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circa 1870-1906
Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906
Collection of items pertaining to John C. Tidball [Decimalized .01-.03]
Date inferred based in Tidball's service as Commander of the District of Alaska.
GLC04041
1865/05/22
[Receipt]
Receipt for goods bought at Toof, Phillips & Cirode. Includes items such as sugar, tea, rice, candles, oysters, brandy, and rum.
GLC04522.06
Orme, William W., 1832-1866
Agreement of registry
Signed by Orme and Isham G. Bailey; and by John C. Holland as a witness. Approved by C.C. Washburne as major general commanding and by his AAG, Major [W.H. Mayer?], brevet brigadier general. Bailey registers his plantation in an agreement made with...
GLC04522.07
1867/01/01
Bailey, Isham G., fl. 1867
[Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Alie Bailey]
Alie Bailey is to receive half of the corn, cotton, and fodder cultivated in return for providing all the work necessary to keep up the farm, assisting in putting up fences, and cultivating forty acres of cotton and corn. Amongst other things...
GLC04522.09
[Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Jack Bailey]
Signed by Isham G. Bailey and by Jack Bailey, with his mark; countersigned by Justice of the Peace A.B. Conly. Jack Bailey's responsibilities include cultivating seventy acres of land, furnishing one mule, provide for himself, family and hired hands...
GLC04522.10
1875/09/20
Gibson, D.E., fl. 1875
to Doctor Bailey
Asks for advice regarding the use of hot springs as a treatment for an "disease of the womb" from which his patient is suffering.
GLC04522.12
1872/01/10
Fox, Joseph O., fl. 1872
To Doctor Bailey
Writes that he is unable to repay his debt. Offers to sell Doctor Bailey a part of his lot if he is not able to repay his debt in four to six months. Also offers to sell Dr. Bailey his horse and rockaway at a lower price than they are worth.
GLC04522.13
1875/09/17
Baily, N.Y., fl. 1875
To sister Bettie
Writes that the Hot Springs delegation left this morning. Discusses family and friends. Mentions a mechanism referred to as the "double acting, self-adjusting refrigerator" which creates a sound similiar to that of a large steamboat.
GLC04522.14
1880/12/29
Bailey, Birdie, fl. 1880
To her father
Discusses Christmas, the marriage of friends and the assassination of Dr. Lind.
GLC04522.15
1865/10/20
Stewart, W.T., fl. 1865
[Land deed]
Land deed between W. T. Stewart and John W. Goodwin for a plot of land in the town of La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee. Witnessed by Clarence A. Chaires and D.W. Cox. With extensive docketing on verso. With six revenue stamps.
GLC04522.16
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