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F. Ray Risdon
Collection of Lincolniana and American
Political Life
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Selection of Materials : Administrative Documents
Today’s red tape is
tomorrow’s valuable artifact; for proof look no
further than the 500 official documents held in this
collection. Permits, logs, contracts, and
other records dating back to the late 1700s provide
context for the great moments of history, large and
small. In addition to the seven items shown below
that demonstrate the wide range of legal and
bureaucratic materials we hold, there are stock
receipts for California railroads, Confederate
currency, and land grants to veterans of the War of
1812. Click on the thumbnails to see the
full-size image.
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Box 74 A
customs form for the schooner Federal
George. (1799)
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Box 1 One of
over 30 monthly quartermaster reports from
the 34th Mass. Infantry. Through these
reports one can track the unit's activities
from 1862 to 1865.
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Box
74 This pass, signed by brevet
Lieutenant Colonel Drake De Kay, gives
permission to Mr. Ezra Hill to pass through
Union lines during the first summer of the
War. (1861)
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Box 74 A chattel slavery bill of
sale (1822).
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Box
74 An Oath of Allegiance to the United
States of America, signed by Samuel Miller of
the Shenandoah Valley. (1862)
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Box 74 A poll
tax receipt for A.S. Ensworth, resident of
San Diego, CA. (1862)
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Box 83 John C. Fremont's bond of
$6000 to Charles Gould. (1857)
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