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REEL 97-98 Series 3, Letter Press Copy Book, 1880-1892
Letters sent by Harrison from December 16, 1880, to May 28, 1888, are generally followed by transcripts. Letters of law partners and Howard Cale, Indianapolis financial manager, March 13, 1889, to January 2, 1892, are not transcribed. The volume contains an index.
REEL 97 1880-1881, Feb. 3
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REEL 98 1881, Feb. 3-1892, Jan. 2
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REEL 98-99 Series 4, Telegrams, 1888-1889
These telegrams surround four important political events: the Republican National Convention, June 22-30, 1888; the election, November 2-12, 1888; cabinet formation, February 6-March 6, 1889; and the inauguration.
Arranged chronologically and, within days, alphabetically by correspondent. When two telegrams are on the same page, alphabetical arrangement is by the writer of the first telegram.
REEL 98 1888, June 4-Nov. 8
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REEL 99 1888, Nov. 8-1889, Mar. 9
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REEL 99-100 Series 5, Social, 1889-1892, 1890-1897
One volume is the reception list; the other, dinner and luncheon lists and seating arrangements.
Correspondence consists mainly of replies to White House invitations, arranged under the date of the function and alphabetically within that day. Memoranda and lists are filed alphabetically under "Presidential."
REEL 99 Vols. 1-2, 1889-1890
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REEL 99 1890, Jan. 1-1891, Jan. 20
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REEL 100 1891, Jan. 23-1892 [includes items dated Dec. 1897]
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REEL 100-116 Series 6, Shorthand Notebooks, 1884-1901
Notebooks of Charles Watson, 1884-1886; Alice Sanger, 1888-1889; and E. Frank Tibbott, 1889-1901. Letters by Watson and Tibbott transcribed by Tibbott, found in Series 1 and 2. Letters of Alice Sanger and other notes of legal cases, speeches, etc., are not transcribed.
REEL 100 Shorthand notebooks
REEL 100 Nos. 1-2
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REEL 101 Nos. 2-8
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REEL 102 Nos. 8-14
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REEL 103 Nos. 14-20
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REEL 104 Nos. 21-27
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REEL 105 Nos. 28-35
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REEL 106 Nos. 36-42
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REEL 107 Nos. 42-48
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REEL 108 Nos. 48-59
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REEL 109 Nos. 59-71
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REEL 110 Nos. 71-81
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REEL 111 Nos. 81-90
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REEL 112 Nos. 90-98
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REEL 113 Nos. 99-107
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REEL 114 Nos. 107-115
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REEL 115 Nos. 115-123
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REEL 116 Nos. 123-127
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REEL 116-117 Series 7, Record of Letters Received at the White House, 1889-1893
Entries include name of writer, purport, date received, and agency to which the letter was referred.
Alphabetical by first initial of surname and, within the alphabetical location, by date.
REEL 116 1889, Mar. 6-1889, July 30
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REEL 117 1889, Aug. 1-1893
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REEL 117-121 Series 8, Speeches, 1878-1901
Includes notes, drafts, reading copies, and printed copies of campaign speeches, special messages to Congress, and post presidential lectures and speeches.
Arranged chronologically.
REEL 117 1878, Aug. 9-1888, Sept. 29
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REEL 118 1888, Oct. 2-1892, Dec. 6
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REEL 119 1892, Dec. 6-1894, Mar. 12
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REEL 120 1894, Mar-1900, Dec.
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REEL 121 1900, Dec.-1901, Mar.
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REEL 121-122 Series 9, Writings, 1895-1897
Manuscripts of a series of articles written for the Ladies Home Journal (Dec. 1895-May 1897) entitled "This Country of Ours." Page proofs of the articles as they appeared in the magazine follow.
Arranged after the articles is the revised and supplemented text that formed a book entitled This Country of Ours (1897). Manuscripts for the book are succeeded by galley and page proofs with annotations.
REEL 121 1895-1897
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REEL 122 1895-1897
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REEL 122-123 Series 10, Legal Instruments, 1852-1898
Deeds, petitions, agreements, etc.
Arranged chronologically.
REEL 122 1852-1898
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REEL 123 Undated
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REEL 123-135 Series 11, Legal Cases and Firm Letter Press Copy Books, circa 1855-1900
The cases are arranged alphabetically by the first party named. Cases files include briefs, counter briefs, records of trials, notes and memoranda, and, in the Morrison will case, shorthand notebooks. The firm letter press copy books, to which consecutive numbers have been assigned, concern business of the firms [William] Wallace & Harrison and Harrison & [William P.] Fishback, and some individual business of Harrison and of Fishback as Pension Agent.
Volumes contain their own indexes and letters generally appear chronologically.
REEL 123 Cases 1-26
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1. Adams vs. Indiana Baking Co.
2. Amick vs. Hadley.
3. Ashbrook vs. I. P. & C. R. W. Co.
4. Aspen Consolidated Mining Co. vs. John R. Williams.
5. Harvey R. Barlow vs. Samuel W. Hollingsworth.
6. James G. Blaine vs. Indianapolis Sentinel Co. and John C. Shoemaker.
7. James S. Breckinridge vs. Lafayette Rail Road Co.
8. Brett vs. Geisendorf.
9. Polland S. Brown and wife vs. Fall Creek and Mud Creek Gravel Road Co.
10. Brown, Blair, & Co. vs. First National Bank of Indianapolis.
11. Brown et al vs. Walpole's Administrator.
12. California Irrigation cases.
13. Campbell Wild & Co. vs. Board of School Commissioners.
14. Caylor vs. Cansuse.
15. Chicago Street Railway.
16. Claypool [railroad wreck case].
17. Continental Trust Co. vs. P. D. & E. R. R. Co.
18. Crane & Wesson vs. Aetna Life Insurance Co. et al.
19. Cunningham vs. Evansville & Terre Haute R. R. Co.
20. De Pauw will case.
21. Carlos Dickson et al vs. Indianapolis Cotton Manufacturing Co.
22. Duke v. King.
23. Eel River Railroad Co. vs. State of Indiana.
24. Eureka Mower Co.
25. Frederick Fairbirn (C. C. Heizer, Trustee).
26. Caroline M. Forsyth vs. City of Hammond.
REEL 124 Cases 27-57
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27. Forsythe vs. Smale.
28. Gambole vs. Vandalia R. R. Co.
29. Goodall & Strickland vs. Wood & Boyd.
30. Gravel Road Co. cases.
31. Gray vs. Clippinger's Estate.
32. John S. Hall et al vs. Elisha Kise.
33. Hancing vs. Hartman.
34. Catherine A. Higgs vs. John M. Higgs.
35. Holmes vs. Pierce.
36. Huff vs. Kimball.
37. Hughey vs. May.
38. Illinois inheritance tax cases.
39. Indiana vs. Jon Cline.
40. Indiana National Bank vs. John P. Meikel et al.
41. Indianapolis: Street Railway Cases.
42. Jameson vs. City of Indianapolis.
43. Johnson & Johnson vs. Bauer & Black.
44. Johnson et al vs. Indianapolis & Oakland Gravel Road Co.
45. Henry C. King vs. Altizer et al.
46. Langsdale vs. Clem.
47. Lewis vs. City of Indianapolis.
48. Logansport, Crawfordsville, & South Western R. R. Co.
49. Garrett J. Lydecker courts-martial case.
50. McCool vs. Lyon et al.
51. Ronald T. McDonald vs. Fort Wayne Electric Co.
52. Martindale vs. Rosengarten et al.
53. Meyers vs. Universaw.
54. Meyers vs. Manhattan Life Insurance Co.
55. Milligan vs. Rand
56. Miller vs. Talbot.
57. Morrison will case.
REEL 125 Case 57
57. Morrison will case.
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REEL 125 Shorthand notebooks
1-6
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REEL 126 7-14
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REEL 127 15-22
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REEL 128 22-30
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REEL 129 30-38
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REEL 130 38 (cont.)-46
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REEL 131 46-53
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REEL 132 54-61
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REEL 133 62, 1858-1859
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REEL 133 Cases 58-83
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