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BOX 2 |
General Correspondence, 1865-1906
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Letters exchanged with family during Hitt’s European trip, 1867-1868, and other
correspondence with relatives and friends. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 2 |
1865-1906
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(11 folders) |
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BOX 2 |
Special Correspondence, 1892-1905
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Special correspondence concerning Hitt’s reporting of Lincoln’s debate with
Douglas in 1858, the accuracy of same, and Hitt’s discovery that Douglas was
guilty of misquotation. Includes a copy of Lincoln’s presentation in the Rock
Island Bridge case, 1857. |
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Organized chronologically. |
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BOX 2 |
1892-1905
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(4 folders) |
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BOX 3-5 |
Business Correspondence, 1882-1904
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Letters regarding Hitt’s business interests, including his investment in the
Louisville, New Albany, & Chicago Railway and appeals to use his influence
during his congressional tour. |
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Arranged according to correspondent or type of material. |
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BOX 3 |
Caldwell & Caldwell, 1882-1893
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BOX 3 |
Carr, J. P., 1882-1883
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BOX 3 |
Chicago & Bedford Stone Co., 1883
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BOX 3 |
Debtors |
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BOX 3 |
Duvall, W. Clarence, 1882-1904
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BOX 3 |
First National Bank, Lafayette, Ind.
1883-1895
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BOX 3 |
Fowler National Bank, 1891
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BOX 3 |
Lafayette Gas & Light |
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BOX 3 |
1883-1893
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BOX 3 |
1894-1896
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BOX 3 |
Lafayette Savings Bank, 1882
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BOX 3 |
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
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BOX 3 |
1881-1883
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(3 folders) |
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BOX 4 |
1884-1889
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BOX 4 |
National State Bank, Lafayette, Ind., 1882
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BOX 4 |
Patterson, C. S., 1892
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BOX 4 |
Estate of William Phelps, 1903-1904
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BOX 4 |
Real estate, undated
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BOX 4 |
Sherman, R. H., 1882-1893
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BOX 4 |
Taxes in Washington, D.C., 1884-1904
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BOX 4 |
Warner, Charles, 1883-1894
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BOX 4 |
Western Dredging and Improvement, 1893
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BOX 5 |
Williams, George, 1882-1894
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(3 folders) |
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BOX 5 |
Miscellany |
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BOX 5 |
1883-1883
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(2 folders) |
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BOX 5 |
1883-1888
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BOX 5 |
1885-1893
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BOX 6-8 |
Official Correspondence, 1874-1901
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Correspondence and letterbooks relating to Hitt’s activities at the American
legation in Paris, 1874-1881, duties in Congress, 1882-1906, and on the Hawaiian
Commission. |
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Arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 6 |
Secretary to United States Legation, Paris,
France, 1874-1881
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BOX 6 |
Letterbook |
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BOX 6 |
Nov. 1875-Dec. 1876
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BOX 6 |
Dec. 1876-Dec. 1878
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BOX 7 |
Jan. 1879-Jan. 1881
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BOX 7 |
Dec. 1882-Apr. 1883
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BOX 7 |
Apr. 1883
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BOX 8 |
May 1898-June 1899
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BOX 8 |
Dec. 1899-Feb. 1901
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BOX 8 |
Hawaiian Commission, Aug. 1898-Mar. 1899
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BOX 9 |
Subject File
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Printed matter on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, material relating to the Rock
Island Bridge case, condolences and correspondence, a map, speeches, and
miscellaneous items. |
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Arranged by topic or type of material. |
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BOX 9 |
Assistant secretary of state, 1881
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BOX 9 |
Indians, dispatches regarding, 1865
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BOX 9 |
Indian names |
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BOX 9 |
Letters of condolence to Mrs. Hitt |
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BOX 9 |
Regarding Abraham Lincoln |
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BOX 9 |
Louisville & Nashville Railroad |
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BOX 9 |
Map of Mt. Morris, Ill. (Hitt’s home)
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BOX 9 |
Poe’s park legislation |
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BOX 9 |
Rock Island Bridge case, June 1860
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BOX 9 |
Souvenirs from Palestine |
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BOX 9 |
Speech, Oregon, Ill., 1882
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BOX 9 |
Speech to Boston, Mass., merchants, 1893
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BOX 9 |
Speech for annexation of Hawaii, 1898
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BOX 10-30 |
Newspaper Clippings, 1884-1906
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Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings begun after Hitt’s election to Congress and
miscellaneous clippings. |
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The scrapbooks are arranged chronologically. |
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BOX 10 |
Scrapbooks |
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BOX 10 |
Oct. 1884-30 June 1886
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BOX 10 |
Canadian reciprocity, 1887-1888
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BOX 10 |
Oct. 1888-Jan. 1890
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BOX 11 |
Jan. -May 1890
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BOX 11 |
May-Aug. 1890
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BOX 12 |
Aug.-Oct. 1890
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BOX 12 |
Oct.-Nov. 1890
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BOX 13 |
Nov. 1890-Feb. 1892
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BOX 13 |
Mar.-June 1892
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BOX 14 |
June-Dec. 1892
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BOX 14 |
Dec. 1892-Feb. 1894
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BOX 15 |
Mar.-Sept. 1894
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BOX 15 |
Oct. 1894-Mar. 1895
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BOX 16 |
Mar.-Dec. 1895
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BOX 16 |
Dec. 1895-Apr. 1896
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BOX 17 |
Apr.-Nov. 1896
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BOX 17 |
Nov.-Dec. 1896
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BOX 18 |
Jan. 1897
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BOX 18 |
Jan.-May 1897
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BOX 19 |
June 1897-Jan. 1898
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BOX 19 |
Jan.-Apr. 1898
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BOX 20 |
Apr.-Nov. 1898
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BOX 20 |
Oct. 1898-Dec. 1899
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BOX 21 |
Nov. 1899-Sept. 1900
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BOX 21 |
Sept. 1900-July 1901
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BOX 22 |
July 1901-Apr. 1902
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BOX 22 |
Apr.-Oct. 1902
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BOX 23 |
Oct. 1902-Apr. 1903
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BOX 23 |
Apr.-Dec. 1903
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BOX 24 |
Jan.-May 1904
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BOX 24 |
May 1904
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BOX 25 |
May-June 1904
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BOX 25 |
June-24 June 1904
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BOX 26 |
24 June 1904-Apr. 1905
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BOX 26 |
Fifty-first Congress (1889-1891)
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BOX 27 |
Obituaries of others |
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BOX 28 |
Miscellaneous clippings |
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BOX 28 |
Activities in Congress |
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BOX 28 |
House Foreign Affairs Committee |
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BOX 28 |
Retirement. 1906
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BOX 28 |
Lowden, Frank O.-William Pierce Landon,
1906
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BOX 28 |
Race for Congress |
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BOX 29 |
Race for Congress |
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BOX 29 |
Obituaries of Hitt |
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BOX 29 |
Miscellany |
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BOX 30 |
Unidentified |
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BOX 31-37 |
Shorthand Notes, 1856-1904
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Mostly notebooks of shorthand notes, including notes taken prior to Lincoln’s
election and notes of courts-martial. |
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Arranged by subject, occasion, name of person, or type of material. |
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