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Conrad Thornquist papers
Conrad Thornquist was a Michigan native who attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and attended Harvard Law School in the Class of 1931. His papers include handwritten and bound class notes from his Harvard Law School coursework...
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Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend, 1854
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Court records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Townsend, Edmund; Townsend, John E.; Townsend, Samuel C.; Townsend, Thomas; Townsend, Wentworth R.; Johnson, Henrietta; Johnson, Robert; Parkes, L.;...
Petition by the executors of the estate of Edmund Townsend directing the disposition of two female slaves who are the daughters of the deceased.
Civil War & Slavery

Bill of sale for slave of William B. Withers, January 18, 1858
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slave bills of sale; Slaves; Slaveholders; Withers, John G.; Withers, W. B.; Sherrill, Elam A.
Bill of sale transferring ownership of an 11 year old boy named Dick from John G. Withers of North Carolina to William B. Withers (b. ca. 1821 in S. C.) for the sum of $710.
Civil War & Slavery

Appraisal of the estate of William B. Stover, 1850
African Americans; Slavery--United States; Slave records; Slaves; Slaveholders; Property; Stover, William B., 1782-1850
Appraisal of the estate of William Bradford Stover (b. 24 June 1782 in S. C., d. 11 Nov. 1850 in Wilcox, Co., Alabama). Inventory of property includes 41 slaves, livestock, equipment, tools, furnishings, and other effects.
Civil War & Slavery

Arizona. F.C. Angus on the rim of the Grand Canyon
Arizona; Photographs; Photography; Grand Canyon (Ariz.); Canyons;
F.C. Angus on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon looking to the north toward Bright Angel Canyon, Arizona.
D. J. Angus Photographs

John Bennitt Civil War Diary, 1865
Bennitt, John, 1830-1892; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)--Surgeons; Surgeons--Michigan--Diaries; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care; African Americans
This diary was the last of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. The third volume (Jan. 1, 1865-May 13, 1865) begins with the account of...
Civil War & Slavery

American sovereign, An
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Binding of An American sovereign by James Milford Merrill, published by C.M. Clark, 1909.
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McAllister and his double
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Binding of McAllister and his double, by Arthur Train, published by, C. Scribner's Sons, 1905
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Last voyage of the Donna Isabel, The
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Binding of The last voyage of the Donna Isabel; a romance of the sea, by Randall Parrish, published by A.C. McClurg & Co., c1908.
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Thankful's inheritance
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Binding of Thankful's inheritance, by Joseph C. Lincoln, published by D. Appleton and Co., 1915.
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Wilby's Dan
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Binding of Wilby's Dan, by William Wallace Cook; illustrated by C.B. Falls, published by Burr Printing House, 1904.
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Partners of the tide
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Binding of Partners of the tide by Joseph C. Lincoln, published by D. Appleton and Co., 1915.
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Old gentleman of the black stock, The
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Binding of The old gentleman of the black stock, by Thomas Nelson Page, published by C. Scribner, 1900
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Story of Tonty, The
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Binding of The story of Tonty, by Mary Hartwell Catherwood, published by A.C. McClurg and Co., 1901.
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Captain Ravenshaw or, The maid of Cheapside: A romance of Elizabethan London
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Binding of Captain Ravenshaw, by Robert Neilson Stephens, published by L. C. Page & Co., 1901.
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How George Rogers Clark won the Northwest, and other essays in western history
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Binding of How George Rogers Clark won the Northwest, and other essays in western history, by Reuben Gold Thwaites, published by A.C. McClurg & Co., 1904.
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Colonel Carter's Christmas
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Binding of Colonel Carter's Christmas, by F. Hopkinson Smith, published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1903.
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Recollections of Abraham Lincoln
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Binding of Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, by Ward Hill Lamon and Dorothy Lamon, Teillard, published by A.C. McClurg & Co., 1895
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Among the farm-yard people
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Binding of Among the farm-yard people, by Clara D. Pierson, published by E.P. Dutton & Co., 1925.
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