Box 2B
Container
Contains 30 Results:
Letter from Joseph Medill, writing as "M." to "For the A[dvocate]", 1840s
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B271
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s
Letter from Joseph Medill (Navarre, Ohio) to Dept. P.G. R.H. Folger, May 18th inst. [1840s?]
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B272
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
May 18th inst. [1840s?]
Document with text beginning "Mr. Chairman: I move that no more hogs be allowed to run at large in this country from and after the first day of April next. I second that motion with the understanding that it only includes four-legged hogs", 1840s
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B281
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s
Document with text beginning "Axioms. 1. All wealth is produced by labor - actual muscular effort, directed by brains", 1840s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B282
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s?
Document entitled "Legitimate international barter", 1840s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B283
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s?
Document with text beginning "Gentlemen of the Self-Sharpeners society: It is with lively feeling I embrace this opportunity of returning you my unfeigned thanks for the honor you have so undeservedly conferred on me", 1840s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B284
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s?
Document entitled "Important to farmers", 1840s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B286
Scope and Contents
Suggesting that sheep be let into corn fields, to eat the weeds
Dates:
1840s?
Document entitled "What free traders refuse to see", 1840s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B287
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1840s?
Letter from Joseph Medill to C.A. Dana., 1850s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B275
Scope and Contents
Refers to the "Medillion system of fonetix" (orthographic reform)
Dates:
1850s?
Document with text beginning "It is an axiom of all time that self defense is the first law of nature", 1869
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B273
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1869
Document with text beginning "1st. Is it morally or politically right to restore the suffrage to the rebels of the conquered states, and withhold it from the loyal freedman?", after the Civil War
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B279
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
after the Civil War
Document with text beginning "The title of this true story is: S. Coming Judd or the Knights of the Golden Circle", Sept. 23 [1864, or later]
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B285
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
Sept. 23 [1864, or later]
Document with text beginning "Gents, As you are about entering on a new business year, I deem it the proper occasion to formally make known a purpose which I have formed for a considerable time past", 1870
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B274
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1870
Untitled document, 1870s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B288
Scope and Contents
Address on simplified spelling
Dates:
1870s?
Document entitled "Orthographic beauties. Concerning simplified spelling", 1870s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B289
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1870s?
Document with text beginning "The disagreement between the New York Associated Press and the Western Press arises out of the assertion on the part of the former that the latter does not pay enough money for the use of the news sold to them by the New York Press - as compared with what other associations pay", 1870s?
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B278
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1870s?
Letter from Mrs. Walter Phelps (Sierra Madre Villa, near Los Angeles) to Joseph Medill, 1885-08-27
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B261
Scope and Contents
Inviting the Medills to visit
Dates:
1885-08-27
Letter from J.M. Joseph (Creston, Ia.) to Joseph Medill, 1888-02-20
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B262
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1888-02-20
Letter from R.W. Patterson to Joseph Medill, 1888-05-02
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B263
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists chiefly of letters to Joseph Medill. It also includes a few of his own early writings, letters from Joseph Medill, and documents related to Joseph and Katharine Medill. These papers, along with those in collections III-9, IV-4, and VI-5, contain valuable source material for researchers interested in the genealogy of the Medill, Patterson and McCormick families, Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company history, Chicago history, the origins...
Dates:
1888-05-02
Letter from J.A Clark (Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellow Stone National Park) to Joseph Medill, 1888-05-12
File — Box: 2B, Folder: B264
Scope and Contents
Describing the Excelsior Geyser, and the maintenance of park roads. The letter is associated with a plain card reading "C.S. Wheeler"
Dates:
1888-05-12