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3 June 1822

Joslan, A., fl. 1822

Autograph document signed

Title: Commissioners' Obligation

discusses David Murphy's obligations to the county

GLC01450.600.066

1783-1815

Murphy, William, 1783-1815

Autograph document signed

Title: [petition to appoint Nathaniel Cook as second mayor of St. Genevieve]

GLC01450.600.067

1783-1815

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [petition to replace John Nallee with John Smith in St. Genevieve]

GLC01450.600.068

17 October 1843

Cobb, John, fl. 1843

Autograph document signed

Title: [Annnouncement from the county clerk that David Murphy has died and left a will leaving his estate to others]

GLC01450.600.069

1843

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [David Murphy's will]

Dated May 14, 1843- 7 September 1843.

GLC01450.600.070

3 March 1843

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [Copy of David Murphy's will]

GLC01450.600.071

1783-1815

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [David Murphy's will, unfinished and undated]

GLC01450.600.072

10 August 1825

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document

Title: [Ledger for 91 Francois Branch Bible Society]

GLC01450.600.073

19 March 1811

Dodson, James, fl. 1811

Autograph document signed

Title: [Horses sold between David Murphy and James Dodson]

GLC01450.600.074

22 May 1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Military department declares resignation]

GLC01450.600.075

January 13, 1800

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Lowry Donaldson

A letter from David Murphy to James Lowry Donaldson. Donaldson was a register of land claims for the district of Louisiana.

GLC01450.600.076

23 September 1800

Cook, Nathaniel, fl. 1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [David Murphy is sworn in]

GLC01450.600.077

December 13, 1804

Murphy, Richard, fl. 1804

Autograph document signed

Title: [Pledge to form volunteer obligation to help those whose resources have been taken by the wolves]

GLC01450.600.078

1783-1815

Autograph document

Title: Articles of agreement between Joab Lim and David Murphy of the district of New Bourbon.

GLC01450.600.079

23 July 1836

Autograph document

Title: [Announcement of pro-slavery meeting in Kansas]

GLC01450.600.57

1877-1900

Autograph document

Title: to the Presidency of Weber Stake of Zion

Petition from members of the third Ward complaining that the meeting house is "very inconvenient." Includes 41 signatures.

GLC05756.068

February 22, 1890

Autograph document

Title: To the Presidency and High Council of the Weber Stake of Zion

Petition against allowing part of the first ward to join the second ward. Includes 132 signatures.

GLC05756.069

9 March 1891

Autograph document

Title: To the President and Members of the High Council

Petition to make Kangon Road the boundary between the 3rd and Mound Fort [?] Wards. Includes 20 signatures.

GLC05756.074

8 August 1862

Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary "Mollie" McLean

There is a rumour going around that Will was released but it is not believed because he would have stopped by. The men signed a petition to keep him in their regiment.

GLC02161.046

February 26, 1861

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. B. Saunders

States that he can do nothing about Saunders land claims, due to secession. Because of Southern secession, Saunders must take his claims up with the state offices of the seceded states, and the petitions he filed before secession are no longer relevant. Benjamin also states "I am to leave to-morrow for Montgomery." Written the day after he was appointed Confederate Attorney General.

GLC03303

circa 1585-1783

Wildes, John, fl. 1744-1746

Autograph document signed

Title: Petition to move training

GLC01450.248.04

1861

Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis

Document signed

Title: Petition to Abraham Lincoln

re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking church into Union hands.

GLC04813.01

11 March 1864

Chaplain Association of Memphis

Document signed

Title: Petition to P.J.D. Irwin

Petition to Army Surgeon P.J.D. Irwin re: attesting to church's Confederate leanings. With endorsement of surgeons in charge of U.S. general military hospitals (11 March 1864) and AES of P.J.D. Irwin (14 March 1864).

GLC04813.02