James
Franklin Aldrich papers, 1841-1932, bulk 1876-1932
Descriptive
Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center
By Archie Motley, 1960; rev. by Jennifer Asimacopoulos; rev. by Heather Leslie
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Title: James Franklin Aldrich papers,
1841-1932, bulk 1876-1932.
Main entry: Aldrich, James Franklin, 1853-1933.
Inclusive dates: 1841-1932, bulk 1876-1932
Size:
4.5
linear ft (9 boxes)
1
oversize folder.
Access: Collection is
open for research use.
Provenance statement: Most of this collection was a bequest of
Mrs. L. Sherman Aldrich, M1960.0258. Some of these items were found in storage
at the Union League Club of Chicago along with the Eastman papers and donated
to Chicago Historical Society (M1978.0031; M1979.0073). The Zebina Eastman
papers and the Sidney Eastman materials have been separated from the Aldrich
collection and cataloged separately at Chicago History Museum.
Terms governing use: Copyright may be retained by the creators
of items, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law,
unless otherwise noted.
Please cite this collection as: James Franklin Aldrich papers (Chicago
History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a
specific item.
This descriptive inventory contains the
following sections:
Biographical/historical
note,
Summary
description of the collection,
Description
of some material related to the collection,
List
of online catalog headings about the collection,
Detailed
description of contents of the collection.
Biographical/historical note:
James Franklin Aldrich, who became a prominent Chicago politician and businessman, was born at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, on April 6, 1853. His father was William Aldrich. In April 1861, his family moved to Chicago, where Aldrich attended a public school and then the University of Chicago. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1877. He engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil and later in the gas business.
Aldrich, who was sometimes called "J. Frank" Aldrich, served as a member of the Cook County (Ill.) Board of Commissioners from 1886-1888, and served as president of the board in 1887. He was also a member of the county board of education in 1887 and the commissioner of public works of Chicago from May 1, 1891, to January 1, 1893. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth U.S. Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. In 1897, he unsuccessfully attempted to be appointed U.S. Minister to Belgium. However, he was appointed consul general at Havana, Cuba, in 1897, although he did not reach his post due to the sinking of the battleship Maine and the subsequent war with Spain. Aldrich was a receiver of national banks and a railroad appraiser from 1898 until 1923. He died in Chicago on March 8, 1933; interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
--Information from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
Summary description of the collection:
Correspondence, letter books, journals, essays, and certificates of James Franklin Aldrich, Chicago politician and businessman. Correspondence includes 2 books of letters (bound later), primarily incoming to Aldrich. Also present are an 1876 journal of a trip through New Mexico and Arizona to select a site for surviving members of the 57th Illinois Infantry Veterans Volunteer Association; essays by Aldrich on the Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, Chicago history, the Union League Club of Chicago, the Haymarket Square riot, the Presidential hopes of Thomas B. Reed in 1896, the War of 1898, and other reminiscences and commentaries; and certificates, mostly relative to Aldrich's career as a U.S. Representative (1893-97). Letterbook 2 includes letters requesting that President McKinley appoint Aldrich as U.S. Minister to Belgium. Also present in the collection are letters addressed to Francis T. Sherman concerning the Chicago Post Office and requests for patronage (1868-1870s) and certificates belonging to Sherman.
Authors of letters to Aldrich or to his father, William Aldrich, include Dr. Frank Billings, John W. Gates, Julius Grinnell, Robert Todd Lincoln, Gustavus W. Swift, Frank O. Lowden, Graham Taylor, Montgomery Ward. Letterbook 1 includes letters from James G. Blaine, Frederick Douglass, Charles B. Farwell, John W. Gates, Julius S. Grinnell, John M. Harlan, William P. Kellogg, Joseph Medill, Thomas B. Reed, Horace M. Singer, and Bayard Taylor. Letterbook 2 includes a letter by Austin Blair to Abraham Lincoln (1861 Feb. 27) and the 1841 marriage certificate of Aldrich's parents William and Anna Mary (Howard) Aldrich. Other correspondents in the collection include Aldrich's daughter Martha, daughter Anna Mariska, second wife Mariska, and other men and women who were friends and family, and the Chicago Historical Society. Aldrich's first wife, Lulu Sherman Aldrich probably was a member of the Sherman family of Chicago. She died in 1897.
Note: The following names frequently recur in parts of the collection: Bunny, a cousin; Betty, a cousin; Phoebe Monvel, a cousin (concert pianist); Mr. M. McMillan, a friend; Steward, a friend; Marjorie (Lamkins), daughter; Walter; Roy O. West; Marguerite, re: American Opera Co.; Ada Meadel; F. Moulton; Senslow Lewis; Giraudet; May Allison; Alfred Fellheimer; Florence Lewis; Natalie; Marion Aldrich; Gertrude Aldrich.
Description of some material related to the
collection:
Related
materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include a set of 13
volumes of scrapbooks on Chicago history, biography, county politics, Abraham
Lincoln, the Union League Club, the Aldrich family, etc., probably compiled by
Aldrich, cataloged separately.
List of online catalog headings about the
collection:
The following entries have been placed in the online catalog:
Subjects:
Aldrich, James Franklin, 1853-1933--Archives.
Sherman, Francis Trowbridge, 1825-1905--Archives.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926.
Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902.
Wentworth, John, 1815-1888.
Aldridge family.
Aldrich family.
Board of Commissioners of Cook County (Cook County, Ill.)
Chicago Historical Society.
Fifty-seventh Regiment Illinois Infantry Colony and Mutual Benefit Association.
Union League Club of Chicago.
Republican Party (Cook County, Ill.)
Republican Party (Ill.)
Republican Party (U.S. 1854-)
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 57th (1861-1865)
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Post Office (Chicago, Ill.)
Baseball.
Diplomatic and consular service, American$y19th century.
Families--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
Haymarket Square Riot, Chicago, Ill., 1886.
Legislators--United States--19th century.
Politicians--Illinois.
Politicians--United States.
Spanish-American War, 1898.
Women--United States--19th century.
Arizona--Description and travel--19th century. 1876 v.
New Mexico--Description and travel--19th century. 1876 v.
Chicago (Ill.)--History--To 1875.
Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--To 1950.
Cook County (Ill.)--Politics and government--19th century.
United States--Politics and government--1893-1897
Form/genre:
Certificates.
Correspondence.
Land grants. Springfield, Ill. 1844 to F.T. Sherman.
Letterbooks.
Manuscripts for publication.
Marriage certificates. 1841 cert. of Wm. Aldrich & Anna Mary Howard in letterbook 2
Poetry.
Reminiscences.
Speeches.
Added entries:
Billings, Frank, 1854-1932.
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893.
Blair, Austin. letter to Lincoln, 1861 Feb 27, letterbook 2.
Farwell, Charles Benjamin, 1823-1903.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Gates, John Warne, 1855-1911.
Grinnell, Julius S. (Julius Sprague), 1842-1898.
Harlan, John M.
Kellogg, William Pitt, 1831-1918.
Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926.
Lowden, Frank O. (Frank Orren), 1861-1943.
Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899.
Pennell, P. S.
Sherman, Francis Trowbridge, 1825-1905.
Singer, Horace M.
Swift, Gustavus W.
Taylor, Bayard.
Taylor, Graham.
Ward, Montgomery.
Fifty-seventh Regiment Illinois Infantry Colony and Mutual Benefit Association.
United States. Diplomatic and Consular Service.
Detailed description of contents of the
collection:
Abbreviations
used in this description:
& = and
Aldrich = J.F. Aldrich, J. Frank
Aldrich, J. Franklin Aldrich, James Franklin Aldrich
corres. = correspondence
incl. = includes
misc. = miscellaneous
re. = regarding
box1 (M1960.0258):
box 1 folder A: Information folder: Complete listing of the items donated by Mrs. L. Sherman Aldrich, which are arranged in 7 regular folders, one oversize folder, two letter books, and an 1876 autograph diary. Also contains a list of authors of letters donated by Mrs. Aldrich.
box 1 folder 1: Correspondence, 1842-1932:
Letters to Aldrich, ca. 40 items, 1891-1932, from Dr. Frank Billings, John W. Gates, Julius Grinnell, Robert Todd Lincoln, Gustavus W. Swift, Frank O. Lowden, Graham Taylor, and Montgomery Ward, among others; many letters concerning personal matters, some discussion of business and politics, particularly the attempt to nominate Thomas B. Reed for the Presidency in 1896. Also includes requests for Aldrich's patronage assistance. Other items are addressed to Francis T. Sherman, usually of a routine nature although there is some mention of activities at the Chicago Post Office and requests for patronage.
box 1 folder 2: Essays by Aldrich:
a. "The national game" about baseball, 45 p.
b. "Lincoln his nomination for the presidency and how it came about," 22 p.
c. "Abraham Lincoln," 32 p.
d. "John Wentworth," 11 p.
e. "Origin and brief history of the Union League Club of Chicago" & "A revery" re. the club, 17 p.
box 1 folder 3: Essays by Aldrich:
a. "The Republican Party seventy-five years of accomplishment--High spots in its history," 8 p.
b. "Political conventions 1860-1872m" 5 p.
c. "Republican Convention 1896," 4 p.
d. "The anarchists their trial and execution" about the Haymarket Square riot, 13 p.
e. "Thomas B. Reed" & "'Some real Reed stories,'" 97 p.
box 1 folder 4: Essays by Aldrich:
a. Aldrich's activities in the reform movement in Chicago politics during the 1880s, 94 p.
b. "The war with Spain--Why?" 30 p.
c. "Private John Allen," Congressman from Mississippi, 4 p.
box 1 folder 5: Essays by Aldrich:
Several papers (primarily Aldrich's essays) on Chicago's history from the period of early exploration through the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, 119 p.
box 1 folder 6: Several typescript items, including 3 speeches delivered by Aldrich & 123 p. of autobiographical material, primarily Aldrich's reminiscences.
box 1 folder 7: P.S. Pennell's poetic tribute to Lincoln
box 1 folder 8: Biographical information
box 2:
box 2 folder
1: Autograph Book from Shattuck Military School, Faribault, MN, 7 Dec. 1870- 28
June 1872
box 2
folder 2: Envelope containing a few Christmas cards, business cards, undated;
letters to Aldrich from friends & family; letters re. birthday party for
Aldrich, undated; misc. items (incl. poetry), undated; Shattuck school
commencement exercises, 1925
box 2 folder 3: Letters from Anna M. Aldrich (Aldrich's mother), Dec. 19, 1892-Aug. 25,
1906 & undated
box 2 folder 4:
Letters to Aldrich from son "Bud" L. Sherman Aldrich, Sept. 7,
1900-Feb. 8, 1929, incl. 2 letters from his grandson, Billie, Nov. 14,
1921-Apr. 17, 1922 (?)
box 2 folder 5:
Letters to "Daddy" (Aldrich) from son Fred Aldrich, Nov. 30,
1914-Jan. 5, 1929 & undated
box 2 folder 6:
Letters to Aldrich from Fred Aldrich, Sept. 25, 1929-Dec. 21, 1929 (2 items)
box 2
folder 7: Letters to Aldrich from cousin Herbert Aldrich, Nov. 10, 1923-Jan. 8,
1928
box 2
folder 8: Incoming & outgoing letters of Mme. Mariska Aldrich, Mar. 11,
1908-Nov. 8, 1929 & undated; incl. letters she sent to her husband
(Aldrich) while she was away on concert tours; news clippings, incl. many about
her divorce from Aldrich; miscellany; & two concert programs
box 2
folder 9: Incoming & outgoing letters of Martha Aldrich, chiefly to her
father (Aldrich), Apr. 1897 incl. a grade report from St. Mary's School in
Minnesota; letters May 18, 1900-Oct. 3, 1923, incl. 2 letters from her fiancé
(Captaine, 1904 & 1905) and a wedding invitation, Martha to William A.
Bartholomae, Jr. [1922?]
box 2
folder 10: Letters to Aldrich from his daughter Martha, Apr. 5 1926-Dec. 28,
1928
box 2
folder 11: Letters to Aldrich from his daughter Martha, May 4, 1929-ca. Mar. 1,
1930 & undated
box 3:
box 3
folder 1: Letters to Aldrich from Robert G. Cousins, 1927 June 6-1928 May 29,
& undated; misc. materials re: Cousins' speeches, undated
box 3
folder 2: Letters to Aldrich from Andrew Jackson IV (descendant of the
president's adopted son), 1927 Dec. 30-1928 Mar. 13, & undated
box 3
folder 3: Letters to Aldrich from Joan Lowell (actress), 1925 Feb. 11-1927,
& undated
box 3
folder 4: Letters to Aldrich from his grandson William Aldrich Miller (Martha's
son), July 4, 1925-Dec. 28, 1928
box 3
folder 5: Letters to Aldrich from "Jackie" Dorothy Pentz, 1924 Feb.
25-1930 Jan. 19, & undated
box 3 folder 6:
Letters to Aldrich from daughter "Meeka" (Anna Mariska), Jan. 26,
1916-Dec. 22, 1924
box 3 folder 7:
Letters to Aldrich from Meeka, Apr. 15, 1925-Jan. 15, 1928 & undated; news
clipping re. death of Laurence White, Meeka's husband, Apr. 29, 1928
box 3
folder 8: Letters to Aldrich from Walter, 1923 June 25-1927 Jan. 16, &
undated
box 3
folder 9: Letters to Aldrich from Will, 1873 May 7-1928 June 20
box 3
folder 10: Incoming letters, 1881-1915, incl. from F.T. Sherman & death of
Aldrich's wife, Lulu Sherman Aldrich in 1897
box 3
folder 11: Letters to Aldrich from friends & family undated; misc. items
undated-includes poetry
box 3
folder 12: Letters to Aldrich from family & friends undated; misc. items
undated
box 3
folder 13: Incoming letters, Nov. 27, 1916-Jan. 28, 1925
box4:
box 4
folder 1: Incoming letters, Feb. 19, 1925-June 26, 1926
box 4
folder 2: Incoming letters, & a few family letters not to/from Aldrich,
July 5,1926-July 23, 1927
box 4 folder 3:
Incoming letters, Aug. 1, 1927-Mar. 24, 1928; undated
box 4 folder 4:
Incoming letters, Apr. 5, 1928-Nov. 27, 1928
box 4 folder 5:
Incoming letters, Dec. 5, 1928-Aug. 28, [1929]
box 4 folder 6:
Incoming letters, Sept. 4, 1929-Apr. 17, 1930
Item:
Black leather bag with wooden name plate, J. F. Aldrich
box 5:
box 5
folder 1: Business corres. incl. warranty deeds, letter from Francis Trowbridge
Sherman, etc. re. family, Apr. 2, 1879-Aug. 29, 1913
box 5
folder 2: Business corres. Feb. 5, 1914-Dec. 20, 1924
box 5
folder 3: Business corres. & some clippings Jan. 10, 1925-Nov. 3, 1929
& undated
box 5
folder 4: Business corres. & misc. business papers including California -
Main Oil Company shares report, undated
box 5
folder 5: Maps: map of McKittrick, Bel Ridge & Templor, Elk Hills oil
fields [California?], 1912; map of portion of the Lost Hills Field, Kern
County, Calif. geologic sections, Jan 1, 1921; road map of Erie and Niagara
counties, New York, 1922
box 5
folder 6: Bills, receipts & misc., Feb. 15, 1895-Feb. 6, 1929 & undated
(Aldrich's bills)
box 5
folder 7: Sundry stock certificates & deed:
June 30, 1881, Alfred B. Wenrich 2
certificates
Jan. 27, 1884, George E. Cummings
deed
Aug. 23, 1894, George E. Cummings
certificate
June 12, 1917, Aldrich, certificate
box 5
folder 8: Commissions as receiver for failed national banks, May 19, 1898-May
21, 1901
box 5
folder 9: Chicago Historical Society letters & deeds of gift, 1925 July
7-1929 Apr. 4, & undated
box 6 (M1979.0073):
box 6
folder 1: Photocopy of tintype of Aldrich, Dec. 28, 1872 (original sent to
Prints & Photographs Coll. on July 2, 1980)
box 6
folder 2: Union League Club incoming corres., clippings, misc., 1880-1928
box 6
folder 3: Union League Club incoming corres., clippings, misc., Jan. 21,
1929-Feb. 24, 1930 & undated
box 6
folder 4: Chicago Institute of Local Politics corres., Sept. 12, 1927-Mar. 21,
1928
box 6
folder 5: Copies of letters to President McKinley endorsing appointment of
Aldrich as Minister to Belgium, Jan.-Apr. 1897, authors include Joseph Medill,
George M. Pullman, and Robert T. Lincoln
box 6
folder 6: Aldrich's attempt to be appointed to the Belgium embassy
box 6 folder 7: City
Manager Dr. A.R. Hutton, 1 letter Nov. 12, 1924, to Aldrich; clippings 1927,
1928
box 6 folder 8:
Manuscripts for Public Works (1893 or 1894?)
box 6 folder 9:
Incoming corres. of William Aldrich, incl. personal, Apr 1878-June 2, 1878;
political, Mar 2, 1877-June 18, 1878, & undated
box 6
folder 10: Incoming political & misc. corres., April 15, 1889-April 18,
1930 & undated; Civic Federation of Chicago letters sent to Aldrich
box 6 folder 11:
Corres. on reform plans for Chicago 1892-1895; Sept 10, 1892-Feb 11,
1929 & undated
"Von Luck chased Buffalo Bill" But "Buffalo Bill chased
me," Feb 11, 1929
box 6
folder 12: Misc. incoming/outgoing corres. Apr. 4, 1893-Sept. 30, 1927; letters
to Gen. LeRoy T. Steward from H.J. Achard, M.D., May 14, 1929 & June 26,
1929; letters to Mr. Carroll Shaffer from Aldrich
box 6
folder 13: Misc. clippings and pamphlets, 1899-1930. Little White School House,
the Knights Military Order. (2)
box 6
folder 14: Misc. clippings 1910-1928 & undated
box 6 folder
15: Misc. incoming letters & clippings, 1923-1930 & undated
box 6
folder 16: Address book, incl. people from across the country
box 7:
box 7
folder 1: Misc. manuscripts of historical articles:
a. On
LaSalle
b.
"Immortality" a poem by Joseph Jefferson-6 copies
c.
"Conners of Buffalo"
d. On
Chicago
e. On
William Stewart
f. #70A
& #70B
g.
"Political Conventions-1860-1872"
h.
"Chicago's Early History" (3 separate sections)
box 7
folder 2: Essays:
a.
Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, by Capt. Nelson Thomasson
b. On
ice-skating rinks in the city
c. On
Edwin Payson Weston
Note: b and c, plus some more items, are written
together.
d. On
Nelson Thomasson's recollections of Lincoln, by J. T. Aldrich
e.
"Chicago & Abraham Lincoln"
f.
"Chicago and Stephen A. Douglas"
box 7
folder 3: Misc. articles, sketches, etc., by Aldrich?
a.
Illinois & Michigan Canal
b. Chicago
Fire
c. Early
Days in Chicago
d.
Election Incident
e.
Railroad Valuation
f. When I
(Didn't) Patent an Idea
g. My
Visit to the Pacific Coast & Alaska in 1896
h. Why I
am not a Mason
i. Ah,
Buffalo
j. An
Arcade Railroad for Chicago
k. South
Park Club
l. Club
Life
m. John K.
Cowan (president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad)
n. Francis
Fisher Browne & F.F.B.'s recollections of Abraham Lincoln
box 7
folder 4: Essays by Aldrich:
a."Interspersed
with tale of Chicago, 100 years
b."Politics,
1870-1880"
c.
"How Captain Anson succeeded in having his father retained as postmaster
at Marshalltown, Iowa"
d.
"The County Board"
e.
"Alexander Sullivan"
f.
"William Stewart"
g.
"for Historical Society"
h.
"Gas"
i.
"The Republican Party: 75 Years of Accomplishment, High Spots in its
History."
j.
"John 'Wentworth: There Were Giants in Those Days" (See John
Wentworth file)
k.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon
l.
"Who Wrote that Report?"
m. "A
Tale of the Town"
n.
"Beginning with 1870..."
box 7
folder 5: Essays by Aldrich:
a.
Sketches of various people and miscellaneous Re Mutual Fuel Gas Co.
b.
Sketches of various people and miscellaneous Excerpt of Address to "Reform
Board"
c.
Sketches of George M. Pullman
d.
Sketches of Marshall Field
e.
Sketches of Victor F. Lawson
f.
Sketches of "Newspapers"
g.
Sketches of Joseph Medill
h.
Sketches of Chicago in War Times
i.
Sketches of 1861-1871 at Garden City Home
j.
Sketches of Ben Billings, George Knapp and Anthony Brad
box 7
folder 6: Articles by Aldrich:
Chicago Tribune, April 7, 1929, Reminiscences
Recollection
of Chicago fire (manuscript)
Recollection
of West Madison Street (manuscript)
Recollection
of Chicago Fire, Oct 9, 1891 (manuscript)
Recollection
of William F. Storey (publisher of Chicago
Times) (manuscript)
Recollection
of John El Wilkie (?) (manuscript)
Recollection
of W. B. Ogden and North Western Railway (manuscript)
box 7
folder 7: Reminiscences of Thomas Reed: the campaign of 1896; Why Illinois
voted for McKinley at the Republican Convention, 1896
box 7
folder 8: Manuscript for "When Lorimer Broke with Hertz, story of
the state Republican convention at Peoria in 1900." (1900?)
box 7
folder 9: "The Union League Club," by William Henry French
(manuscript)
box 7
folder 10: Mark Hanna
box 7
folder 11: John Wentworth
box 7
folder 12: Eleazer Williams--Louis XVII
"2
pamphlets-out of scope for the library), newspaper clipping (items of interest
to Aldrich, but he did not write either article)"
box 7
folder 13: Misc. letters, articles, clippings, etc. incl. article on William
Aldrich
box 8:
folders:
1 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1889
2 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1889
3 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1890
4 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1890
5 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1890
6 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1890
7 Stock certificates used for
collateral, 1872
8 Clippings on Misc. political, social,
civic, etc.
9
Clippings on Joseph G. Cannon, "Uncle Joe"
10 Clippings on Chicago Institute of
Politics
11 Clippings on John M. Mitchell
12 Clippings on Queen Marie of Romania's
visit
13 Clippings on Jane Addams and Urban
League Club history
14 Clippings on Union League Club
biographical
15-20 Clippings on Misc. political, social, civic,
etc.
21 Clippings on Civic matters
box 9 (M1960.0258):
Letter book 1: (100 letters; 1877-1904) letters, mostly addressed to Aldrich or his father William; mostly concerning politics, especially Chicago politics and patronage. Correspondents include James G. Blaine, Bayard Taylor, Frederick Douglass, John M. Harlan, Thomas B. Reed, William F. Kellogg, Julius S. Grinnell, Joseph Medill, John W. Gates, Charles B. Farwell, and Horace M. Singer.
Letter book 2: (126 items; 1841-1919) correspondence re. Aldrich's attempt to be appointed U.S. Minister to Belgium; a few letters re. his Cuban appointment; ca. 25 other letters on sundry matters, including Chicago politics and patronage requests. Also present is a letter from Austin Blair to Lincoln, dated 1861 Feb. 27, and the 1841 marriage certificate of William Aldrich and Anna Mary Howard.
Diary of a trip through New Mexico and Arizona, 1876. 1 vol. (96 p. & 27 p. edited transcription). Trip sponsored by the 57th Illinois Infantry Veterans Volunteer Association for the locating an Arizona site for their surviving members. The trip was made by Aldrich, Francis T. Sherman, F. A. Clifton, and W. A. Gibson. A detailed expense account is included.
Oversize folder (in drawer):
item 1. Land grant issued Francis T. Sherman, Springfield, Ill., 1844 Dec. 23
item 2. Appointment of Francis T. Sherman as Deputy Postmaster at Chicago, 1868 July 23
item 3. Francis T Sherman's membership certificate, U.S. House of Representatives, 1872 Nov. 23
item 4. Certificate appointing Aldrich to examine national banking associations, 1898 Jan. 4