Charlemagne Tower papers, 1830-1889

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Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence



Box CC1 A-Bar



Box CC2 Bas-Bicknell



Box CC3 Bicknell, 1875-1881



Box CC4 Bicknell, 1882-1889



Box CC5 Big-By



Box CC6 Ca-Cl



Box CC7 Co-Cu



Box CC8 Da



Box CC9 De-Dw



Box CC10 E-Ellsbury



Box CC11 Ellsbury, 1882-1885



Box CC12 Ellsbury (Charles Tower, 1886-Charles Tower Jr.)



Box CC13 Ely, George H. & S.P.



Box CC14 Ely, George H. & S.P.



Box CC15 Ely, Geo. H. & S.P.-Ev



Box CC16 F-G



Box CC17 H



Box CC18 I-La


La-Le

Box CC19 is missing. YH 2023.



Box CC20 Lee, Deborah Tower (Mrs. Richard) - Lee, Richard



Box CC21 Leeds - Morcom, E.



Box CC22 Morse - Munson, S., 1877



Box CC23 Munson, S. (1878) - O, 1878



Box CC24 P-Prince, Franklin, 1885



Box CC25 Prince, Franklin (1886) - Sm., 1886



Box CC26 Snyder, Emma Tower (Mrs. E. C.) (Amelia M. B. Tower-Charlemagne Tower, 1871), 1871



Box CC27 Snyder, Emma Tower - Sp., 1872-1889



Box CC28 St - Stone, George (B-Charlemagne Tower, Sr.)



Box CC29 Stone, George (to Charlemagne Tower, Jr.), 1881-April 1884, undated



Box CC30 Stone, George (to Charlemagne Tower, Jr.), May 1884-March 1885



Box CC31 Stone, George (to Charlemagne Tower, Jr.), April 1885-December 1885



Box CC32 Stone, George (to Charlemagne Tower, Jr., 1886-W), 1886



Box CC33 Stone, W. - Tenney, L. H.



Box CC34 Tenney, L. H., 1876-1880



Box CC35 Tower, E.-Tower, Julius, 1832



Box CC36 Tower, Reuben (b.1829), 1884-1889



Box CC37 Terry, E.-Th



Box CC38 Tower, Julius, 1835-1870



Box CC39 Tl-Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889



Box CC40 Tower, Charlemagne (Str - Charlemagne Tower, Jr. to April 1885)



Box CC41 Charlemagne Tower, Jr. (Bailey-Amelia M. B. Tower)



Box CC42 Tower, Charlemagne (Charlemagne Tower, Jr. May 1885-W.)



Box CC43 Charlemagne Tower, Jr., 1862-1869



Box CC44 Charlemagne Tower, Jr., 1870-1882



Box CC45 Charlemagne Tower, Jr., September 1884-1885



Box CC46 Charlemagne Tower, Jr., 1883-August 1884



Box CC47 Charlemagne Tower, Jr., 1886-1889



Box CC48 Tower, Charlemagne Jr.,-Tower, Dewitt (D. Tower-Z)



Box CC49 Tower, L. H.-Tower, Reuben (b.1829), 1876



Box CC50 Tower, Reuben (b.1829), 1877-1883



Box CC51 Tower, Julius (to Charlemagne Tower, 1871-Charlemagne Tower, Jr.)



Box CC52 Tower, Sarah Louisa



Box CC53 Tower, T.-Z


Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence

Individuals: sorted by surname; Corporations: i.e., firms, banks, etc., arranged alphabetically by name of company.



Box 1 A


Box 1 B


Box 1 B, 1830-1839


Box 1 B, 1840-1849


Box 1 Ba, 1850-1870


Box 1 Be, 1850-1870


Box 1 Bellas, Hugh, 1850-1870


Box 1 Bennett, Daniel R., 1850-1870


Box 1 Bi-Bo, 1850-1870


Box 1 Br, 1850-1870


Box 1 C


Box 1 C, 1830-1839


Box 1 C, 1840-1849


Box 1 D


Box 1 D, 1830-1839


Box 1 D, 1840-1849


Box 1 E


Box 1 E, 1830-1839


Box 1 E, 1840-1849


Box 1 Ely, George H. & Samuel P.


Box 1 F


Box 1 F, 1840-1849


Box 1 G


Box 1 G, 1830-1839


Box 1 G, 1840-1849


Box 1 Graham, John, 1835



Box 2 H


Box 2 H, 1830-1839


Box 2 H, 1840-1849


Box 2 Harris, Jonas P., 1840-1845


Box 2 Hart, Martin (executor of Alfred's estate; includes statements of accounts)


Box 2 Hawley, Martin, 1839-1843


Box 2 Heuritz, James, 1840-1845


Box 2 Hopkins, William H., January-June 1869, July-December 1869, January-June 1870, July-December 1870


Box 2 I-J


Box 2 J, 1830-1839


Box 2 J, 1840-1849


Box 2 Jenkins, J. Whipple, 1840-1845


Box 2 Jenkins, Timothy, 1840-1845


Box 2 Jones, Benjamin P., 1835; 1840-1845


Box 2 K


Box 2 K, 1840-1849


Box 2 Kirkland and Bacon, 1840-1849


Box 2 Loeser, C., 1863-1864



Box 3 M


Box 3 M, 1830-1839


Box 3 M, 1840-1849


Box 3 Morand, Henri


Box 3 N


Box 3 Nicholls, G. A.


Box 3 N-O, 1840-1845


Box 3 O


Box 3 P


Box 3 P-Q, 1830-1839


Box 3 P-Q, 1840-1849


Box 3 R



Box 4 S (4 folders)


Box 4 S, 1840-1849


Box 4 Stone, George C. (2 folders)


Box 4 T


Box 4 Tenney, Luman H.


Box 4 Terry, Orrin



Box 5 Tower, Charlemagne (Miscellaneous, copies of letters, Montana silver mining, incoming correspondence, charitable and educational contributions), 1809-1899, 1850-1853, 1871


Box 5 Tower, Charlemagne (miscellaneous), 1848-1923


Box 5 Tower, Julius


Box 5 Tower family


Box 5 Tower family (incoming correspondence; miscellaneous social letters)


Box 5 U


Box 5 United State Government


Box 5 Updegrave, H. K.


Box 5 Utley, Mary S.


Box 5 V


Box 5 W (2 folders)


Box 5 W, 1882


Box 5 W, 1883


Box 5 W, 1884


Box 5 Williams, E.T., circa 1883


Box 5 Williams, William E.


Box 5 Wilson, Thomas, circa 1885-1886


Box 5 Wright, Charles B., 1883-1884


Box 5 Y-Z


Box 5 Miscellaneous (initialed or unsigned letters, illegible surnames, replies to an ad for a room)



Box 6 Davis Pearson Estate (final adjudication records), 1874-January-June 1875, July-December 1875, January-June 1876, July-December 1876, January-June 1877, July-December 1877, January-June 1878, July-December 1878


Subseries I.3: Corporation Correspondence



Box 7 American Exchange Bank


Box 7 American Express Company


Box 7 American Institute of Mining Engineers


Box 7 American Manufacturer and Iron World


Box 7 Ann Arbor, First National Bank


Box 7 Browne and Wager


Box 7 Brush Electric Company


Box 7 Butler and Blake


Box 7 Canadian Pacific Railway


Box 7 Carnegie Brothers and Company


Box 7 Cass County, Dakota Territory


Box 7 Chicago Forge and Bold Company


Box 7 Cleveland Rolling Mill Company


Box 7 Colton (F. W. & C. T.) and Company


Box 7 Daniels and Torkelson


Box 7 Detroit, Bank of


Box 7 Detroit Car Wheel Company


Box 7 Dodson, (Charles M.) and Company


Box 7 Drexel and Company


Box 7 Dunlap and Gillespie


Box 7 East End Improvement Association (Duluth)


Box 7 Eddy and Smith


Box 7 Ensign and Cash


Box 7 Fairman and Newton


Box 7 Fargo, First National Bank


Box 7 Fidelity Insurance, Trust & Safe Deposit Company


Box 7 Garrett and Company


Box 7 Glenwood Manufacturing Company


Box 7 Gosline and Barbour


Box 7 Graff, Barnett and Company


Box 7 Halverson, (H. K.) and Company


Box 7 Harris (N. W.) and Company


Box 7 Heiser (Henry A.) and Sons


Box 7 Heyl, Gibson and Company


Box 7 Innes (Thomas B.) and Company


Box 7 Jacksonville South Eastern Railway Company


Box 7 Jansen, McClurg and Company


Box 7 Joliet Steel Company


Box 7 Lake Michigan & Lake Superior Transportation Company


Box 7 Lake Erie Iron Company


Box 7 Lake Park, Minnesota, Bank of


Box 7 Little and Cummings


Box 7 Livingston and Wilcox


Box 7 Matteson and Doolittle


Box 7 Munson and Hart


Box 7 OwenOneil and Company


Box 7 Seymour and Root


Box 7 Spearman Iron Company


Box 7 Southworth and Roberts


Box 7 Tower City, D. T. Bank


Box 7 Tuesley and Rothpletz


Box 7 Twomey and Francis


Box 7 Wadena, Minnesota. Bank of


Box 7 Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railway Company



Box 8 Beaver Brook Coal Company and Estate, 1870-1875, 1871-1874, 1876-1879, 1880-1889


Box 8 Duluth & Iron Range Railroad (White, George H.) (to Charlemagne Tower, 1848-1923), 1883-1887


Box 8 Minnesota Iron Company, 1882-1886, 1887-1888


Box 8 Newbold's W.H. & Son, circa 1885-1886


Box 8 North Western Manufacturing & Car Company, circa 1883-1884


Box 8 Pennsylvania Steel Company, 1873-1880, 1881-1884, 1885-1889



Box 9 Pinkerton Detective Agency (The Incendiary Fire Operation), December 1885-September 1886


Box 9 Rubberoid Company


Box 9 Rumley Mining Company


Box 9 Thomas and Shoemaker, 1875-1878, May-September 1879, October-November 1879, 1880, 1881-1889


Box 9 Tod, Stamnaugh and Company, 1885


Box 9 Western Railroad Company of Minnesota, 1880-1882


Box 9 Miscellaneous



Box 10 Northern Pacific Railroad, circa 1870-1889, 1872-1878, January-June 1879, July-December 1879, 1880, 1886-1888, 2 folders

Series II: Telegrams

Arranged chronologically



Box 11 1856; 1858; 1861; 1868


Box 11 Amelia M. Tower, 1860-1862


Box 11 Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923), 1865-1871


Box 11 Tower family, miscellaneous, circa 1865-1885


Box 11 Reuben Tower, 1870


Box 11 1872-1875


Box 11 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1873-1874; 1880


Box 11 1876-1878


Box 11 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1876


Box 11 R. Tower, 1876-1879


Box 11 1879


Box 11 1880


Box 11 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1880


Box 11 Reuben Tower, 1880-1881


Box 11 1881-1882


Box 11 A. M. Tower, 1881-1884


Box 11 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1881-1882


Box 11 R. Tower, 1882


Box 11 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1882-1883


Box 11 1883


Box 11 Ely, G. H. & S. P., 1883-1884


Box 11 Richard H. Lee, 1883-1884


Box 11 George C. Stone, 1883


Box 11 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1883


Box 11 R. Tower, 1883


Box 11 1884


Box 11 G. C. Stone, 1884


Box 11 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1884


Box 11 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1884



Box 12 1885


Box 12 Ely, G. H. & S. P., 1885


Box 12 R. H. Lee, 1885


Box 12 G. C. Stone, 1885


Box 12 A. M. Tower, 1885-1886


Box 12 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1885


Box 12 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1885


Box 12 R. Tower, 1885; 1887


Box 12 1886


Box 12 Ely, G. H. & S. P., 1886


Box 12 R. H. Lee, 1886-1889


Box 12 G. C. Stone, 1886


Box 12 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1886


Box 12 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1886


Box 12 1887


Box 12 Ely, G. H. & S. P., 1887


Box 12 G. C. Stone, 1887


Box 12 C. Tower (1809-1889), 1887


Box 12 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1887


Box 12 1888-1889


Box 12 G. C. Stone, 1888


Box 12 C. Tower (1848-1923), 1888

Series III: Letterbooks

Arranged chronologically



Box 13 Sale of unseated lands for taxes in Schuylkill County, Penna, June 12, 1820-January 7, 1857


Box 13 February 23, 1837-August 8, 1845


Box 13 August 11, 1845-April 26, 1850



Box 14 November 25, 1850-September 18, 1852


Box 14 September 2, 1852-June 2, 1854



Box 15 June 3, 1854-June 20, 1856


Box 15 Munson and Williams Letterbook, June 2, 1854-November 3, 1875



Box 16 June 20, 1856-December 15, 1857


Box 16 December 15, 1857-January 11, 1859


Box 16 January 11, 1859-December 4, 1860



Box 17 December 30, 1865-December 4, 1967


Box 17 Juyl 22, 1869-June 12, 1871



Box 18 June 12, 1871-June 17, 1873


Box 18 June 23, 1873-April 15, 1875



Box 19 April 15, 1875-November 16, 1876


Box 19 November 18, 1876-October 22, 1878


Box 19 October 21, 1878-April 7, 1880



Box 20 April 8, 1880-June 1, 1881


Box 20 July 26, 1882-September 17, 1883



Box 21 Minnesota Iron Company Letters, January 2, 1883-October 12, 1887


Box 21 October 14, 1884-December 28, 1885



Box 22 December 28, 1885-January 3, 1887


Box 22 September 29, 1888-July 29, 1889

Series IV: Manuscripts


Subseries IV.1: Manuscript Books



Box 23 Register, C. Tower, 1844, Court cases, February 29, 1844-March 29, 1869


Box 23 Daybook and Journal 2, Estate of R. Tower 1846, April 8, 1846-May 1, 1865


Box 23 Ledger, C. Tower, 1853, January 8, 1853-March 14, 1861



Box 24 Tax book, 1811-1836


Box 24 Casebook, Dec. Sessions-Mar. Sessions, 1853-1857


Box 24 Tower City Property, Daybook, August 17, 1869-July 22, 1873


Box 24 Tower City Property, Ledger, February 8, 1870-July 22, 1873


Box 24 Daybook, A: Bickel & Yohe, Tower City Saw Mill, July 9, 1869-April 27, 1870


Box 24 Daybook, B: Bickel & Yohe, April 29, 1870-December 31, 1870


Box 24 Daybook, C: Mattis & Yohe, Tower City, January 2, 1871-July 29, 1872


Box 24 Minnesota Iron Company, Transfer Book, February 5, 1883-October 13, 1887


Estate of Reuben Tower, 1787-1832



Box 25 Trustee Book, September 1, 1831-May 1, 1865


Box 25 Daybook and Journal, December 1, 1836-April 8, 1846


Box 25 Ledger, May 1, 1838-May 1, 1865



Box 26 Misc. accounts, C. Tower, 1880, December 20, 1877-April 13, 1888


Box 26 Plate (negative) and photos of Sarah Louisa Tower


Box 26 Journal [diary], November 18, 1829-July 14, 1834


Box 26 Scrapbook, newspaper clippings, 1880-1890


Box 26 Ledger, Estate of Amelia M. Tower Dec'd, April 30, 1896-January 18,1897


Box 26 Collections on the Page & Seabury Acts", May 10, 1843-April 8, 1848


Box 26 Bear Valley Coal Company, May 20, 1839


Box 26 Tower City Tenement Accounts, June 26, 1876-January 14, 1881



Box 27 Tower, C (1809-1889).: 4 account and bank books


Box 27 Tower, C. (1809-1889): "Iron Analysis Record", 1880


Box 27 Tower, C. (1809-1889)." 2 diaries kept while at Harvard", January 1827-November 8, 1829


Box 27 Tower, C. (1809-1889): diary, October 11, 1830


Box 27 Tower, C. (1848-1923): loan record, 1890


Subseries IV.2: Tower Family Manuscripts



Box 28 Tower, C. (1809-1889): Prose-Journal of my voyage to Charleston, 1832


Box 28 Tower, C. (1809-1889): Prose


Box 28 Tower family: Prose


Box 28 Tower Family: Poetry


Box 28 Tower family: fragments


Box 28 Misc. manuscripts


Box 28 Misc. manuscripts: fragments


Subseries IV.3: C. Tower, 1809-1889, at Harvard



Box 29 Correspondence - Letters written from Harvard


Box 29 Manuscripts - Poetry


Box 29 Manuscripts - Prose - Forensic papers, 1828-1830


Box 29 Manuscripts - Prose - Themes & Exercises (2 folders), 1825-1827, 1826-1830


Box 29 Harvard Catalogs, 1825-1832


Box 29 Receipts from Harvard, 1826-September 1844

Series V: Documents


Subseries V.1: Tower Family



Box 30 C. Tower, 1809-1889, Law Practice


Box 30 Disbarment, 1856


Box 30 Licenses to practice


Box 30 New York - Waterville practice


Box 30 Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County: Indictments, 1854-1855


Box 30 Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County: List of cases settled, 1855


Box 30 Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County: Summonses, 1854-1855


Box 30 Pennsylvania - Schuylkill County: Trail Lists, 1855-1870


Box 30 Pennsylvania - Schuylkill & Northumberland Counties: Laura Viel, Minors & misc., circa 1854


Box 30 Miscellaneous notes



Box 31 C. Tower, 1809-1889, His Estate


Box 31 James Oatis Case (Kansas)


Box 31 Miscellaneous items (4 folders)



Box 32 C. Tower, 1809-1889, Personal expense accounts



Box 33 Tower Family


Box 33 Lee, Richard H. - Harvard diplomas


Box 33 Tower, C. 1809-1889: Philadelphia residence (1525 Spruce Street)


Box 33 Tower, C. 1809-1889: Military records (3 folders), 1832-1839; 1864-1865


Box 33 Tower, C. 1809-1889: Military records, Raising a company at Pottsville, 1861


Box 33 Tower, C. 1809-1889: Military records, Provost Marshall Papers, 1864


Box 33 Tower, C. 1809-1889: Military records, U.S. Internal Revenue Income tax returns, 1860-1869


Box 33 Tower, C. (1848-1923): College Accounts, 1865-1872; 1869-1871


Box 33 Tower, Reuben (1787-1832): Articles of partnership


Box 33 Tower, Reuben (1787-1832): Estate - bankruptcy papers (John Ellis)


Box 33 Tower, Reuben (1787-1832): Estate - miscellaneous, circa 1835-1846


Box 33 Tower, Reuben (1787-1832): Miscellaneous papers, 1812-1825


Box 33 Tower Family Geneaology


Box 33 Tower Family - miscellaneous


Subseries V.2: Dated

Fully identified; includes deeds, indentures, mortgages, powers of attorney, etc.

Arranged chronologically.



Box 34 1785-1793



Box 35 1794



Box 36 1796-1816



Box 37 1817-1830



Box 38 1831-1840



Box 39 1841-1845



Box 40 1846-1847



Box 41 1848-1850



Box 42 1851



Box 43 1852-1855



Box 44 1856-1860



Box 45 1861-1865



Box 46 1866-1870



Box 47 1871-1887


Subseries V.3: Miscellaneous

Arranged alphabetically.



Box 48 Bonds in case of bastardry


Box 48 Civil War: C. Loeser vs F.W. Francis (Southern sympathizer & candidate for the U.S. Senate), 1864


Box 48 Kershner, Daniel, 1812


Box 48 Miller, Preston


Box 48 Nettleton, A.B.: correspondence and miss. Re: Nettleton, circa 1878-1886


Box 48 Nettleton, A.B.: court records, 1886


Box 48 Nettleton, A.B.: Pinkerton reports on his activities, October 1879, November 1879, December 1879-January 1880


Box 48 New York: Oneida County - Waterville & Sangerfield Twsps, circa 1830-1840


Box 48 New York: Oneida County, circa 1870-1889


Box 48 North Dakota: Tower City Library, 1883



Box 49 Page and Seabury: Notes, bankruptcy records, Charlemagne and Julius Tower, 1842


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County (miscellaneous)


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Philadelphia County - Water bills, 1910-1928


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Court Sessions, 1854-1856


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - miscellaneous (2 folders)


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Tower City - statements, vouchers, bills, etc., 1868-1872, 1872-1875, 1876-1877


Box 49 Pennsylvania: Tower City - William Yohe's accounts, 1868-1872


Box 49 Miscellaneous: claims, mortgages, banks, 1871



Box 50 Miscellaneous, 12 folders


Subseries V.4: Corporations

Arranged alphabetically.



Box 51 Bear Mountain Railroad Company, 1840-1849


Box 51 Chicago Gas Syndicate, 1883-1887


Box 51 Despard Coal Company (Virginia coupons), circa 1869


Box 51 Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (2 folders), undated, 1881-1887


Box 51 Good Spring Creek Coal Company (2 folders)


Box 51 Heney Brook Coal Mine, circa 1869-1888


Box 51 Heney Brook Coal Mine: Inspectors Reports, 1860-1866


Box 51 Jay Cooke and Company - C. Tower (1809-1889) accounts


Box 51 Land and River Improvement Company, 1855-1886



Box 52 J.B. McCreary and Company: inspector's reports, 1857-1860


Box 52 Minnesota Iron Company, 1880-1881, 1881-1882, 1882, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887-1888


Box 52 North Western Company, 1874-1875, 1876, 1877, 1878-1879, 1880-1889


Box 52 Speckled Trout Silver Mine, 1875-1879



Box 53 Northern Pacific Railroad Company, undated, 1867-1869, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1880-1882, 1885-1886, 1888


Box 53 Northhampton & Luzerne Coal Company: Frenchmen's Lands, circa 1850-1859


Box 53 Northhampton & Luzerne Coal Company: Henry C. Carey, circa 1850-1859


Box 53 Northhampton & Luzerne Coal Company: James Taggart, circa 1850-1859


Box 53 Peach Mountain Colliery, 1870-1871


Box 53 Pennsylvania Mines and Mining (Honey Brook Mtg., Tyson Mining Opinions, Tax searches, etc.), 1866-1881


Box 53 Rubberoid Company, 1878-1879


Box 53 Rumley Mining Company, 1876-1877


Box 53 Western Railroad Company of Minnesota, circa 1875-1885


Box 53 Miscellaneous


Subseries V.5: Real Estate

Include deeds, indentures, mortgages, receipts, drafts of lands, abstracts of title, ocassional correspondence and othe related items pertaining to real estate.

Arranged geographically.



Box 54 Minnesota: Becker County - tax receipts, 1879-1889


Box 54 Minnesota: Becker County - misc. tracts


Box 54 Minnesota: Decker & Ottertail Counties, misc. tracts


Box 54 Minnesota: Clay County - tax receipts, 1878-1890


Box 54 Minnesota: Clay County - misc. tracts


Box 54 Minnesota: Nettleton trust, circa 1875-1890


Box 54 Minnesota: Ottertail County - tax receipts, circa 1870-1889


Box 54 Minnesota: Ottertail County - misc. tracts


Box 54 Minnesota: L. H. Tenney contract nos. 1-6, circa 1870-1885


Box 54 Minnesota: L. H. Tenney contract nos. 7 (Duluth), circa 1870-1885


Box 54 Minnesota: L. H. Tenney contract nos. 7 (Glyndon), circa 1870-1885


Box 54 Minnesota: L. H. Tenney contract nos. 8-14, circa 1870-1885


Box 54 Minnesota: L. H. Tenney - miscellaneous, circa 1870-1895


Box 54 Minnesota: Vermillion iron, undated, 1876; 1879; 1880; 1881, 1882


Box 54 Minnesota: Wadena County - misc. tracts


Box 54 Minnesota: Wadena County - tax receipts, circa 1880-1889


Box 54 Minnesota: Miscellaneous, circa 1870-1889



Box 55 Minnesota: St. Louis County - Duluth Tracts - Endion Subdivision


Box 55 Minnesota: St. Louis County - Lakeside Land Co. -Contracts for Deeds (A-B), (C-E), (F-H), (I-K), circa 1915


Box 55 Minnesota: St. Louis County - Lakeside Land Co. - Misc. (2 Folders), circa 1890-1905


Box 55 Minnesota: St. Louis County - tax receipts



Box 56 New York: Cox, Daniel - Patent Papers


Box 56 New York: Tower, Reuben - Deeds


Box 56 New York: Oneida County - McKown, William J.


Box 56 New York: Oneida County - Osgood House - Expenditures, 1846


Box 56 New York: Oneida County - Waterville - Tower tracts


Box 56 New York: Rocherster - Prince Street Property - Misc. papers


Box 56 New York: Rocherster - Prince Street Property - receipts, etc.


Box 56 New York: Rocherster - Prince Street Property - taxes & assessments



Box 57 New York: New York City - Thompson, James J.


Box 57 New York: New York City - Weber, Philip - Estate (3 folders), 1835-1836



Box 58 North Dakota: Contracts no. 18-19, circa 1870-1885


Box 58 North Dakota: Miscellaneous, circa 1870-1890


Box 58 Washington: Tacoma Land Company


Box 58 Washington: Tax receipts


Box 58 Washington: Miscellaneous


Box 58 Western Lands (3 folders of misc. items relating to real estate in the Middle West, Plains States and the Far West)



Box 59 Pennsylvania: Beaver Brook Estate


Box 59 Pennsylvania: Brown, John H. - Deeds


Box 59 Pennsylvania: Carey, Henry C.


Box 59 Pennsylvania: De Roux Tracts


Box 59 Pennsylvania: Fishing Creek Lands


Box 59 Pennsylvania: German Lands; L. & W-B Coal Co., Honey Brook - Brief title with sundry deeds (2 folders)



Box 60 Pennsylvania: Kunckel Tracts, 1788-1850, 1860-1864, June 9, 1865, June 10, 1865, 1866-1873


Box 60 Pennsylvania: Kunckel Tracts miscellaneous (2 folders)


Box 60 Pennsylvania: Lauderbach, Spangler & Company


Box 60 Pennsylvania: Lescher, John - tract



Box 61 Pennsylvania: Rommel, John - tracts


Box 61 Pennsylvania: Stimpler land books, 1847


Box 61 Pennsylvania: tax receipts (2 folders), circa 1900-1930


Box 61 Pennsylvania: tax receipts & related documents for Carbon, Luzerne, and Northumberland Counties


Box 61 Pennsylvania: Tryon vs. Campbell


Box 61 Pennsylvania: Wheeler surveys


Box 61 Pennsylvania: Miscellaneous



Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Abstract of title


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - court records


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - maps


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - papers (2 folders)


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - Doc. #21-26 (Schuylkill County)


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - Doc. #1-19 (Berks County)


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Brandon vs. Fritz - re: Klinger, John - Tract - Karcher's letters


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - John Brown & Company


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Geological Surveys


Box 62 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Geological Surveys - Bills, 1872



Box 63 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Smith, James - Tract (2 Folders)


Box 63 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Taggart, James - Deeds, etc. (2 folders)


Box 63 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Miscellaneous


Box 63 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Taggart, James - Abstract of title (Bound volume)



Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - Beatty & Rope Tracts


Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - Corresp. & reports


Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - Indentures (printed)


Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - Shepp/Coxe ejectment papers (2 folders)


Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - title papers re: Paul Beatty


Box 64 Pennsylvania: Green Mountain Lands - Coxe & Tower - Miscellaneous



Box 65 Pennsylvania: Berks County - Fisher, Danielle (i.e., Leesport & Fleetwood Iron Ore Beds)


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Berks County - Rockland Ore Land


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Berks County - Rockland Ore Land - tax receipts, 1880-1889


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Berks County - Wilson Patents


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Berks County - Miscellaneous tracts (2 folders)


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Carbon County - Miscellaneous tracts (2 folders)


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Luzerne County - Miscellaneous tracts (2 folders)


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northhampton County - Shafer Deeds


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northhampton County - Miscellaneous tracts


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Girard Estate Lands (?)


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Hazelton Coal Basins, circa 1793-1884


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Heiser


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Helfenstein, William L. - tracts, 1852


Box 65 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Heller & Zimmerman tracts



Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Mahoney & Shamokin Improvement Co. - Abstract of title


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Meyers, John


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, Peebe, Chambers, Heiser and Morris - abstract of title (2 folders)


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, Peebe, Chambers, Heiser and Morris - deed


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, Peebe, Chambers, Heiser and Morris - Northumberland Coal Co.


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, Peebe, Chambers, Heiser and Morris, circa 1850-1859


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, Peebe, Chambers, Heiser and Morris - misc. tracts (2 folders)


Box 66 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Russell, William - tract



Box 67 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Trevorton Coal & Railroad Co.


Box 67 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Zerbes & Shamokin Improvement Co. - Abstract of title


Box 67 Pennsylvania: Northumberland County - Miscellaneous tracts (10 folders)



Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Adams, Robert Tract


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Applications for property (misc.), (Stauffer family), 1871


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Beidler


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Bonawitz, Benjamin


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Bitler tracts


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Capp and Kauffman tracts (5 folders)


Box 68 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - coal lease mortgages



Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Dim, Christopher tract (2 folders)


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Earp, Robert - abstract of title & deeds


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Eighteen Hundred Acre tract


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Fisher, Samuel B. - tract


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Hain, Samuel - tract


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Hechler, William, 1874


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Henniger, George - tract


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Helper Farm, circa 1874


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Howell tracts


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Huber, John - tract


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Kauffman, Jonas - tracts


Box 69 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Kendall tracts



Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Ley Tracts, circa 1825-1849; 1847; 1850


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Lindner tracts


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Livergood & Hubley tracts


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - McCool, J. Wallace - tract


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - McCreary, John B., 1850-1859


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - P & R Coal & Iron Co. lands


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Reeves tract


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Shearer, Richard - tract


Box 70 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Shomo, John - tract



Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Silvis, Benjamin - tract


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - State road construction, circa 1873-1879


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tracts


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tracts - applications, circa 1815-1830


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tracts - Patents


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Straub, Christian, 1854-1859


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Strong, Henry K.


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tarr, Elihu - tracts


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tower and Shaefer tracts


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tower city properties (WM Yohe, Agt.), 1869-1885


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tower city properties - misc.


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Tower tracts


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Traut, Jacob - title papers


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - treasurer's bills, 1866-1872


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Warrants, 1815-1864


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Whitman tracts


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Zantzinger tract


Box 71 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Zimmerman tract



Box 72 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - dated folders, 1800-1810; 1810-1819; 1820-1829; 1840-1849; 1850-1859; 1860-1869; 1870-1879; 1880-1889


Box 72 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - misc. tracts (folders #1-7)



Box 73 Pennsylvania: Schuylkill County - Misc. tracts (Folders #8-19)



Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Blythe, Barrett, Bayard, Seely


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Blythe tract (5 Folders)


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Boyer tract


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Districh, John (2 folders)


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Frenchman's lands


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Graham, E.A. - Deeds


Box 74 Munson & Williams' Land - Graeff, William (2 folders)



Box 75 Munson & Williams' Land - Hand, John


Box 75 Munson & Williams' Land - Huber, John (2 folders)


Box 75 Munson & Williams' Land - Kunstelman Family (2 folders)


Box 75 Munson & Williams' Land - Minick, Peter - Warrants, etc. (Waffel Iron Tract)


Box 75 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Berks County - Misc. (3 folders)



Box 76 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Mt. Carmel - Misc.


Box 76 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Northumberland County - Misc.


Box 76 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Schuylkill County - Misc. (Folder #1-9)



Box 77 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Schuylkill County - Misc. (Folder #10-14)


Box 77 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Schuylkill County - taxes & receipts, 1850-1859


Box 77 Munson & Williams' Land - Penna. - Schuylkill County - taxes & receipts, 1871-1872


Box 77 Munson & Williams' Land - Philadelphia & reading Coal & Iron Company



Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Seely; Hand; Williams, E.; etc. - Deeds


Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Seely; Hand; Williams, E.; etc. - Misc., 3 folders


Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Seltzer


Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Spatzer, Francis


Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Williams, Emion & Daniel


Box 78 Munson & Williams' Land - Zerbee, John Adam



Box 79 Munson & Williams' Land - Land Patents


Box 79 Munson & Williams' Land - miscellaneous deeds, 5 folders


Box 79 Munson & Williams' Land - miscellaneous



Box 80 Munson & Williams' Land - Partial abstracts, 7 folders



Box 81 Munson & Williams' Land - Court Records, 4 folders


Box 81 Munson & Williams' Land - Will



Box 82 Miscellaneous, 7 folders



Box 83 Miscellaneous, 7 folders



Box 84 Miscellaneous, 6 folders



Box 85 Miscellaneous, 11 folders



Box 86 Miscellaneous, 17 folders



Box 87 Miscellaneous, 11 folders



Box 88 Miscellaneous - Dated, undated; 1889-1901; 1890-1898; 1902-1903; 1904-1925


Subseries V.6: Receipts, Bills, Etc.

Arranged Chronologically



Box 89 Receipts, etc. (A-G), circa 1850-1855


Box 89 Receipts, etc. (H-M), circa 1850-1855


Box 89 Receipts, etc. (N-S), circa 1850-1855


Box 89 Receipts, etc. (Misc.), circa 1850-1855


Box 89 Receipts, etc., 1861-1862; circa 1865-1875; circa 1870-1879; circa 1870-1880; circa 1880-1889; 1881-1882



Box 90 Receipts, etc., 1883-1885; circa 1885-1889


Box 90 Receipts, etc. - Miscellaneous, 7 folders

Series VI: Maps

Arranged Geographically



Box 91 Minnesota


Box 91 Pennsylvania, 2 folders


Box 91 Western Lands


Box 91 World and Miscellaneous

Series VII: Printed Matter

Arranged geographically and by corporation



Box 92 New York - Utica


Box 92 North Dakota


Box 92 North Dakota - Tower City


Box 92 Pacific Northwest


Box 92 Northern Pacific Railroad


Box 92 Miscellaneous - Corporations


Box 92 Miscellaneous, 5 folders



Box 93 Miscellaneous (Single issues of Pennsylvania newspapers; loose sheets; boradsides; advertisements etc.)

Series VIII: Memorabilia

Circulars, invitations and other ephemera of a social and cultural nature



Box 94 Friday Night Club (regrets) (Acceptances), April 30, 1875


Box 94 Invitations


Box 94 New York


Box 94 Pennsylvania


Box 94 Rosicrucians, 1887-1889


Box 94 Tower, C. (1809-1889) - Obituaries


Box 94 Tower, C. (1809-1889) - Testimonials


Box 94 Tower family - art work


Box 94 Miscellaneous, 5 folders



Box 95 Photographs, calling cards, misc. objects


Box 95 Book: Tower City History: Tower City, North Dakota, Centennial 1879-1979, 1979, 1 volume

Gift of Allen Petersen.

Series IX: Miscellaneous



Box 96 Empty Envelope


Bound volumes



Cmi Box 97 Exhibits of taxes on unseated lands in Schuylkill County, 1830-1851, 1 volume



Cmi Box 98 Exhibits of taxes on unseated lands in Schuylkill County, 1856-1872, 1 volume



Cmi Box 99 New Century Atlas: Oneida County, New York, 1907

Century Map Company. Philadelphia.



Cmi Box 100 Atlas of properties along the Pennsylvania Railroad: Overbrook to Malvern Station, 1887

J. L. Smith. Map publisher and manufacturer. 27 South Sixth St. Philadelphia.

Including 6 photographs.


Package of portraits


Box of portraits and miscellaneous land draughts