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Found in 552 Collections and/or Records:

Legal agreement concerning Walker Bank

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230238187]
Identifier: MSS SC 297
Scope and Contents

Signed document which relates to the assumption of control of Walker Bank in Salt Lake City, Utah by Matthew H. Walker, the executor of the estate of Joseph R. Walker. Conveys to Matthew Walker all interest of the estate in Walker Brother's Bank with some reservations in uncollected debts.

Dates: 1903 January 5
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Legal agreement concerning Walker Bank

Stuart and Dummer legal documents

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233292231]
Identifier: Vault MSS 549
Scope and Contents

Collection includes receipts, bonds, bills, writs, affidavits, and return of service.

Dates: 1801-1834
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Stuart and Dummer legal documents

Letter and portraits

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230325174]
Identifier: MSS SC 2584
Scope and Contents

Letter on vellum in French. The item was written in a secretary's hand and was signed with the words "Henry de Lorraine." It is one page of 9 lines in length with a paper seal affixed. The letter is addressed to the treasurer, Mollay, and deals with a financial transaction. Also included are two portrait etchings of Guise.

Dates: 1581
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Letter and portraits

Hartwell Carver letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230240985]
Identifier: MSS SC 419
Scope and Contents

ALS in which Carver claims to have thought of a Pacific Railroad as early as 1833.

Dates: 1868 September 23
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hartwell Carver letter

Theodore Dreiser letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233287942]
Identifier: Vault MSS 361
Scope and Contents Signed handwritten and typewritten letters. The letters were written to F. A. Duneka of Harper and Brothers Publishing Company; David Karsner of the "New York Call" asking for his recommendations for an illustrator for a collection of essays; and the Harvard College Cooperative Society requesting sales figures on "The Genius" and "An American Tragedy." Also included is a letter to Roberts Brothers Publishers concerning a photograph Dreiser borrowed on behalf of "Every Month Magazine." ...
Dates: 1897-1926
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Theodore Dreiser letters

Abraham Lincoln letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233293486]
Identifier: Vault MSS 618
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter listing questions Lincoln wished asked of Gouverneur Morris and Solomon Alofsen at a deposition hearing concerning their roles as officers of the Sangamon & Morgan Railroad. The letter is accompanied by another document, signed by L. Stillwell, verifying the handwriting of Lincoln.

Dates: 1851
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Lincoln letter

James H. Lingston contract

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321900]
Identifier: MSS SC 2351
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed contract dated 12 Feb. 1878. Livingston and five others sign a contract relating to mineral holdings in the "west mountains" of Utah.

Dates: 1878
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James H. Lingston contract

San Fernando the Magallanes list of crew

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233291969]
Identifier: Vault MSS 642
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of crew or ship's company of the vessel or ship named San Fernando the Magellanes for the year 1809. Also included is information on departure from and entry to ports, amount of salary paid to the crew, portion of salary paid to the various spouses, and miscellaneous information on the ship's complement. The ship was owned by Spain.

Dates: 1809
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / San Fernando the Magallanes list of crew

H. Ludwige letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227641823]
Identifier: MSS 4162
Scope and Contents

H. Ludwige letter, 1875 includes the original and photocopy of a German letter written on onion skin paper. The letter, apparently to Herr Zinggeler, consists of business information about Tokyo, London, and Germany.

Dates: 1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / H. Ludwige letter

W. P. Lyon receipt

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230244177]
Identifier: MSS SC 635
Scope and Contents

Handwritten receipt signed in Nauvoo, Illinois for payment of a note against Aaron Holder. Also includes photographs of present day restored Lyon drugstore in Nauvoo.

Dates: 1842
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / W. P. Lyon receipt

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