, and Tone, Sarah Gilleland Kinsey, 1797-1857
20 ALS and 2 statements of account and 1 receipt. 13 of the letters and the other three items are between Sage, his publishers Carey & Hart,and their successor Henry C. Baird & Co., and largely concern the dispute over his copyright fees. Three letters from his mother Jerusha Sage, to Rufus just after he moved from Middletown, Connecticut to Marietta, Ohio, contain news of local events. There are two letters from Rufus to his mother dated early 1836, one describing his trip to New York on his way to Ohio, and another describing Marietta. Two undated letters from his mother recount Middletown news, and one other letter is from his cousin Martha P. Sage, dated June 23, 1837.
Description:
Gift of Thomas W. Streeter, 1962. and Rufus B. Sage wrote "Scenes in the Rocky Mountains," published by Carey & Hart in 1846, based on his experiences of traveling in the West. Martha P. Sage, Rufus' cousin, was a schoolteacher in northeast Pennsylvania.
Subject (Geographic):
Marietta (Ohio) and Middletown (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912, Carey & Hart, Sage, Jerusha Butler, Sage, Martha P., and Sage, Rufus B., 1817-1893
20 ALS and 2 statements of account and 1 receipt. 13 of the letters and the other three items are between Sage, his publishers Carey & Hart,and their successor Henry C. Baird & Co., and largely concern the dispute over his copyright fees. Three letters from his mother Jerusha Sage, to Rufus just after he moved from Middletown, Connecticut to Marietta, Ohio, contain news of local events. There are two letters from Rufus to his mother dated early 1836, one describing his trip to New York on his way to Ohio, and another describing Marietta. Two undated letters from his mother recount Middletown news, and one other letter is from his cousin Martha P. Sage, dated June 23, 1837.
Description:
Gift of Thomas W. Streeter, 1962. and Rufus B. Sage wrote "Scenes in the Rocky Mountains," published by Carey & Hart in 1846, based on his experiences of traveling in the West. Martha P. Sage, Rufus' cousin, was a schoolteacher in northeast Pennsylvania.
Subject (Geographic):
Marietta (Ohio) and Middletown (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Baird, Henry Carey, 1825-1912, Carey & Hart, Sage, Jerusha Butler, Sage, Martha P., and Sage, Rufus B., 1817-1893
Mary Elizabeth Phillips papers relating to James Fenimore Cooper
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Papers consist of a draft, typescript, corrected, and other materials relating to Phillips's work on James Fenimore Cooper. Other materials include a bibliography of works relating to Cooper held by Rudolf Drescher, a memorandum of agreement between Phillips and the publisher John Lane Company, correspondence, page proofs, and printed ephemera. Correspondence includes letters from John Lane Company, Dodd, Mead & Company, The University Press, and other publishers.
Description:
Gift of Mary M. Bean, 2010., James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist., and Mary Elizabeth Phillips (1957-1945), biographer.
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 and John Lane Company
Subject (Topic):
American literature--19th century, Authors and publishers--United States, Authors, American--19th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Publishers and publishing--United States