5 December 1856

Van Valkenburgh, Robert B., 1821-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh

A letter written to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh by brother Robert B. Van Valkenburgh. In this letter, Robert tells Franklin what it means to be a lawyer and the moral obligation he has to be honest with his clients. Robert also provides a list of books, with descriptions, that he believes would be useful to Franklin while he is practicing law. This letter is written on blue paper and has a note written in pencil at the top to the frist page that Franklin is a lawyer at the time this letter was written.

GLC06253.07

15 April 1857

Waldo, Otis H., fl. 1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh

A letter written to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh by Otis H. Waldo. In this letter Waldo entreats Van Valkenburgh to return and continue working for the firm stating the amounts Van Valkenburgh would be paid for his first and second year of employment. While Otis H. Waldo appears in this letter as O.H. Waldo, his first name was determined from letter GLC06253.10 of this collection. Van Valkenburgh's reply to this letter is GLC06253.23. Otis H. Waldo married Franklin's sister Gertrude, but it is unclear what year the marriage occured.

GLC06253.08

January 11,1860

Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emmeline Wells Pratt

A letter written to Emmeline Wells Pratt by Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh. Van Valkenburgh professes his love and reminisces on their time spent together. In pencil at the top of the letter it is written that Pratt is the fiance of Van Valkenburgh. This letter is believed to have been written in Milwaukee, Wisconsin due to the date and location in relation to other letters in the collection.

GLC06253.09

19 August 1861

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.02

25 September 1861

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.04

24 November 1861

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.05

12 December 1861

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.06

January 12, 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.07

January 23, 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.08

6 March 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.09

3 April 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.11

26 May 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.12

2 January 1864

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.14

25 May 1864

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.17

27 April 1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.18

1 May 1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.19

27 June 1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.20

14 July 1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.21

1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph document

Title: [Roll of Company B 1st Vet Cavalry]

This is a list of 85 names

GLC06627.01.22

February 1, 1864

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph document

Title: To William Crans

GLC06627.01.23

18 July 1862

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph document

Title: To William Crans

GLC06627.01.24

1862-1865

Autograph document

Title: To William Crans

GLC06627.01.25

1862-1865

Crans, Adolphus W., fl. 1863-1864

Autograph document

Title: To William Crans

GLC06627.01.26

1862-1865

Envelope

Title: Adolphus W. Crans

GLC06627.01.27

1862-1865

Envelope

Title: William Crans

GLC06627.01.29