Box 1
Container
Contains 33 Collections and/or Records:
Emma Ford Altgeld letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC20
Scope and Contents
Collection contains personal notes of Emma Ford Altgeld (1847-1915) about health, Christmas gifts, visits, etc., addressed from the Governor's Mansion to members of the Mathias Blumle family of Springfield, Illinois. Mathias Blumle was janitor and guard at the Illinois State House.
Dates:
Created: 1895 - 1896
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Emma Ford Altgeld letters
John P. Altgeld papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC21
Scope and Contents
Collection includes letter of governor John P. Altgeld (1847-1902) to John R. Tanner (1844-1901) regarding the arrangements for the latter's inauguration as Governor of Illinois. Five orders for arrest and extradition, including one for W. B. Franklin, a fugitive from Iowa. An absract of votes for 1894 Supreme Court justice election.
Dates:
Created: 1894 - 1897
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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John P. Altgeld papers
Citizens of Alton, Illinois, subscription list
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC22
Scope and Contents
Subscriptions signed by citizens of Alton, Illinois, pledging donations for relief of victims of the Chicago Fire, made at public meetings October 10, 1871, and after.
Dates:
Created: 1871
Alton Spectator subscription book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC23
Scope and Contents
Consists of a bound volume contianing a list of subscribers to the Alton Spectator newspaper, giving local, state and out-of-state names.
Dates:
Created: 1836
Upper Alton Lyceum minute book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC24
Scope and Contents
Consists of one bound volume including meeting minutes, lyceum constitution and membership list.
Dates:
Created: 1836 - 1839
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Upper Alton Lyceum minute book
Alton & Sangamon Railroad Co. stock certificate
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 25
Scope and Contents
Certificate for 2 shares of railroad stock issued to John C. Crowder, June 17, 1853. Springfield, Illinois, stock subscription book raising funds for the railroad's construction, opened May 20, 1847. Abraham Lincoln signed for 2 shares, certificate no. 85.
Dates:
Created: Date missing
American Akademe minute book
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC26
Scope and Contents
Consists of one record book that includes the constitution of the American Akademe, its membership lists and meeting minutes, July 2, 1883 to June 17, 1884.
Dates:
Created: 1883 - 1884
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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American Akademe minute book
John C. Amerman letter
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC27
Scope and Contents
Consists of one letter written by John C. Amerman to John Forsyth describing business opportunities in Chicago. Amerman concluded that Dunkirk and Fredonia, New York, offered superior business opportunities.
Dates:
Created: 1835
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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John C. Amerman letter
Illinois Adjutant General's militia report
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-SC28
Scope and Contents
Consists of Adjutant General Moses K. Anderson's report to the Illinois General Assembly on the strength of the Illinois Militia for the year 1845. Certified and signed by Governor Thomas Ford.
Dates:
Created: 1846
Vacant
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 02-08-001-Small Collection 29
Scope and Contents
Materials returned to Robert Anderson photostat file.
Dates:
Created: Date missing
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
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Vacant