1889

Autograph document

Title: [Captain Ethan A. Jenks' legal statement regarding the validity of Erasmus D. Clark's pension claim]

GLC02750.277

6 October 1891

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Captain Ethan A. Jenks' legal statement regarding the validity of Allen G. Stillwell's pension claim]

GLC02750.278

February 11, 1888

Perkins, Benjamin G., fl. 1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Possibly to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. Perkins, who formerly served in the Rhode Island Volunteers, updates Jenks on personal matters taking place in the Internal Revenue Service Collector's Office where Jenks formerly worked. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.281

30 July 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks and Mr. Coates

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, apologizes for the actions of deputy collector Wilson. Requests that the recipients assess their respective Rhode Island divisions for delinquent tax payers. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.282

26 September 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks and Mr. Coates

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, instructs Jenks and Coates to finish a report on their respective divisions requested 30 July 1891 (see the previous item on this inventory). Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.283

8 October 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, a tax collector, requests information from Jenks, deputy collector in Providence, Rhode Island, regarding some citizens' unpaid taxes. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.284

24 November 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, informs Jenks, Rhode Island deputy collector, that they will "get cat-hauled over the coals by Department soon," if Jenks does not promptly provide him with information on a tax issue within Jenks' division. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.285

28 November 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, instructs Jenks, a Rhode Island deputy collector, on the taxation of a large still. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.286

28 November 1891

Harpnes, M. A., fl. 1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Harpnes informs Jenks, a Rhode Island deputy collector, that Henry T. Nichols is a "W. Malt L. Dealer, but not a W. L. Dealer." Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.287

3 December 1891

Powel, William, fl. 1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John I. Hutchinson

Powel contests the Internal Revenue Service's claim that his firm is liable to pay the government a special tax as a retail dealer. Powel was informed of his firms' liability by deputy collector Ethan A. Jenks.

GLC02750.288

5 December 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, informs deputy collector Jenks that [William?] Powel's firm must pay taxes and a penalty. Contains an unsigned note attached by nail waiving all claims to exemption from assessment owing to the fifteen months limitation. (Refer to the previous item on this inventory). Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.289

16 December 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, district tax collector, instructs deputy collector Jenks to collect an outstanding penalty from [William?] Powel's firm. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.291

26 December 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks

Hutchinson, district tax collector, requests forms from Jenks, deputy collector. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.292

19 June 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to brother

re: true to his "prediction", Hartsuff is now in the Rockies. He describes the setting to his brother and then goes on to discuss the "complicated" situation with the Utes who are being forced from one reservation to another in the wake of 1) the "Mackie and Thomasburg massacre" and 2) the discovery of "several rich mines" on their former territory.

GLC05201.005

8 July 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and children"

re: Hartsuff again considers the prospects of trouble with the upcoming relocation of the Uncompahgre Utes to their new reservation in Utah at the junction of the Green and White Rivers. He expresses contempt for the "Civil Authority" which "spend & squander & steal" appropriations while the military looks on and enforces its arbitrary will on the Utes. Hartsuff, concerned about the assassination of Pres. Garfield, worries that the consequences "will convulse the whole country". Written at Cantonment on the Uncompahgre also known as Fort Crawford.

GLC05201.006

17 July 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Florence Hartstuff

re: letter fragment describing the calvary camp, Hartsuff's headquarters, to his young daughter.

GLC05201.007

1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alice Hartstuff

re: Hartsuff sends money and instructions "in a nut shell" for investing it. He advises his wife to invest the money wisely and suggests that expanding into the lot that adjoins their current home would be a wise choice if she could make certain that the title to the land was good.

GLC05201.008

13 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling little girl"

re: Hartsuff writes to his daughter Florence at boarding school thanking her for the gifts that she sent home and reassuring her that the entire family thinks about her often and wonders what she might be doing at school. He also compliments the style and form of the letter that accompanied the gifts. Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.009

25 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and baby"

re: description of the journey from Rushville, "where we left the RR", to the Pine River Agency. He also notes the general air of "stability & comfort" at the Agency - the prosperity of the farms, the "cheerful" disposition of the people, the number of schools and churches. Hartsuff also renews his acquaintance with "old Red Cloud" and other chiefs he has met before.

GLC05201.010

27 November 1890

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to unknown]

re: Hartsuff reports on various visit within the Pine Ridge reservation including a call on the Agency Doctor -- "a full-blooded Sioux, . . . a full graduate of Dartmouth and Harvard College, of course speaks English perfectly is bright & polished in his manner & deportment as any young man in polite society" - and the local Episcopal minister ("an educated half-breed") and his wife. Hartsuff also makes reference to a new "messiah religion" among the Sioux and Utes. Although he doesn't know what it is called, he is referring to the Ghost Dance religion. Written at the Pine Ridge…

GLC05201.011

Circa. May 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

States that they are waiting for the company to fill up before training can begin. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.

GLC09120.023

Circa. May 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes a graphologist's assessment of his personality. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.

GLC09120.024

Circa. May 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes how difficult Sundays are for him since he has no distractions to prevent him thinking of home and people on the outside world.

GLC09120.025

June 4, 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Discusses Estelle's faithfulness to Sid. Describes a ten-mile hike that the company had gone on, and also a lecture on means of protection against chemical warfare. Written at Edgewood Arsenal.

GLC09120.026

June 4, 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Incomplete letter. Explains that multiple use of punctuation marks is due to his "engaged to be engaged" status. Wishes Estelle luck in her upcoming exams. Starts to describe his dream date. Written at Edgewood Arsenal

GLC09120.027