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Guide to the Henry O'Reilly Papers
1819-1880 (Bulk 1844-1860)
  MS 464

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Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary

Creator: O'Reilly, Henry, 1806-1886
Creator: O'Rielly, Henry
Title: Henry O'Reilly papers
Dates [inclusive]: 1819-1880 (Bulk 1844-1860)
Abstract: The Papers of Henry O'Reilly, dating from 1832 to 1873, consist of 28 linear feet of material. The bulk of these papers date from 1844 to 1860. The O'Reilly Papers contain the following types of material: business and personal correspondence (letters, telegraph messages), minutes, proceedings, organizational documents (charters, by-laws, articles of incorporation and association), financial documents (bills, receipts, invoices, expenditure sheets, accounts, bank drafts, promissory notes, inventories, stock certificates), legal documents (contracts, conveyances, indentures, deeds, leases, affidavits, depositions, insurance policies, mortgages, memoranda), notes, reports, scrapbooks, and printed material (pamphlets, proofs, circulars, flyers, clippings).
Quantity: 28 Linear feet
Location: Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.
Language: The documents in the collection are in English.
Call Phrase: MS 464

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Biographical Note

Missing Title
1806 Born in Carrickmacross, Province of Ulster, Ireland
1816 Came to New York, New York, Learned printer's trade
1823 Assistant Editor of the New York Patriot
1826 Moved to Rochester, New York
1826-1830 Editor of the Rochester Daily Advertiser
1832 Appointed Deputy Collector and Inspector for the District of Genesee, New York
1833 Began advocating rebuilding and enlargement of the Erie Canal
1838 Appointed Post Master of Rochester, Published Sketches of Rochester
[1839] President of Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association
[1844] Recording Secretary, New York State Agricultural Society
1845 Entered into contract with Samuel F.B. Morse and Amos Kendall for erecting telegraph lines in the United States
1851 Established Irish and American Steamship Company
1854 Organized Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company
1859 Chairman of Clinton League
1886 Died in Rochester, New York

Henry O'Reilly was born in Carrickmacross, Province of Ulster, Ireland on Feb. 6, 1806 to a merchant and the daughter of a physician. In 1816, the family emigrated to New York. After working as an apprentice in the printing trade including several years as an assistant editor of the New York Patriot, in 1826 O'Reilly was appointed editor of the Rochester, NY,  Daily Advertiser. Within a year, O'Reilly gained notice in the anti-Masonic uproar that followed the kidnapping and murder of William Morgan. In 1832, he was appointed Deputy Collector and Inspector for the District of Genesee, NY. He published numerous circulars and pamphlets on current events and issues, and in 1838  Sketches of Rochester, with Incidental Notices of Western New York. In that same year, O'Reilly was appointed Post Master of Rochester. From the 1830s through the 1850s, he was heavily involved in civic and political organizations, serving as the President of the Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association, Recording Secretary of the New York State Agricultural Society, and Chairman of the Clinton League.

O'Reilly's commercial activities were similarly energetic and varied. In 1833, he threw his support behind improvements to the Erie Canal. In 1845, he contracted with Samuel F.B. Morse and Amos Kendall in the planned construction of telegraph wires from eastern Pennsylvania to the Great Lakes. Legal difficulties ended his involvement with the enterprise, despite his erection of over 8,000 miles of wire. In 1851, O'Reilly established the Irish and American Steamship Company; in 1854, he organized the Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company.

O'Reilly was married to Marcia Brooks, daughter of General Micah Brooks; they had one son, Henry Brooks O'Reilly, who was killed in the Battle of Williamsburg, 1862. Late in his life, O'Reilly changed the spelling of his surname to O'Rielly; additional papers of O'Reilly may be found under this variant.

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Scope and Content Note

The papers of Henry O'Reilly, dating from 1819-1880, consist of 28 linear feet of material. The bulk of the papers date from 1844 to 1860 and include the following forms: business and personal correspondence, minutes, proceedings, organizational records, financial records, legal records, notes, reports, scrapbooks and printed matter.

The O'Reilly Papers document the diverse activities of Henry O'Reilly in Rochester, NY; the Genesee District; and New York State. Specific topics addressed include: the establishment of telegraph lines; the development, improvement and operations of the transportation industry, particularly canals, steamships and railroads; local and state politics; civic and cultural organizations; journalism; typography; American Indians; agriculture; government reform; the postal service; public schools; land purchases in Western Virginia; and the military career of O'Reilly's son.

Arrangement

Correspondence within series are usually arranged alphabetically for letters received, chronologically for letters sent. Unidentified letters received and correspondence between others arranged chronologically.

The documents have been arranged in twenty-four series, the last of which includes materials inventoried and added to the finding aid in April 2022. Many of the series have been arranged in subseries.

Series I: General Correspondence, 1837-1872

Series II: Telegraph Enterprise, 1844-1861

Series III: Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company, 1849-1858

Series IV: Erie Canal Enlargement, 1836-1841

Series V: Clinton League, 1859

Series VI: New York State Agricultural Society, 1841-1856

Series VII: Politics, 1836-1857

Series VII: Post Office, Rochester, 1838-1844

Series IX: Common Schools, Rochester, 1838-1840

Series X: Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association, 1838-1840

Series XI: Western Virgina Lands, 1838-1856

Series XII: Albany Irish Repeal Association, 1843

Series XIII: American Indians, 1838-1860

Series XIV: Deputy Collector and Inspector of District of Genesee, 1832-1842

Series XV: Irish and American Steamship Company, 1851

Series XVI: New York Typographical Society, 1849

Series XVII: Rochester Daily Advertiser, Undated

Series XVIII: Sketches of Rochester, Undated

Series XIX: Legal Documents, 1832, 1840-1851, 1857

Series XX: Financial Documents, 1834-1859

Series XXI: Notes and Fragments, 1840-1859

Series XXII: Personal and Family Papers, 1832-1862

Series XXIII: Printed Material, 1830-1869

Series XXIV: Items Added in 2022, 1819-1880

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Access Points

Subject Names

  • Clinton, DeWitt, 1805-1833
  • Cornell, Ezra, 1807-1875
  • Delano, W. J.
  • Doane, Charles
  • Ely, H. B.
  • O'Reilly, Henry Brooks

Document Type

  • Correspondence.
  • Financial records.
  • Legal records.
  • Notes (documents)
  • Reports.
  • Pamphlets.
  • Circulars (fliers).
  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Fliers (printed matter)
  • Newspapers.
  • Proofs
  • Scrapbooks.

Subject Organizations

  • Albany Irish Repeal Association
  • Clinton League for Promoting the Completion of the Canal System
  • Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company
  • Irish and American Steamship Company
  • New-York Typographical Society
  • Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association

Subject Topics

  • Agriculture -- New York (State).
  • American newspapers -- New York (State).
  • Canals -- New York (State)
  • Postal service -- New York (State) -- Rochester.
  • Postmasters -- New York (State) -- Rochester.
  • Public schools -- New York (State) -- Rochester.
  • Railroads -- History
  • Steamboats -- New York (State)
  • Telegraph -- United States.
  • Telegraph lines -- Design and construction
  • Williamsburg, Battle of, 1862

Subject Places

  • Erie Canal (N.Y.).
  • New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
  • New York (State) -- History -- 1865-1950.
  • New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
  • New York (State) -- Rochester -- Social life and customs.
  • New York (State) -- Rochester -- Politics and government.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Conditions Governing Use

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Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as the Henry O'Reilly Papers, MS 464, New-York Historical Society.

Related Material at The New-York Historical Society

Manuscript Department; call phrase: BV O'Reilly. Correspondence, scrapbooks and bound volumes of assorted historical documents, memoranda and abstracts compiled by Henry O'Reilly; the material dates from 1784 to 1862. The bulk of the correspondence and scrapbooks span the 1840s, while the historical compilations cover the period 1784 through 1820. O'Reilly's scrapbooks address such topics as the development and building of the telegraph, railroad reform, inland navigation, American journalism, agriculture in New York State, and the Civil War. O'Reilly's Western Momentos documents the downfall of the Iroquois, Robert Morris' treaty with the Senecas, and pioneer settlements in New York State. Additional printed materials related to O'Reilly are held in the collections of the New-York Historical Society Library.

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Container List

Series I: General Correspondence, 1837-1873

Scope and Contents note

Series I contains correspondence relating to various business matters from 1837 through 1872.

Subseries I.A: Letters Received, 1837-1873

Scope and Contents note

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 1 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Unidentified
Box: 1 Folder : 2 Letters Received: A
Box: 1 Folder : 3 Letters Received: B
Box: 1 Folder : 4 Letters Received: C
Box: 1 Folder : 5 Letters Received: D
Box: 1 Folder : 6 Letters Received: E
Box: 1 Folder : 7 Letters Received: F
Box: 1 Folder : 8 Letters Received: G
Box: 1 Folder : 9 Letters Received: H
Box: 1 Folder : 10 Letters Received: K
Box: 1 Folder : 11 Letters Received: L
Box: 1 Folder : 12 Letters Received: M
Box: 1 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Mackenzie, Wm. L.
Box: 1 Folder : 14 Letters Received: O
Box: 1 Folder : 15 Letters Received: P
Box: 1 Folder : 16 Letters Received: R
Box: 1 Folder : 17 Letters Received: S
Box: 1 Folder : 18 Letters Received: T
Box: 1 Folder : 19 Letters Received: V
Box: 1 Folder : 20 Letters Received: W

Subseries I.B: Letters Sent, 1837-1858

Scope and Contents note

Arranged chronologically.
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 1 Folder : 21 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 1 Folder : 22 Letters Sent
 1837
Box: 1 Folder : 23 Letters Sent
 1839
Box: 1 Folder : 24 Letters Sent
 1840
Box: 1 Folder : 25 Letters Sent
 1842
Box: 1 Folder : 26 Letters Sent
 1843
Box: 1 Folder : 27 Letters Sent
 1846
Box: 1 Folder : 28 Letters Sent
 1853
Box: 1 Folder : 29 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 1 Folder : 30 Letters Sent
 1856
Box: 1 Folder : 31 Letters Sent
 1857
Box: 1 Folder : 32 Letters Sent
 1858

Subseries I.C: Letters Sent to The New-York Historical Society, 1858-1872
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 1 Folder : 33 Letters Sent to The New-York Historical Society
 1858-1872

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Series II: Telegraph Enterprise, 1844-1861

Scope and Contents note

The bulk of the O'Reilly Papers falls within this series, the Telegraph Enterprise, which documents the establishment of the electric telegraph system in the United States. In addition to documenting the organization, construction, daily management and progress of various telegraph lines, this series contains material pertaining to the controversies, disputes and litigation in which O'Reilly became involved.

Subseries II.A: Correspondence, 1844-1860
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 2 Folder : 1 Letters Received: A
Box: 2 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Algeo, W.J.
Box: 2 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Allen, W.S.
Box: 2 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Alvord, J.N.
Box: 2 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Amsden, Ira R.
Box: 2 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Arnold, Geo. B.
Box: 2 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Ashley, L. Seymour
Box: 2 Folder : 8 Letters Received: B-Be
Box: 2 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Bi-Bu
Box: 2 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Badollet, Howard
Box: 2 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Bain, Alexander
Box: 2 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Barbour and Porter
Box: 2 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Barbour, Lucian
Box: 2 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Barnes, E.F.
Box: 2 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Barr, M.W.
Box: 2 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Bateham, M.B.
Box: 2 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Beale, G.W.
Box: 2 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Beardslee, Geo. W.
Box: 2 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Beaumont, R.J.
Box: 2 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Beisel, F.V.
Box: 2 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Bell, T.S.
Box: 2 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Benedict and Boardman
Box: 2 Folder : 23 Letters Received: Benedict, G.W.
Box: 3 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Bickford, Jonathan
Box: 3 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Bigelow, John
Box: 3 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Bishop, Henry S.
Box: 3 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Bourne, James T.
Box: 3 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Bowly, J. Hollins
Box: 3 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Brady, Bart
Box: 3 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Briggs, W.G.
Box: 3 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Bright, P.M.
Box: 3 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Brooks, D.
Box: 3 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Brooks, E.
Box: 3 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Brooks, N.T.
Box: 3 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Brown, F.A.
Box: 3 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Brown, George T.
Box: 3 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Brown, James C.
Box: 3 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Buell, W.C.
Box: 3 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Bumphrey, H.
Box: 3 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Butler, C. Carroll
Box: 3 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Butts, Frances (?)
Box: 3 Folder : 19 Letters Received: C-Cl
Box: 3 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Co-Cu
Box: 3 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Callendar, William L.
Box: 3 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Campbell, Jacob
Box: 3 Folder : 23 Letters Received: Cassell, J.J.
Box: 3 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Caswell, Homer
Box: 3 Folder : 25 Letters Received: Caton, J.D.
Box: 3 Folder : 26 Letters Received: Chadwick, Eli
Box: 3 Folder : 27 Letters Received: Chadwick, Rufus
Box: 3 Folder : 28 Letters Received: Channing, Wm. F.
Box: 4 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Chase, Salmon P.
Box: 4 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Chase, Seymour R.
Box: 4 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Chester, E.W.
Box: 4 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Child, Chas. W.
Box: 4 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Clancy, Charles
Box: 4 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Clark, E.W. and Bros.
Box: 4 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Coffin, Elijah
Box: 4 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Colburn, Fred M.
Box: 4 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Collier, David L.
Box: 4 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Compher, William
Box: 4 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Cook, F.C.
Box: 4 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Corbiere, W.A.
Box: 4 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Cornell, E.
Box: 4 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Craig, D.H.
Box: 4 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Crane, Benjamin P.
Box: 4 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Creighton, E.
Box: 4 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Creighton, James
Box: 4 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Cuming, T.B.
Box: 4 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Curtis, D.S.
Box: 4 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Curtis, D.S.
Box: 4 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Cutler, James B.
Box: 4 Folder : 22 Letters Received: D
Box: 4 Folder : 23 Letters Received: Daly, R.H.
Box: 4 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Darby, William
Box: 4 Folder : 25 Letters Received: Davis and Perkins
Box: 4 Folder : 26 Letters Received: Davis, G.
Box: 4 Folder : 27 Letters Received: Davis, J.C.
Box: 4 Folder : 28 Letters Received: Davis, William F.
Box: 4 Folder : 29 Letters Received: Dawson, George
Box: 4 Folder : 30 Letters Received: Day, H.H.
Box: 5 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Delano, W.J.
Box: 5 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Delano, W.J.
Box: 5 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Delano, W.J.
Box: 5 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Delano, W.J.
Box: 5 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Dickinson, D.S.
Box: 5 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Doane, Charles
Box: 5 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Doane, Charles
Box: 5 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Doane, Charles
Box: 5 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Doolittle, H.
Box: 5 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Doolittle, J.R.
Box: 5 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Downing, Hugh
Box: 5 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Duncan, T.O.
Box: 6 Folder : 1 Letters Received: E
Box: 6 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Earley, Wm.
Box: 6 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Eddy, James
Box: 6 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Ellis, A.T.
Box: 6 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Ellison, Wm. S.
Box: 6 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Ellwanger, George
Box: 6 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Elwood, I.R.
Box: 6 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Ely, B.F.
Box: 6 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Ely, H.B.
Box: 6 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Ely, H.B.
Box: 6 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Ely, H.B.
Box: 6 Folder : 12 Letters Received: F
Box: 6 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Farmer, M.G.
Box: 6 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Field, J.M.
Box: 6 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Fisk, John
Box: 6 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Fisk, John
Box: 7 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Fitch, W.O.
Box: 7 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Forbes, G.V.H.
Box: 7 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Forbes, Wm. H.
Box: 7 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Francis, J.M.
Box: 7 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Francis, J.M.
Box: 7 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Francis, T.
Box: 7 Folder : 7 Letters Received: G
Box: 7 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Gamble, Jno. M.
Box: 7 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Gapaway, Kitty E.H.
Box: 7 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Garlock, G.E.
Box: 7 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Gavit, J.E.
Box: 7 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Gholson, Davis and Miner
Box: 7 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Gholson, W.Y.
Box: 7 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Gibbs, James S.
Box: 7 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Gibbs, Montgomery
Box: 7 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Gilbert, Chas. J.
Box: 7 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Gillet, J.T.
Box: 7 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Gillet, R.H.
Box: 7 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Gillet, R.H.
Box: 7 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Gisborne, H.J.
Box: 7 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Glass, J.P.
Box: 7 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Gray, J.A.
Box: 7 Folder : 23 Letters Received: Green, Duff
Box: 7 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Greenhow, S.R.
Box: 8 Folder : 1 Letters Received: H
Box: 8 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Haight, D.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Haight, F.M.
Box: 8 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Hall, Charles
Box: 8 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Hall, J.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Hanna, John H.
Box: 8 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Hanna, Joshua
Box: 8 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Hanna, V.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Harlan, James
Box: 8 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Harris, W.A.
Box: 8 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Haskins, R.W.
Box: 8 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Hastings, W.F.B.
Box: 8 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Hawkins, D.L.
Box: 8 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Heath, J.K.
Box: 8 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Hempstead, W.
Box: 8 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Henry, Joseph
Box: 8 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Hepburn, H.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Hepburn, H.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Hieskell, W.B.
Box: 8 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Hill, C.
Box: 8 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Hine, C.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Holloway, D.P.
Box: 8 Folder : 23 Letters Received: Holmes, C.
Box: 8 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Horner, John
Box: 8 Folder : 25 Letters Received: Hough, D.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 26 Letters Received: House, R.E.
Box: 8 Folder : 27 Letters Received: Howell, L.
Box: 8 Folder : 28 Letters Received: Hudson, C.H.
Box: 8 Folder : 29 Letters Received: Hughes, H.C.
Box: 8 Folder : 30 Letters Received: Hull, John E.
Box: 8 Folder : 31 Letters Received: Humphrey, C.M.
Box: 8 Folder : 32 Letters Received: Huntley, E.A.
Box: 9 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Ide, John S.
Box: 9 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Ingle, John Jr.
Box: 9 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Irwin, C.W.
Box: 9 Folder : 4 Letters Received: J
Box: 9 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Jerome, L.W.
Box: 9 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Jewell, Marshall
Box: 9 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Johnson, Chas. F.
Box: 9 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Johnson, H.S.
Box: 9 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Johnson, L.L.
Box: 9 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Johnson, M.C.
Box: 9 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Johnson, Moses
Box: 9 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Johnston, John A.
Box: 9 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Jones, Albert E.
Box: 9 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Jones, Alex
Box: 9 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Jones, George T.
Box: 9 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Jones, Ira
Box: 9 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Jones, J.H.
Box: 9 Folder : 18 Letters Received: K
Box: 9 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Keating, E.
Box: 9 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Kendall, Amos
Box: 9 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Kidd, J.K.
Box: 9 Folder : 22 Letters Received: King, Fred
Box: 9 Folder : 23 Letters Received: King, Preston
Box: 9 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Kingsley, Edward
Box: 10 Folder : 1 Letters Received: L
Box: 10 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Lamb, David
Box: 10 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Lasscell, W.B.
Box: 10 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Latapie, E.
Box: 10 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Law, John
Box: 10 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Law, S.D.
Box: 10 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Leadbeater, A. and E.H.
Box: 10 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Lefferts, Marshall
Box: 10 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Lefferts, Marshall
Box: 10 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Lindsey, James M.
Box: 10 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Livingston, J.B.
Box: 10 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Livingston, Roggin and Co.
Box: 10 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Lord, J.L.
Box: 10 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Loughborough, J.
Box: 10 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Lundy, G.L.
Box: 10 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Lyman, D.H.
Box: 10 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Lyman, G.
Box: 10 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Lyman, S.
Box: 10 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Lynds, Elam
Box: 10 Folder : 20 Letters Received: M
Box: 10 Folder : 21 Letters Received: McGunnegle, George K.
Box: 10 Folder : 22 Letters Received: McKee, Wm.
Box: 10 Folder : 23 Letters Received: MacKenzie, George K.
Box: 10 Folder : 24 Letters Received: McRea, J.S.
Box: 11 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Mann, Alex
Box: 11 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Mann, D.C.
Box: 11 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Mann, Donald
Box: 11 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Mann, Donald
Box: 11 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Marron, John
Box: 11 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Mather, J.
Box: 11 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Mather, J.
Box: 11 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Miller, C.T.
Box: 11 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Mitchell, Wm.
Box: 11 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Moore, Joseph M.
Box: 11 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Moorhead, J.K.
Box: 11 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Morewood, Geo. B.
Box: 11 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Morse, Samuel F.B.
Box: 11 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Moss, Charles B.
Box: 11 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Moss, Charles B.
Box: 12 Folder : 1 Letters Received: N
Box: 12 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Nelson, C.
Box: 12 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Nurse, S.K.
Box: 12 Folder : 4 Letters Received: O
Box: 12 Folder : 5 Letters Received: O'Connor, B.
Box: 12 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Olney, Geo. W.
Box: 12 Folder : 7 Letters Received: O'Reilly, J.J.
Box: 12 Folder : 8 Letters Received: O'Reilly, J.J.
Box: 12 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Oslere, C.G.
Box: 12 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Oslere, Louisa G.
Box: 12 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Ottinger, Jos.
Box: 12 Folder : 12 Letters Received: P
Box: 12 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Packard, Jason B.
Box: 12 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Park, Austin F.
Box: 12 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Parmenter, Wm. H.
Box: 12 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Parmenter, Wm. H.
Box: 12 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Partridge, A.J.
Box: 12 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Pease, E.H. and Co.
Box: 12 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Pease, Francis S.
Box: 13 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Peck, John A.
Box: 13 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Peck, Paschal P.
Box: 13 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Perkins, J.B.
Box: 13 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Perkins, J.B.
Box: 13 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Phillipe, J.D.
Box: 13 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Pirtle, Henry
Box: 13 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Pitts, E.
Box: 13 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Q
Box: 13 Folder : 9 Letters Received: R
Box: 13 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Ransom, W.B.
Box: 13 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Reid, James D.
Box: 13 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Reid, James D.
Box: 13 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Reilly, J.J.
Box: 13 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Richards, W.F.
Box: 13 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Ritter, F.W.
Box: 13 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Rodgers, Henry
Box: 13 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Rogers, Henry
Box: 13 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Roggen, J.J.
Box: 13 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Ross, John
Box: 13 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Rowe, Stanhope S.
Box: 13 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Rutherford, F.S.
Box: 13 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Rutherford, J.M.
Box: 14 Folder : 1 Letters Received: S-Sm
Box: 14 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Sn-Sy
Box: 14 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Sanders, J. Milton
Box: 14 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Sanford, Wm. E.
Box: 14 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Satterly, Charles
Box: 14 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Selden, H.R.
Box: 14 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Selden, H.R.
Box: 14 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Sheafe, Chas. H.
Box: 14 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Sherwood, Lorenzo and Luman
Box: 14 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Sibley, Hiram
Box: 14 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Skinner, Jas. R.
Box: 14 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Smith, Charles T.
Box: 14 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Smith, Francis O.J.
Box: 14 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Smith, J.B.
Box: 14 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Smith, S.D.
Box: 14 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Smith, Sanford J.
Box: 14 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Snyder, W.H.
Box: 14 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Speed, J.J. Jr.
Box: 15 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Stager, Anson
Box: 15 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Stanton, E.M.
Box: 15 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Starr, Peter
Box: 15 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Steele, Ed. G.
Box: 15 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Stevens, Edwards and Meed
Box: 15 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Stitt, John
Box: 15 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Stockton, J.A.
Box: 15 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Sturdivant and White
Box: 15 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Sutliff, E.A.
Box: 15 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Swaim, Jas
Box: 15 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Swaim, W.M.
Box: 15 Folder : 12 Letters Received: T
Box: 15 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Terry, W.D.
Box: 15 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Thayer, Wm. S.
Box: 15 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Thomas, B.M.
Box: 15 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Tibbits, H.B.
Box: 15 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Tifft, S.
Box: 15 Folder : 18 Letters Received: Townsend, R. and Co.
Box: 15 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Treat, Samuel
Box: 15 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Trowbridge, Wm.
Box: 15 Folder : 21 Letters Received: U
Box: 15 Folder : 22 Letters Received: Urquhart, M.H.
Box: 15 Folder : 23 Letters Received: V
Box: 15 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Veitch, Isaac M.
Box: 15 Folder : 25 Letters Received: Voris, Francis
Box: 15 Folder : 26 Letters Received: W-Wh
Box: 15 Folder : 27 Letters Received: Wi-Wr
Box: 15 Folder : 28 Letters Received: Wade, J.H.
Box: 15 Folder : 29 Letters Received: Ward, James W.
Box: 15 Folder : 30 Letters Received: Ward, James W.
Box: 16 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Ware, Henry
Box: 16 Folder : 2 Letters Received: Washburn, I. and Co.
Box: 16 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Wheeler, A.J.
Box: 16 Folder : 4 Letters Received: White, Geo.
Box: 16 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Wildes, D.S.
Box: 16 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Wilson, C.S.
Box: 16 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Wilson, R.A.
Box: 16 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Witman, Eugene L.
Box: 16 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Woolfolk, Rich. H.
Box: 16 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Woolfolk, Rich. H.
Box: 16 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Worthington and Pullan
Box: 16 Folder : 12 Letters Received: Worthington, L.
Box: 16 Folder : 13 Letters Received: Wright, E.
Box: 16 Folder : 14 Letters Received: Y
Box: 16 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Zook, S.K.
Box: 16 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Zook, S.K.
Box: 17 Folder : 1 Letters Received, Unidentified
 Undated
Box: 17 Folder : 2 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1845
Box: 17 Folder : 3 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1847
Box: 17 Folder : 4 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1848
Box: 17 Folder : 5 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1849
Box: 17 Folder : 6 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1850
Box: 17 Folder : 7 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1851
Box: 17 Folder : 8 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1852
Box: 17 Folder : 9 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1853
Box: 17 Folder : 10 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1854
Box: 17 Folder : 11 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1855
Box: 17 Folder : 12 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1857
Box: 17 Folder : 13 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1858
Box: 17 Folder : 14 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1859
Box: 17 Folder : 15 Letters Received, Unidentified
 1860
Box: 17 Folder : 16 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 Undated
Box: 17 Folder : 17 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 1847
Box: 17 Folder : 18 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 1848
Box: 17 Folder : 19 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 1849
Box: 17 Folder : 20 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 1850
Box: 17 Folder : 21 Letters Received, Multiple Telegraph Messages
 1851
Box: 18 Folder : 1 Letters Sent: Fragments
Box: 18 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 18 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 18 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 18 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1844
Box: 18 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1845
Box: 18 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1846
Box: 18 Folder : 8 Letters Sent
 1847
Box: 18 Folder : 9 Letters Sent
 1847
Box: 19 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 1848
Box: 19 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1848
Box: 19 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1849
Box: 19 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1849
Box: 19 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1849
Box: 19 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1849
Box: 20 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 1850
Box: 20 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1850
Box: 20 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1850
Box: 20 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1850
Box: 20 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1850
Box: 20 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1851
Box: 20 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1851
Box: 21 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 1851
Box: 21 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1852
Box: 21 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1852
Box: 21 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1852
Box: 21 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1853
Box: 21 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1853
Box: 21 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 22 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 22 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1856
Box: 22 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1857
Box: 22 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1857
Box: 22 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1858
Box: 22 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1858
Box: 22 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1858
Box: 22 Folder : 8 Letters Sent
 1859
Box: 22 Folder : 9 Letters Sent
 1860
Box: 22 Folder : 10 Letters Sent
 1861
Box: 23 Folder : 1 Letters Between Others
 Undated
Box: 23 Folder : 2 Letters Between Others
 1846
Box: 23 Folder : 3 Letters Between Others
 1847
Box: 23 Folder : 4 Letters Between Others
 1848
Box: 23 Folder : 5 Letters Between Others
 1848
Box: 23 Folder : 6 Letters Between Others
 1849
Box: 23 Folder : 7 Letters Between Others
 1849
Box: 23 Folder : 8 Letters Between Others
 1850
Box: 24 Folder : 1 Letters Between Others
 1850
Box: 24 Folder : 2 Letters Between Others
 1850
Box: 24 Folder : 3 Letters Between Others
 1851
Box: 24 Folder : 4 Letters Between Others
 1852
Box: 24 Folder : 5 Letters Between Others
 1852
Box: 24 Folder : 6 Letters Between Others
 1853
Box: 24 Folder : 7 Letters Between Others
 1853
Box: 24 Folder : 8 Letters Between Others
 1854
Box: 24 Folder : 9 Letters Between Others
 1855
Box: 24 Folder : 10 Letters Between Others
 1856
Box: 24 Folder : 11 Letters Between Others
 1857
Box: 24 Folder : 12 Letters Between Others
 1858
Box: 24 Folder : 13 Letters Between Others
 1859

Subseries II.B: Organizational Documents, 1845-1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 25 Folder : 1 Organizational Documents
 Undated
Box: 25 Folder : 2 Organizational Documents
 1845
Box: 25 Folder : 3 Organizational Documents
 1846
Box: 25 Folder : 4 Organizational Documents
 1847
Box: 25 Folder : 5 Organizational Documents
 1848
Box: 25 Folder : 6 Organizational Documents
 1849
Box: 25 Folder : 7 Organizational Documents
 1850
Box: 25 Folder : 8 Organizational Documents
 1857
Box: 25 Folder : 9 Organizational Documents
 1858
Box: 25 Folder : 10 Organizational Documents
 1859

Subseries II.C: Legal Documents, 1837-1846
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 25 Folder : 11 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 25 Folder : 12 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 25 Folder : 13 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 25 Folder : 14 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 25 Folder : 15 Legal Documents
 1837
Box: 25 Folder : 16 Legal Documents
 1838
Box: 25 Folder : 17 Legal Documents
 1843
Box: 25 Folder : 18 Legal Documents
 1845
Box: 25 Folder : 19 Legal Documents
 1846
Box: 26 Folder : 1 Legal Documents
 1847
Box: 26 Folder : 2 Legal Documents
 1847
Box: 26 Folder : 3 Legal Documents
 1848
Box: 26 Folder : 4 Legal Documents
 1848
Box: 26 Folder : 5 Legal Documents
 1849
Box: 26 Folder : 6 Legal Documents
 1849
Box: 26 Folder : 7 Legal Documents
 1850
Box: 26 Folder : 8 Legal Documents
 1850
Box: 27 Folder : 1 Legal Documents
 1851
Box: 27 Folder : 2 Legal Documents
 1851
Box: 27 Folder : 3 Legal Documents
 1852
Box: 27 Folder : 4 Legal Documents
 1853
Box: 27 Folder : 5 Legal Documents
 1854
Box: 27 Folder : 6 Legal Documents
 1855
Box: 27 Folder : 7 Legal Documents
 1856
Box: 27 Folder : 8 Legal Documents
 1857
Box: 27 Folder : 9 Legal Documents
 1858
Box: 27 Folder : 10 Legal Documents
 1859
Box: 27 Folder : 11 Legal Documents
 1860

Subseries II.D: Financial Documents, 1844-1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 28 Folder : 1 Financial Documents: General
 Undated
Box: 28 Folder : 2 Financial Documents: General
 Undated
Box: 28 Folder : 3 Financial Documents: General
 1844-1846
Box: 24 Folder : 4 Financial Documents: General
 1847
Box: 28 Folder : 5 Financial Documents: General
 1848
Box: 28 Folder : 6 Financial Documents: General
 1848
Box: 28 Folder : 7 Financial Documents: General
 1849
Box: 28 Folder : 8 Financial Documents: General
 1849
Box: 29 Folder : 1 Financial Documents: General
 1850
Box: 29 Folder : 2 Financial Documents: General
 1850
Box: 29 Folder : 3 Financial Documents: General
 1850
Box: 29 Folder : 4 Financial Documents: General
 1851
Box: 29 Folder : 5 Financial Documents: General
 1852
Box: 29 Folder : 6 Financial Documents: General
 1853
Box: 29 Folder : 7 Financial Documents: General
 1854
Box: 29 Folder : 8 Financial Documents: General
 1855
Box: 29 Folder : 9 Financial Documents: General
 1856
Box: 29 Folder : 10 Financial Documents: General
 1857
Box: 29 Folder : 11 Financial Documents: General
 1858
Box: 29 Folder : 12 Financial Documents: General
 1859
Box: 29 Folder : 13 Financial Documents: Concerning Marshall Lefferts
 1848
Box: 29 Folder : 14 Financial Documents: Concerning Marshall Lefferts
 1849
Box: 29 Folder : 15 Financial Documents: Concerning Marshall Lefferts
 1850
Box: 29 Folder : 16 Financial Documents: Concerning Marshall Lefferts
 1851

Subseries II.E: Minutes, Proceedings, 1847-1853
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 30 Folder : 1 Minutes, Proceedings
 1847-1853

Subseries II.F: Notes, 1850
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 30 Folder : 2 Notes
 1850
Box: 30 Folder : 3 Notes
 1850

Subseries II.G: Miscellaneous
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 30 Folder : 4 Miscellaneous
 Undated

Subseries II.H: Printed Material, 1845-1861
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 30 Folder : 5 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 30 Folder : 6 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 30 Folder : 7 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 1 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 2 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 3 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 4 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 5 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 6 Printed Material
 1845-1861
Box: 31 Folder : 7 Printed Material
 1845-1861

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Series III: Demoine Navigation and Railroad Company, 1849-1858

Subseries III.A: Correspondence, 1853-1858
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 32 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Unidentified
Box: 32 Folder : 2 Letters Received: B
Box: 32 Folder : 3 Letters Received: Biggs, Uriah
Box: 32 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Blackwell, E.R.
Box: 32 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Bonney, Josiah H.
Box: 32 Folder : 6 Letters Received: Browne, J.
Box: 32 Folder : 7 Letters Received: C
Box: 32 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Clark, Orville
Box: 32 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Cuming, T.B.
Box: 32 Folder : 10 Letters Received: D
Box: 32 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Dodge, A.C.
Box: 32 Folder : 12 Letters Received: E
Box: 32 Folder : 13 Letters Received: F
Box: 32 Folder : 14 Letters Received: G
Box: 32 Folder : 15 Letters Received: Gaylord, G.
Box: 32 Folder : 16 Letters Received: Gillaspy, Geo.
Box: 32 Folder : 17 Letters Received: Grimes, James W.
Box: 32 Folder : 18 Letters Received: H
Box: 32 Folder : 19 Letters Received: Henn, Bernhart
Box: 32 Folder : 20 Letters Received: Hunt, A.
Box: 32 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Hunt, W.
Box: 32 Folder : 22 Letters Received: I
Box: 32 Folder : 23 Letters Received: J
Box: 32 Folder : 24 Letters Received: Johnson, Reverdy
Box: 32 Folder : 25 Letters Received: Johnson, W.C.
Box: 32 Folder : 26 Letters Received: K
Box: 32 Folder : 27 Letters Received: L
Box: 32 Folder : 28 Letters Received: M
Box: 32 Folder : 29 Letters Received: Mann, Donald
Box: 32 Folder : 30 Letters Received: N
Box: 32 Folder : 31 Letters Received: P
Box: 32 Folder : 32 Letters Received: R
Box: 32 Folder : 33 Letters Received: S
Box: 32 Folder : 34 Letters Received: Seely, Sam J.
Box: 32 Folder : 35 Letters Received: Speed, J.J., Jr.
Box: 32 Folder : 36 Letters Received: T
Box: 32 Folder : 37 Letters Received: V
Box: 32 Folder : 38 Letters Received: W
Box: 32 Folder : 39 Letters Received: Wright, George C.
Box: 32 Folder : 40 Letters Received: Y
Box: 32 Folder : 41 Letters Received: Z
Box: 33 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 33 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1853
Box: 33 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 33 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 33 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 33 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 33 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1854
Box: 33 Folder : 8 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 33 Folder : 9 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 33 Folder : 10 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 34 Folder : 1 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 34 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 34 Folder : 3 Letters Sent
 1855
Box: 34 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1856
Box: 34 Folder : 5 Letters Sent
 1856
Box: 34 Folder : 6 Letters Sent
 1857
Box: 34 Folder : 7 Letters Sent
 1858
Box: 34 Folder : 8 Letters Between Others
 1854-1857

Subseries III.B: Organizational Documents, 1850-1855
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 35 Folder : 1 Organizational Documents
 1850-1855

Subseries III.C: Proceedings, 1851-1856
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 35 Folder : 2 Proceedings
 Undated
Box: 35 Folder : 3 Proceedings
 1851
Box: 35 Folder : 4 Proceedings
 1854
Box: 35 Folder : 5 Proceedings
 1855
Box: 35 Folder : 6 Proceedings
 1855
Box: 35 Folder : 7 Proceedings
 1856

Subseries III.D: Legal Documents, 1849-1854
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 35 Folder : 8 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 35 Folder : 9 Legal Documents
 Undated
Box: 35 Folder : 10 Legal Documents
 1849
Box: 35 Folder : 11 Legal Documents
 1852
Box: 35 Folder : 12 Legal Documents
 1853
Box: 35 Folder : 13 Legal Documents
 1854
Box: 36 Folder : 1 Legal Documents
 1854
Box: 36 Folder : 2 Legal Documents
 1855
Box: 36 Folder : 3 Legal Documents
 1856
Box: 36 Folder : 4 Legal Documents
 1857
Box: 36 Folder : 5 Legal Documents
 1858

Subseries III.E: Financial Documents, 1845-1857
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 36 Folder : 6 Financial Documents
 Undated
Box: 36 Folder : 7 Financial Documents
 1845
Box: 36 Folder : 8 Financial Documents
 1847
Box: 36 Folder : 9 Financial Documents
 1853
Box: 36 Folder : 10 Financial Documents
 1854
Box: 36 Folder : 11 Financial Documents
 1855
Box: 36 Folder : 12 Financial Documents
 1856
Box: 36 Folder : 13 Financial Documents
 1857

Subseries III.F: Notes, 1847-1857
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 36 Folder : 14 Notes
 Undated
Box: 36 Folder : 15 Notes
 1846
Box: 36 Folder : 16 Notes
 1849
Box: 36 Folder : 17 Notes
 1854
Box: 36 Folder : 18 Notes
 1855-1857

Subseries III.G: Miscellaneous, 1854
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 36 Folder : 19 Miscellaneous
 1854

Subseries III.H: Printed Material, 1854-1858
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 37 Folder : 1 Printed Material
Box: 37 Folder : 2 Printed Material
Box: 37 Folder : 3 Printed Material
Box: 37 Folder : 4 Printed Material
Box: 37 Folder : 5 Printed Material
Box: 37 Folder : 6 Printed Material
Box: 38 Folder : 1 Printed Material
Box: 38 Folder : 2 Printed Material

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Series IV: Erie Canal Enlargement, 1836-1841

Subseries IV.A: Correspondence, 1838-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 1 Letters Received
 1838-1840
Box: 39 Folder : 2 Letters Sent
 1838-1839

Subseries IV.B: Notes, 1836-1841
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 3 Notes
 1836-1841

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Series V: Clinton League, 1859

Subseries V.A: Correspondence, 1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Unidentified
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 5 Letters Received: A
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 6 Letters Received: B
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 7 Letters Received: Baker and Godwin
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 8 Letters Received: Barton, J.L.
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 9 Letters Received: Bascom, Ansel
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 10 Letters Received: C
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 11 Letters Received: Cobb, C.
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 12 Letters Received: D
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 13 Letters Received: E
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 14 Letters Received: F
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 15 Letters Received: G
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 16 Letters Received: H
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 17 Letters Received: J
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 18 Letters Received: K
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 19 Letters Received: L
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 20 Letters Received: M
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 21 Letters Received: Mann, Donald
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 22 Letters Received: N
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 23 Letters Received: P
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 24 Letters Received: R
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 25 Letters Received: S
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 26 Letters Received: T
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 27 Letters Received: Tucker, Midmer J.
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 28 Letters Received: V
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 29 Letters Received: W
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 30 Letters Received: Y
 1859
Box: 39 Folder : 31 Letters Sent
 1859

Subseries V.B: Minutes, 1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 32 Minutes
 1859

Subseries V.C: Notes, Undated
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 33 Notes
 Undated

Subseries V.D: Printed Material
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 39 Folder : 34 Printed Material
Box: 39 Folder : 35 Printed Material

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Series VI: New York State Agricultural Society, 1841-1856

Subseries VI.A: Correspondence, 1841-1847
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 40 Folder : 1 Letters Received
 1841
Box: 40 Folder : 2 Letters Received
 1844
Box: 40 Folder : 3 Letters Received
 1845
Box: 40 Folder : 4 Letters Sent
 1844-1847

Subseries VI.B: Financial Documents, 1844
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 40 Folder : 5 Financial Documents
 1844

Subseries VI.C: Reports, 1843-1857
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 40 Folder : 6 Reports
 1843-1857

Subseries VI.D: Printed Material, 1843-1856
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 40 Folder : 7 Printed Material
 Undated
Box: 40 Folder : 8 Printed Material
 Undated
Box: 40 Folder : 9 Printed Material
 1843
Box: 40 Folder : 10 Printed Material
 1844
Box: 40 Folder : 11 Printed Material
 1844
Box: 40 Folder : 12 Printed Material
 1845
Box: 40 Folder : 13 Printed Material
 1846
Box: 40 Folder : 14 Printed Material
 1856

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Series VII: Politics, 1836-1857

Subseries VII.A: Correspondence, 1838-1857 (Bulk 1838-1843)
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 41 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Unidentified
Box: 41 Folder : 2 Letters Received: A
Box: 41 Folder : 3 Letters Received: B
Box: 41 Folder : 4 Letters Received: C
Box: 41 Folder : 5 Letters Received: D
Box: 41 Folder : 6 Letters Received: E
Box: 41 Folder : 7 Letters Received: G
Box: 41 Folder : 8 Letters Received: H
Box: 41 Folder : 9 Letters Received: J
Box: 41 Folder : 10 Letters Received: K
Box: 41 Folder : 11 Letters Received: L
Box: 41 Folder : 12 Letters Received: M
Box: 41 Folder : 13 Letters Received: P
Box: 41 Folder : 14 Letters Received: R
Box: 41 Folder : 15 Letters Received: S
Box: 41 Folder : 16 Letters Received: T
Box: 41 Folder : 17 Letters Received: U
Box: 41 Folder : 18 Letters Received: W
Box: 41 Folder : 19 Letters Sent
 Undated
Box: 41 Folder : 20 Letters Sent
 1839
Box: 41 Folder : 21 Letters Sent
 1840
Box: 41 Folder : 22 Letters Sent
 1842
Box: 41 Folder : 23 Letters Sent
 1857

Subseries VII.B: Proceedings, Notes, Miscellaneous, 1840-1851 (Bulk 1849-1851)
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 41 Folder : 24 Proceedings, Notes, Miscellaneous.

Subseries VII.C: Printed Material, 1836-1857
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 41 Folder : 25 Printed Material
 Undated
Box: 41 Folder : 26 Printed Material
 1838
Box: 41 Folder : 27 Printed Material
 1843
Box: 41 Folder : 28 Printed Material
 1848

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Series VIII: Post Office, Rochester, 1838-1844

Subseries VIII.A: Correspondence, 1838-1844
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 1 Letters Received
 Undated
Box: 42 Folder : 2 Letters Received
 1838
Box: 42 Folder : 3 Letters Received
 1839
Box: 42 Folder : 4 Letters Received
 1840
Box: 42 Folder : 5 Letters Received
 1840
Box: 42 Folder : 6 Letters Received
 1841
Box: 42 Folder : 7 Letters Received
 1842-1844
Box: 42 Folder : 8 Letters Sent
 1839-1842

Subseries VIII.B: Legal Documents, 1839-1841
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 9 Legal Documents
 1839-1841

Subseries VIII.C: Financial Documents, 1840-1841
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 10 Financial Documents
 1840-1841

Subseries VIII.D: Printed Material, 1838-1855 (Bulk 1838-1841)
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 11 Printed Material
 1838-1855

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Series IX: Common Schools, Rochester, 1838-1840

Subseries IX.A: Correspondence, 1838-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 12 Letters Received
 Undated
Box: 42 Folder : 13 Letters Received
 1838
Box: 42 Folder : 14 Letters Received
 1840
Box: 42 Folder : 15 Letters Sent
 1840

Subseries IX.B: Reports and Notes, 1840, 1845
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 16 Reports and Notes
 1840, 1845

Subseries IX.C: Financial Documents, 1839-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 17 Financial Documents
 1839-1840

Subseries IX.D: Printed Material, 1838-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 42 Folder : 18 Printed Material
 1838-1840

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Series X: Rochester Athenaeum and Young Men's Association, 1838-1840

Subseries X.A: Correspondence, 1838-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 1 Letters Received: Unidentified
Box: 43 Folder : 2 Letters Received: B
Box: 43 Folder : 3 Letters Received: C
Box: 43 Folder : 4 Letters Received: Clark, George R.
Box: 43 Folder : 5 Letters Received: Edwards, T.E.
Box: 43 Folder : 6 Letters Received: F-M
Box: 43 Folder : 7 Letters Received: P
Box: 43 Folder : 8 Letters Received: R
Box: 43 Folder : 9 Letters Received: S
Box: 43 Folder : 10 Letters Received: Thayer, Wm. S.
Box: 43 Folder : 11 Letters Received: V
Box: 43 Folder : 12 Letters Received: W
Box: 43 Folder : 13 Letters Sent
 1838-1840

Subseries X.B: Minutes, 1839
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 14 Minutes
 1839

Subseries X.C: Financial Documents, 1838-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 15 Financial Documents
 1838-1840

Subseries X.D: Notes, 1839-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 16 Notes
 1839-1840

Subseries X.E: Printed Material, 1839-1840
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 17 Printed Material
 1839-1840

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Series XI: Western Virginia Lands, 1838-1856

Scope and Contents note

This series is comprised of documents pertaining to O'Reilly's interest in purchasing land in Western Virginia.

Subseries XI.A: General Correspondence, 1844-1851
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 18 General Correspondence
 1844-1851

Subseries XI.B: Legal documents and notes, 1838-1847
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 19 Legal Documents and Notes
 1838-1847

Subseries XI.C: Printed Material, 1844-1856
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 20 Printed Material
 1844-1856

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Series XII: Albany Irish Repeal Association, 1843
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 21 Albany Irish Repeal Association
 1843

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Series XIII: American Indians, 1838-1860
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 22 American Indians
 1838-1860

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Series XIV: Deputy Collector and Inspector of District of Genesee, 1832-1842
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 23 Deputy Collector and Inspector of District of Genesee
 1832-1842

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Series XV: Irish & American Steamship Company, 1851
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 24 Irish & American Steamship Company
 1851

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Series XVI: New York Typographical Society, 1849
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 25 New York Typographical Society
 1849

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Series XVII: Rochester Daily Advertiser, Undated
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 26 Rochester Daily Advertiser
 Undated

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Series XVIII: Sketches of Rochester, Undated
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 27 Sketches of Rochester
 Undated

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Series XIX: Legal Documents & Notes, 1832, 1840-1851, 1857
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 28 Legal Documents & Notes
 1832-1857 (Bulk 1840-1851)

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Series XX: Financial Documents, 1834-1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 29 Financial Documents
 Undated
Box: 43 Folder : 30 Financial Documents
 1834-1839
Box: 43 Folder : 31 Financial Documents
 1840-1849
Box: 43 Folder : 32 Financial Documents
 1850-1859

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Series XXI: Notes & Fragments, 1840-1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 33 Notes & Fragments
 1840-1859

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Series XXII: Personal & Family Papers, 1832-1862

Scope and Contents note

This series contains documents concerning O'Reilly's family. It includes two scrapbooks compiled by Henry O'Reilly during the Civil War about his son, Henry Brooks O'Reilly, who was killed in the battle of Williamsburg in 1862.

Subseries XXII.A: Correspondence, 1838-1859
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 34 General
 1848, 1850, 1857
Box: 43 Folder : 35 Letters Received
 Undated
Box: 43 Folder : 36 Letters Received
 1838
Box: 43 Folder : 37 Letters Received
 1847
Box: 43 Folder : 38 Letters Received
 1848
Box: 43 Folder : 39 Letters Received
 1849
Box: 43 Folder : 40 Letters Received
 1850
Box: 43 Folder : 41 Letters Received
 1851
Box: 43 Folder : 42 Letters Received
 1852
Box: 43 Folder : 43 Letters Received
 1854
Box: 43 Folder : 44 Letters Received
 1857
Box: 43 Folder : 45 Letters Received
 1858
Box: 43 Folder : 46 Letters Received
 1859
Box: 43 Folder : 47 Letters Sent
 1848-1857

Subseries XXII.B: Re Henry Brooks O'Reilly, 1851-1858
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Box: 43 Folder : 48 Correspondence
 1851-1858

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Series XXIII: Printed Material, 1830-1859

Scope and Contents note

This series contains a variety of printed material, primarily news clippings, on miscellaneous subjects.

Container 1     Title Date
Box: 44 Printed Material
 1830-1859
Box: 45 Printed Material
 1830-1859

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Series XXIV: Items Added in 2022, 1819-1880

Scope and Contents

The series holds 51 volumes of documents, primarily print matter, compiled by Henry O'Reilly. As of 2022, these volumes had not been inventoried, but were added to the finding aid at that time. Generally, all the subject matter in this series is an extension of that found in other parts of the collection and in other N-YHS collections of O'Reilly/O'Rielly documents.

36 of the volumes relate to telegraphs, including their history, legal matters, telegraph companies, and technical aspects. Several volumes of "Western Mementoes" hold print matter concerning, mostly, western New York. One of the Western Mementoes volumes concerns Iowa, specially the Demoine Navigation Company and Des Moines River.

One volume holds documents related to the Clinton League and railroad and canal developments in New York State; three relate to agriculture; one concerns various Civil War-related matters, including the death of O'Reilly's son; one concerns the press in western New York; and one relates to political anti-Masonry.

The container list for the series lists all the volumes. Titles in "quotations" are those used by O'Reilly. Those in [brackets] were given by the processing archivist.

Arrangement

The series is arranged by subject matter, beginning with volumes related to the telegraph. The telegraph portion is comprised of several "series" (e.g. "journalistic series") defined by O'Reilly. Other O'Reilly series (e.g. "agricultural series") are more directly thematic.

Each album was given a unique identifier (e.g., SN-1, SN-2) by the processing archivists. These are intended only to facilitate reference and are not indicative of any overall numbering scheme found in the collection itself.

Processing Information

The series was added to the finding aid in April 2022 by archivist Larry Weimer.
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-1 "Journalistic Series" Volume I

Scope and Contents

An opening title page in this volume defines the subject of the 6 volumes in this series as "history of the establishment of the electric telegraph in the United States as furnished by the public journals during the years 1845, 46, 47, 48, 50, etc." The content consists primarily of newspaper clippings and other public print matter.

1845-1847
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-2 "Journalistic Series" Volume II
 1847
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-3 "Journalistic Series" Volume III
 1848
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-4 "Journalistic Series" Volume IV
 1848
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-5 "Journalistic Series" Volume V
 1849
Offsite-Box: 46 Volume : SN-6 "Journalistic Series" Volume VI
 1850
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-7 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume I

Scope and Contents

The miscellaneous series includes a range of print matter concerning telegraphs and telegraph companies. This first volume of 7 includes some pieces circa 1847 and the entire annual report of the Smithsonian Board of Regents for 1857 (published 1858).

circa 1847, 1858
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-8 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume II

Scope and Contents

This volume holds print matter concerning the Magnetic Telegraph Company (e.g., Board of Director meeting minutes, financial statements, etc.)

1840s
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-9 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume III

Scope and Contents

This volume holds print matter on various telegraph companies, among them: People's Telegraph Company, New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Company, Lake Erie Telegraph Company, St. Louis & New Orleans Telegraph Company, Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company, Cleveland & Cincinnati Telegraph Company, and others.

circa 1847-1853
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-10 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume IV

Scope and Contents

This volume holds more print matter on individual telegraph companies and on telegraph history.

1858-1860
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-11 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume V

Scope and Contents

This volume holds a few longer print items on the science and development of the telegraph.

 1852-1853
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-44 [Miscellaneous Series. Volume VI?]

Scope and Contents

There is no volume marked as "Miscellaneous Series" Volume VI in this part of the collection, but the content of this volume fits within the topical framework. It includes print matter especially concerning legislation about the telegraph.

1852-1858
Offsite-Box: 47 Volume : SN-12 "Miscellaneous Series" Volume VII

Scope and Contents

This volume holds longer print pieces: on the Pacific Railroad & Telegraph Company and a copy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Proceedings of 1851.

1849-1851
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-21 "Periodical Series" Volume 1

Scope and Contents

This volume holds copies of the American Telegraph Magazine, from Vol 1, No. 1 in October 1852 to Vol 1, No. 6 in June 1853.

1852-1853
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-22 "Periodical Series" Volume II

Scope and Contents

This volume holds two issues of the National Telegraph Review and Operator's Companion, Vol. 1, Nos. 1 and 4.

1853-1854
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-23 "Periodical Series" Volume III

Scope and Contents

This volume holds issues of Shaffner's Telegraph Companion, Vol 1, Nos. 1-4 and Vol. 2, Nos. 2-3. (Vol 2, No. 1 is not in this volume, but is noted as being in another volume with a Smithsonian report.)

1854-1855
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-24 "Legal Series" Volume I

Scope and Contents

The 13 volumes of the "legal series" concern various lawsuits concerning telegraphs, perhaps especially with regard to patent claims. Unlike the following volumes, each of which seem focused on a particular case, this volume touches on various legal matters.

1848-1852
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-25 "Legal Series" Volume II

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Alexander Bain vs. Samuel F.B. Morse.

 1849
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-26 "Legal Series" Volume III

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to O'Reilly et al. vs. Samuel F.B. Morse et al.

 1848
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-27 "Legal Series" Volume IV

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to O'Reilly et al. vs. Samuel F.B. Morse et al.

 1852-1853
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-28 "Legal Series" Volume V

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Francis O.J. Smith vs. Hugh Downing, et al.

 1850
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-29 "Legal Series" Volume VI

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Benjamin B. French, et al. vs. Henry J. Rogers, et al.

 1851
Offsite-Box: 49 Volume : SN-30 "Legal Series" Volume VII

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Benjamin B. French, et al. vs. Henry J. Rogers, et al.

 1851
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-31 "Legal Series" Volume VIII

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Samuel F.B. Morse & Alfred Vail vs. Francis O.J. Smith.

 circa 1852
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-32 "Legal Series" Volume IX

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Samuel F.B. Morse & Alfred Vail vs. Francis O.J. Smith.

 1851-1852
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-33 "Legal Series" Volume X

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Samuel F.B. Morse & Alfred Vail vs. Francis O.J. Smith.

 circa 1852
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-34 "Legal Series" Volume XI

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Samuel F.B. Morse & Alfred Vail vs. Francis O.J. Smith.

 circa 1852-1856
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-35 "Legal Series" Volume XII

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Benjamin B. French, et al. vs. Henry J. Rogers, et al.

 1851
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-36 "Legal Series" Volume XIII

Scope and Contents

This volume relates to Benjamin B. French, et al. vs. Henry J. Rogers, et al.

 1851
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-46 [Various legal matters]

Scope and Contents

This volume was not noted as part of the "legal series" but includes print matter of contracts, leases, and other legal matters regarding telegraph companies. A notation on the inside cover indicates it was purchased for N-YHS on February 17, 1885, and so was not part of the O'Reilly donated material, but indications are that the volume was compiled by O'Reilly.

circa 1840s-1850s
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-42 [Francis O.J. Smith vs. Ezra Cornell]

Scope and Contents

Print matter related to this lawsuit. This copy includes O'Reilly's annotations and underlining. The underlying document is the same as the following (SN-43), but this one is missing the index.

1871
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-43 [Francis O.J. Smith vs. Ezra Cornell]

Scope and Contents

This document is the same as SN-42, but includes the index. This does not appear to have been O'Reilly's copy; a notation on the first page indicates that it was given to N-YHS by Francis O.J. Smith in November 1873.

1871
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-41 "Dictionary Series" Volume I

Scope and Contents

The volume holds two items: "The mural diagraph, or the art of conversing through a wall" by James Swaim (1829) and "The secret corresponding vocabulary; adapted for use to Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph" by Francis O.J. Smith (1845).

1829, 1845
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-47 "Dictionary Series" Volume II

Scope and Contents

The volume holds one item: "The telegraph dictionary, and seamen's signal book" by Henry J. Rogers (1845).

1845
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-39 "First Series" Volume I

Scope and Contents

This volume and the next are more in the nature of scrapbooks than the other volumes here. This volume holds maps, broadsides, clippings, articles of association, stock certificates, manuscript agreements and contracts, and various print matter in connection with telegraphs. O'Reilly provides contextual notes at various points. There is an 1837 letter from Samuel F.B. Morse claiming he is the inventor of the telegraph and is seeking support for that claim.

1830s-1840s
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-40 "First Series" Volume II

Scope and Contents

This volume holds maps, clippings, legal agreements, pamphlets and other print matter in connection with telegraphs.

1840s-1850s
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-48 [Canal and railroad documents, including reports of the Clinton League]
 1859-1860
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-13 "Western Mementoes" Volume I

Scope and Contents

This volume holds one book: "Sketches of Rochester" by O'Reilly.

 1838
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-14 "Western Mementoes" Volume II

Scope and Contents

This volume holds one book: "Pioneer history of the Holland Purchase of Western New York" by O. Turner.

1850
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-15 "Western Mementoes" Volume III

Scope and Contents

The volume holds the book "Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800" by John Maude (1826), with additional notes added by Maude (1844?), and inscribed by Maude to O'Reilly (1844). O'Reilly notes that the items were bound together by him in 1878.

1826, 1844, 1878
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-16 "Western Mementoes" Volume IV

Scope and Contents

The volume holds two printed items inscribed by Micah Brooks to his daughter (O'Reilly's wife), Marcia: the larger item is "History of the pioneer settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris' Reserve" by O. Turner (1851); the second is an 1854 printing of "The religion of the Revolution," a 1774 discourse by David Brooks, Micah's father. There are contextual notes at the front of the volume by O'Reilly about these items and his donation to N-YHS.

1851, 1854
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-17 "Western Mementoes" Volume V

Scope and Contents

This volume holds various printed matter about the Des Moines River, Demoine Navigation Company, and related re: Iowa.

1847-1856
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-18 "Western Mementoes" Volume VI

Scope and Contents

This volume holds "Notices [short historical accounts] of Sullivan's campaign, or the Revolutionary warfare in Western New York" and related documents.

1842
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-19 "Western Mementoes" Volume VII

Scope and Contents

This volume holds three publications of the New-York Agricultural Society.

 1843-1844
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-49 [New-York Agricultural Society]

Scope and Contents

This volume, not marked as part of Western Mementoes or another series, holds one item: the "Transactions" of the Agricultural Society for 1844 (published 1845), which follows on the volume in Western Mementoes Volume VII.

1845
Offsite-Box: 48 Volume : SN-20 "Western Mementoes" Volume VIII

Scope and Contents

This volume holds two items: "Sketches of border adventures in the life and times of Major Moses Van Campen" by John N. Hubbard (1841) and "Life of Mary Jenison: Deh-he-wa-mis" by James E. Seaver (1856).

1841, 1856
Offsite-Box: 52 Volume : SN-37 "Agricultural Mementoes" Volume I

Scope and Contents

The volume holds an 1824 compilation by John S. Skinner of the newspaper American Farmer (Baltimore), issues 1819-1820.

1824
Offsite-Box: 52 Volume : SN-38 "Agricultural Mementoes" Volume II

Scope and Contents

The volume holds a compilation of the newspaper The Plough Boy (Albany), issues June 5, 1819 to May 27, 1820.

1819-1820
Offsite-Box: 52 Volume : SN-51 [Civil War-related print matter]

Scope and Contents

This volume holds:

* Printed statements of Andrew Jackson Hamilton and Lorenzo Sherwood, legislators from Texas (1862, 1864)

* Documents about raising "colored regiments" (1863-1864, 1879)

* Documents about the death of O'Reilly's son, Henry Brooks O'Reilly

* Various related clippings, notes and copies of letters.

1862-1864, 1879
Offsite-Box: 51 Volume : SN-45 "American political-antimasonry with its 'good-enough morgan'" by O'Reilly
 1880
Offsite-Box: 50 Volume : SN-50 "Typographical Mementoes" Volume I

Scope and Contents

This volume holds items related to the history of the press, printers and editors in western New York. O'Reilly provides a contextual note and index in the volume. Among the items are a manuscript memoir of publisher James D. Bemis.

1847-1876

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