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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 1641 Collections and/or Records:

Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230337336]
Identifier: MSS 492
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of autobiographical materials. Day writes about her early life in Mt. Pleasant, about the defenses in the town during the Black Hawk War, and about her family. Also included is a biography by Day of her mother, Eliza Cusworth Burton Staker, who was a pioneer and an early settler in Mt. Pleasant.

Dates: 1842-1843
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Eliza Jane Staker Day autobiography

Edgar De Miller interview

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331354]
Identifier: MSS SC 3182
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Peter Milanzi on 27 Jan. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. De Miller was drafted into the United States Army when he was working in Chicago, Illinois, when he was 37 years old. He served as an infantry platoon leader starting at age 38 and later became a company commander training combat soldiers. De Miller worked with foreign correspondents in Tokyo, Japan, following the war. He did not think that the United States participation in the war was...
Dates: 1985 January 27
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edgar De Miller interview

Death benefit certificates and power of attorney

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230233519]
Identifier: MSS SC 22
Scope and Contents

Printed death benefit certificates with handwritten entries payable to William A. Burnett, Attorney, Staunton, Virginia in behalf of survivors of deceased Confederate soldiers with brief statements of service and death dates of the deceased. Also includes a holograph certificate of power of attorney from Elizabeth J. Humphreys.

Dates: 1863-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Death benefit certificates and power of attorney

Andrew Jackson deed

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 412
Scope and Contents

Printed and handwritten deed, dated 5 Jan. 1831, and sigend by Jackson. The item affirms that Lucian Noble has purchased land in Detroit, Michigan.

Dates: 1831 January 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Andrew Jackson deed

Deed of citizenship

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324441]
Identifier: MSS SC 2523
Scope and Contents

Handwritten translation into English of a letter originally written in French on velum. The item grants citizenship for Adam Louis Pillissier in the town of Latour de Peylz in France.

Dates: 1765
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Deed of citizenship

Elizabeth Chamblee deed of gift to Eliz Martha Strickland

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307446]
Identifier: MSS SC 958
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one holograph and a typescript copy. The document is the transferral of ownership of "a negro girl named Mary, aged 22", from Elizabeth Chamblee of Ware County, North Carolina to her granddaughter, Eliz Martha Strickland.

Dates: 1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elizabeth Chamblee deed of gift to Eliz Martha Strickland

Woodruff J. Deem papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5911
Abstract

The papers of Woodruff J. Deem. The papers include three groups: court and legal papers, educational papers, and miscellaneous papers. Court and legal papers include court transcripts and other legal papers, including Georgetown Law Review volumes. The educational papers include teacher evalutions, lecture notes, course syllabi, quiz keys, and other class papers. The miscellaneous papers include a poster, photographs, newspapers clippings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1824-1983
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Woodruff J. Deem papers

Minor R. Deming letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325752]
Identifier: MSS SC 2707
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated 17 July 1845 and addressed to "Gen. Ewing." Deming admits that the hope of expelling the Mormons from Hancock County had been abandoned and indicates that he had been accused of the murder of the first president of the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith.

Dates: 1845 July 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Minor R. Deming letter

Democracy : principles worthy the attention of all mankind

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340009]
Identifier: MSS 73
Abstract

The folder contains a printed broadside that was published in 1891 addressed to the "people of Utah" outlining the virtues of democracy and the various ideals of the Democratic party in the United States.

Dates: 1891
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Democracy : principles worthy the attention of all mankind

James William Denver letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309632]
Identifier: MSS SC 1153
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letter to Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, recommending A.C. Bradford for the post of "navy agent" in San Francisco.

Dates: 1857
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James William Denver letter

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