rollins, james s. (1812-1888), papers, 1546-1968

C Rollins, James S. (1812-1888), Papers, 1546-1968

1026 3.3 linear feet; also available on 11 rolls of microfilm

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INTRODUCTION

The papers of James S. Rollins, a Boone County, Missouri, lawyer, politician, business-

man, and curator of University of Missouri include correspondence with family, business and

political associates, and George Caleb Bingham and other friends. The papers covers state,

national, and Whig party politics from 1830 through the 1880s, the Civil War in Missouri,

internal improvements and the North Missouri Railroad, and education at University of Missouri.

In 1982 the correspondence between Rollins and Cassius M. Clay and Curtis F. Burnam were

filmed separately and can be found on reel number 11 of the microfilmed version of the papers.

DONOR INFORMATION

The James S. Rollins Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by

Curtis B. Rollins, Sr. in 1933 (no accession number). From 1933 through 1973 Ruth Rollins

Westfall also donated material (see information folder for further information). Ellen Westfall

Mering and David Westfall donated material on 20 April 1981 (Accession No. 2364).

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

James Sidney Rollins was born in Richmond, Kentucky, on 19 April 1812, and died in

Columbia, Missouri, on 9 January 1888, at the age of 76. His parents were Anthony Wayne and

Sallie Harris Rodes Rollins. He married Mary E. Hickman on 6 June 1837, and they had eleven

children.

Rollins studied at Washington College in Pennsylvania and graduated from the University

of Indiana in 1830 and from the law department at Transylvania University in Kentucky in 1834.

In 1832 he served in the Black Hawk War and received the title of major.

Rollins practiced law in Columbia, Missouri, and became involved in Whig party politics.

He was elected to the state legislature in 1838, 1840, 1846, and 1854 and devoted his efforts to

the establishment of the University in Boone County, worked for railroad construction and river

improvement, and opposed extension of slavery to the territories. In 1848 and 1857 he was the

unsuccessful Whig candidate for governor.

He served two terms in the U.S. Congress, 1860-1864. He was a strong unionist, intro-

duced railroad and telegraph construction legislation, supported land grants for agricultural

colleges, and advocated the 13th amendment. In 1866 and 1868 he was again elected to the state

legislature and worked to establish an agricultural and mechanical college at the university. In

1872 he lost the Democratic nomination for governor and retired from political life.

Rollins was president of the board of curators of the University of Missouri for nearly 25

years, until his retirement in 1886. He played a vital role in the foundation, location, growth, and

development of the university and its agricultural college.

As a businessman, Rollins was involved in agriculture, real estate, and improving railroad

and river transportation. He helped establish the North Missouri Railroad Company and was

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involved in numerous other railroad ventures.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Because Rollins was active in so many fields, this collection is a valuable historical

source for mid-nineteenth century Missouri. The three main areas he was involved with were

politics, especially the Whig party; business, especially real estate and railroads; and education,

specifically the establishment and growth of the University of Missouri in Columbia.

The papers are arranged into five series: Correspondence, Legal, Business, and Politi-

cal Papers, Miscellany, Account Books, and Scrapbooks, with the correspondence series

comprising the bulk of the papers.

The Rollins papers are a rich source of information about mid-nineteenth century politics.

Rollins was active in the Whig party on both the national and state level; he was often a candi-

date for state office; and he served in both the Missouri and U.S. legislatures. He corresponded

with prominent national politicians such as Thomas Hart Benton, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Clay,

Carl Schurz, John Sherman, and William T. Sherman.

On the state level he was influential in selecting candidates and advising elected officials.

He corresponded with prominent state politicians and businessmen such as Frank P. Blair, Lewis

V. Bogy, Samuel M. Breckenridge, James O. Broadhead, B. Gratz Brown, Thomas Crittenden,

Charles Drake, Odon Guitar, Thomas T. January, Abiel Leonard, and Isaac Sturgeon. The

collection contains letters and memorandums that state Rollins's political views on various

issues. Many letters also deal with political patronage and contain requests for aid in obtaining

government positions.

Rollins was an active businessman involved in a wide variety of business ventures. He

owned a great deal of land in central Missouri and was involved in agriculture. He supported

internal improvements and worked to improve river transportation, build bridges, and extend

government aid to finance railroad construction in the West. He was interested in the construc-

tion of railroads in Missouri and was a major stockholder and director of the North Missouri

Railroad. He also had financial interests in mining operations in Montana, and he financed

trading expeditions to Santa Fe and California.

Rollins was instrumental in the establishment of the state university in Columbia in 1839

and the agricultural college at the university in the 1870s. As president of the board of curators

he was closely involved with university affairs and played an important role in getting support for

the university from the state legislature. He corresponded frequently with presidents of the

university Daniel Read and Samuel S. Laws, and these letters give insight into problems at the

university and the personalities and politics involved with the management of a state university.

Rollins carried on an active correspondence with his family, especially his wife Mary and

son James H. Rollins while the latter was a cadet at West Point. Curtis F. Burnam, a brother-in-

law in Kentucky, wrote often about both family news and political events. Thomas E. Tutt, also

a relative by marriage, was a banker in St. Louis who had many business dealings with Rollins.

Because they held real estate in common and were partners in railroad ventures, their correspon-

dence, in addition to family news, included much communication about business and politics.

Another important correspondent was Rollins's close friend, the painter George Caleb

Bingham. Bingham's letters contain information about his paintings, his political views and

aspirations, as well as things of a more personal nature. As close friends, Rollins and Bingham

named their sons after each other and often wrote about intimate personal and family problems.

During the Civil War Rollins served in Congress. Although he owned slaves, he sup-


ported the Union, emancipation, and the 13th amendment. His correspondence and papers shed

light on his views, on some battles and civilian problems, and other events in central Missouri

during the Civil War period.

For the social historian, there are account books and statements of household and per-

sonal goods, as well as several interesting wills dealing with the disposition of slaves. There are

also numerous letters giving accounts of the deaths of relatives which provide insight in nine-

teenth century attitudes toward death and bereavement.

FOLDER LIST

Correspondence Series

f. 1 1809 February-1833 May. James Hickman to William Scott describing duel be-

tween Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall; Henry Clay declining commence-

ment address request from Indiana College students; Andrew Wylie, Jr. discuss-

ing events at college since Rollins's departure and feud in Baird family; Richard

Gentry requiring Rollins's return for service in Black Hawk War; Rollins to

Kirtley explaining absence due to sister's and father's health; and Catharine

Baird to Rollins re her behavior and his attitude toward her.

f. 2 1833 June-1834 December. Charles W. Randall to Rollins describing cholera

epidemic in Lexington, Kentucky and giving news of mutual friends; Catharine

Baird to Rollins discussing mutual friends; James W. Moss to Thomas Miller re

heading Columbia College; and Lewis V. Bogy writing about experiences in

Lexington, Kentucky and applauding election of Linn as U.S. senator.

f. 3 1835 January-1836 August. Rollins to Cassius M. Clay introducing George Caleb

Bingham; John F. Ryland to Rollins about Ryland's possible running for gover-

nor; Henry Clay to Henry Russell advocating gradual emancipation of slaves in

states where the ratio of whites to blacks is high; William Ashley to Rollins re

pension claim and public lands legislation; and Thomas Miller discussing possi-

bility of S.C. Owens running for lieutenant governor.

f. 4 1836 September-1838 August. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins telling of pros-

pects in Natchez and failure of two banks there; William T. Cochran to Anthony

Rollins denying charges he is an abolitionist; R.R. Gurley of American Coloni-

zation Society to A.W. Rollins regarding way in which an endowment could be

set up to aid free blacks interested in teaching in Liberia; and Nathaniel Paschall

to Rollins re senatorial election of 1838.

f. 5 1838 September -1839 February. Rollins to Laura Hickman describing return trip

from St. Louis and mentioning Mormon War; Rollins to Warren Woodson

offering to nominate him for clerk of Missouri House of Representatives and

discussing his impressions of the legislature and John B. Gordon's conduct;

letters between Rollins and William Cornelius planning how to secure location

of university in Columbia; and Rollins to wife on everyday affairs and progress

of university location legislation.

f. 6 1839 July-1840 December. Rollins to Henry Clay asking his help in locating suit-

able president for new university; John Darby to Rollins commenting on

Grimsby's candidacy for governor; Andrew Wylie, Sr. letters discussing new


University of Missouri and problems at Indiana College; J.H. Birch to Rollins

asking him to run for Congress; George Caleb Bingham to Thomas Miller

declining decorating of Boone County Whig banners and commenting on pend-

ing election; and John B. Clark to Rollins describing campaign for governor.

f. 7 1841 January-1842 September. Thomas M. Allen to Rollins regarding university

and legislation affecting it; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins commenting on

national and state politics; Samuel B. Churchill to Rollins reporting on search

for patronage positions in Washington and Rollins's chances of being named

receiver in Platte Land Office; A.W. Rollins to James S. Rollins regarding death

of James's daughter; James H. Birch to Rollins re President Tyler, a land trans-

action, and patronage; and Samuel B. Churchill to Rollins advising him of

Churchill's appointment as St. Louis postmaster.

f. 8 1843 March-1845 June. Cassius M. Clay to Rollins commenting on his own politi-

cal fortunes and antislavery views; Orleana Rollins announcing death of her

father, John Rollins; David S. Lamme offering fossil remains found in Benton

County for sale in England; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins suggesting possi-

ble design for Boone County banner to be used at Whig convention; and Curtis

F. Burnam to Rollins responding to inquiry about an estate, giving news of

congressional election, and commenting on Cassius M. Clay's newspaper.

f. 9 1845 July-1846 November. Cassius M. Clay to Rollins describing opposition to his

anti-slavery writings and his disaffection with Henry Clay; Curtis F. Burnam to

Robert Rodes discussing mutual friends and family and commenting on Cassius

M. Clay's problems; Burnam to James S. Rollins commenting on British/-

American dispute over Oregon boundary, possible annexation of California and

Texas, and his seeking office; Burnam to Rollins re grandmother's estate, unsuc-

cessful attempt at office-seeking, and family news; Burnam to Rollins discuss-

ing daily life and pending Kentucky senatorial election; and John F. Ryland to

Rollins agreeing to be a candidate for university curator.

f. 10 1846 November-December. Letters between James S. Rollins and Mary Rollins

discussing family news and business; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins giving views

on politics and expressing admiration for Daniel Webster; T.M. Allen to Rollins

discussing university and its funding; Rollins to John Lathrop re legislation

affecting university and George Caleb Bingham's contested election; and Wil-

liam A. Robard to William Claude Jones answering inquiry about financial

condition of the university and objecting to adding a normal professorship.

f. 11 1847 January-March. Rollins to John Lathrop on legislation affecting the university

and battles occurring in the General Assembly over it; Rollins and Mary Rollins

letters discussing family and social news; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins discuss-

ing politics in Kentucky and possible Whig nominees for president in 1848; and

George Caleb Bingham to Rollins commenting on local politics and Mexican

War.

f. 12 1847 April-1848 February. Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins reporting on business

matter and commenting on Mexican War; Samuel B. Churchill to Rollins extol-

ling Alexander Doniphan's performance in war and advocating his nomination

as Whig candidate for governor; John Wilson to Rollins suggesting a strategy

for the Whigs in 1848 and soliciting his opinion on certain political matters;


presidents of three eastern colleges to John Lathrop answering his inquiries on

salaries at their institutions; and Dorothea Dix to Rollins and Lathrop comment-

ing on passage of tax to build insane asylum in Tennessee.

f. 13 1848 March-1849 January. Rollins to Logan Hunton discussing presidential cam-

paign and Whig state convention; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins commenting on

politics; Cassius M. Clay to Rollins recounting his dispute with Henry Clay and

others and discussing politics and his abolitionist views; Curtis F. Burnam to

Rollins telling him of election results in Kentucky and offering his assistance to

Rollins if he seeks an appointed office; John B. Clark to Rollins urging a united

front by the Whigs of Missouri in order to gain favorable patronage under the

Taylor administration; and exchange of letters between Rollins and Mary Rol-

lins.

f. 14 1849 January-February. Charles Drake to Rollins requesting letter of recommenda-

tion from Whig legislators for appointment as Solicitor of the Treasury; Warren

Woodson to Rollins warning of the possible resignation of Lathrop from presi-

dency of university; exchange of letters between James S. and Mary Rollins

containing family news and comments on happenings in Jefferson City; T.M.

Allen to Rollins asking him to write letters on his behalf and commenting on

university board of curators actions; Charles Drake to Rollins reporting on

search for position, Taylor's cabinet, and the Missouri/Iowa boundary dispute

and urging the Whigs of Missouri not to lean heavily on Benton; and Curtis F.

Burnam to Rollins discussing possible cabinet appointments and politics.

f. 15 1849 March-1850 August 1850. Rollins to Thomas Hart Benton discussing

"clique" opposing his reelection and problems with the university and express-

ing his admiration of Benton regardless of party differences; exchange of letters

between Rollins and John Lathrop in which the latter recounts his problems with

curators Duncan and Stone in response to questions by Rollins; Curtis F. Bur-

nam to Rollins re legal matters; and Rollins to Thomas Hart Benton discussing

Whig victories in recent election and the upcoming senatorial election.

f. 16 1850 October-1851 July. Rollins to James H. Bennett inquiring about California

and discussing local news; David Guitar to Rollins informing him of Bennett's

death; Sally Bennett to Rollins requesting information about her father's death

and estate; Henry S. Geyer to Rollins commenting on his election to the Senate

and the Whig party; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins commenting on senato-

rial election, politics, and his painting; Charles D. Drake to Rollins proposing

establishment of law school in St. Louis under university auspice; and James O.

Broadhead to Rollins discussing politics and future of Whig party.

f. 17 1851 September-November. Sarah Rollins Burnam to Robert Rodes Rollins relat-

ing family news; John G. Miller to James S. Rollins discussing patronage and

1852 presidential election; Rollins to Thomas Hart Benton requesting copies of

letters Rollins had written him; Benton to Rollins saying the letters no longer

exist and giving his remembrance of what they said regarding the past senatorial

contest; Rollins to James L. Matthews asking for statement re opposition to

John H. Lathrop as president of university; and George Caleb Bingham to

Rollins commenting on political situation in Missouri.

f. 18 1851 December-1853 April. Lewis V. Bogy to Rollins discussing business affairs


and giving his opinion of Rollins's correspondence with Thomas Hart Benton;

James O. Broadhead to Rollins commenting on Missouri political situation and

Whig party; Abiel Leonard to Rollins inviting him to meeting in Fayette;

George C. Bingham to Rollins reporting on national Whig convention and cost

of engraving County Election; Bingham to Rollins discussing Missouri politics;

Rollins to Thomas Hart Benton re patronage and 1853 congressional election;

J.P. Vaughan to Rollins declining to run for third district congressman and

suggesting Abiel Leonard as an alternative; and John G. Miller to Rollins con-

cerning future of land grants in Missouri to fund railroad building.

f. 19 1853 May-October. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins reporting on success in

showing his works; Isaac Sturgeon and Charles Drake to Rollins re North Mis-

souri Railroad; Francis P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins discussing congressional election;

Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins relating outcome of his race for Congress; Thomas

E. Tutt to Rollins urging care in choosing route of railroad; George Caleb Bing-

ham to Rollins discussing engraving of County Election; and Jefferson Franklin

Jones to Rollins re railroad route.

f. 20 1853 November-1854 March. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins reporting on

progress of County Election and County Canvass; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins

discussing business and political events; and Thomas T. January, Thomas E.

Tutt, and H. Davis to Rollins offering opinions or asking about location of

North Missouri Railroad.

f. 21 1854 March-May. John G. Miller to Rollins discussing Nebraska bill, Stephen

Douglas, Whig sentiments, and upcoming elections; James O. Broadhead to

Rollins discussing railroad location and politics; William T. Wood to Rollins

complimenting him on resolutions adopted by Whig meeting; George Caleb

Bingham to Rollins reporting on progress of his painting and applauding Ben-

ton's stand on Nebraska bill; W.W. Stone to Rollins urging him to run for state

legislature; Rollins to William F. Switzler declining to run for legislature unless

nominated by a Whig convention; and Gilchrist Porter to Rollins asking him to

arrange speaking engagements.

f. 22 1854 June-September. Austin A. King to Rollins discussing railroad location and

upcoming election; exchange of letters between Eli E. Bass and Rollins con-

cerning Rollins's candidacy and Bass's opposition to him; Gilchrist Porter to

Rollins commenting on factions in Missouri Whig party and reviewing recent

election results; and Porter to Rollins giving views on election and possibility of

electing Abiel Leonard as senator.

f. 23 1854 October-November. Gilchrist Porter to Rollins recounting news he has heard

of those seeking election as Missouri House speaker and clerk; Curtis F. Bur-

nam to Rollins discussing Kentucky politics and economy; Samuel T. Glover to

Rollins urging Abiel Leonard as Whig nominee for senator; R.S. Thomas to

Rollins expressing opinions on House speakership race and senatorial candi-

dates; Thomas T. January to Rollins discussing location of North Missouri

Railroad and purchase of land; and A.S.M. to Rollins advocating cooperation

with Benton's faction during battle for senator.

f. 24 1854 December-1855 January. Thomas January to Rollins discussing North Mis-

souri Railroad--possible financial problems due to poor business conditions and


pros and cons of more state funding; John Dougherty to Rollins urging him to

run for Senate; Bernard Pratte to Rollins giving views on chartering of new

banks and condition of Bank of the State of Missouri; Thomas January to Rol-

lins giving news of railroad; John O'Fallon to Rollins suggesting support of

certain men for election as Bank officials; Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins recom-

mending John O'Fallon for U.S. senator; and James O. Broadhead to Rollins

introducing Robert Campbell and Thomas Fagg.

f. 25 1855 January-February. James S. Rollins to Mary Rollins giving details of battle

for senatorship; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins reporting on progress with

pictures and commenting on senatorial election; Thomas January to Rollins

discussing monetary crisis in St. Louis and elsewhere and railroad business;

Edward Bates to Rollins discussing senatorial election and his views on party

resolutions written to disqualify candidates which are based on only one issue;

and Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins relaying North Missouri Railroad resolution on

track gauge.

f. 26 1855 February-March. John O'Fallon to Rollins commenting on railroad legislation

and a medical college bill; Isaac Sturgeon and Thomas January to Rollins dis-

cussing North Missouri Railroad business and railroad legislation; and Mary E.

Rollins to her husband relaying family news.

f. 27 1855 March-April. Charles Drake to Rollins reminiscing about their friendship and

congratulating him on his speech; Arthur Kempland to Rollins outlining distri-

bution of stock subscription in North Missouri Railroad; Thomas T. January to

Rollins urging him to obtain proxies for the upcoming North Missouri Railroad

Company meeting; Henry S. Geyer to Rollins stating his reasons for voting for

the Gadsden Purchase Treaty; James B. Ruckel to Rollins reporting on securing

lumber, etc. for house; and Thomas January reporting results of railroad com-

pany election.

f. 28 1855 April-June. Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins giving views on connecting North

Missouri Railroad with railroads in Iowa; Preston Reed to Isaac Sturgeon and

Rollins urging speed in completing railroad; Francis P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins

urging him to take strong stand against nullifiers and Atchison's invasion of

Kansas at upcoming meeting; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins discussing Missouri-

ans going to Kansas to control elections and gubernatorial election in Virginia

and its possible influence on Know Nothing party; and Thomas T. January to

Rollins discussing land purchases and railroad.

f. 29 1855 June-July. Thomas January to Rollins discussing North Missouri Railroad;

George Caleb Bingham to Rollins commenting on immigration to Kansas and

question of slavery there; Bingham to Rollins requesting truth about rumor

Rollins wished to break up the convention; and B. Gratz Brown to Rollins

reporting on convention at Lexington and asking him to report on Shannon's

activities.

f. 30 1855 August-October. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing events at

Lexington convention and Rollins's 1850 letter to Thomas Hart Benton; Curtis

F. Burnam to Rollins reporting on Kentucky elections and recent riots; John M.

Winn to Rollins describing support for ousting Shannon; Charles Drake to

Rollins commenting on railroads; and Thomas Tutt to Rollins discussing Roche-


port ferry and financing of Missouri railroads.

f. 31 1855 November-December. Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins discussing North Missouri

Railroad, other railroads, and need for increased funding to complete them;

Arthur Kempland to Rollins requesting views on state funding for railroads;

Henry T. Mudd to Rollins expressing his admiration for Rollins and giving his

views on slavery; and Gilchrist Porter to Rollins discussing Know Nothing party

and upcoming presidential election.

f. 32 1855 December-1856 January. Gilchrist Porter to Rollins explaining why he has

resigned from the American party and commenting on political affairs; William

H. Russell to Rollins commenting on politics and offering to follow Rollins's

lead in such matters; Cassius M. Clay to Rollins urging him to join the Republi-

can party; James O. Broadhead to Rollins asking him to attend American party

meeting; and Horace Bingham to James H. Rollins about antislavery troubles in

Kansas.

f. 33 1856 February-April. Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins discussing upcoming presidential

election and politics; Gilchrist Porter to Rollins discussing his views on the

American party and other representatives from Missouri as well as possibility of

Rollins's son receiving West Point appointment; James O. Broadhead to Rollins

urging him to run for Congress as American candidate; James S. Rains to Rol-

lins commenting on American party strength and their running for state offices;

and Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins explaining North Missouri Railroad Company's

urgent need for funds.

f. 34 1856 May-July. James O. Broadhead to Rollins commenting on pending selection

of congressional candidate by American party; Isaac H. Sturgeon to Rollins

urging him to persuade Boone County not to repudiate debt due the railroad;

George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing presidential candidates and his

feeling about slavery; James J. Lindley to Rollins asking him to speak against

James Green during the campaign; Isaac Sturgeon to Rollins telling of railroad's

desperate financial condition; and George Caleb Bingham to Rollins reporting

on his imminent departure for Europe and work done before he leaves.

f. 35 1856 August-September. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing elections,

his proposed painting of the "border ruffians," and his financial affairs; Isaac

Sturgeon to Rollins telling of railroad's financial condition and his views on

slavery; Casper W. Bell to Rollins discussing elections; George Caleb Bingham

to Rollins relating impressions of ocean voyage and Paris; and Francis P. Blair,

Jr. to Rollins asking him to join a "Union" party.

f. 36 1856 October-December. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins describing Düsseldorf

and visit with U.S. ambassador to France; Francis P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins dis-

cussing forming a new party; and George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing

possible consequences of Buchanan's election and personal news.

f. 37 1857 January-March. Letter to Rollins from several members of the American

party urging him to run for governor; Gilchrist Porter to Rollins discussing West

Point nomination for Jimmy and political parties; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins

commenting on politics and personal news; letter to Rollins asking permission

to enter his name as candidate for governor; William F. Switzler to Rollins

reporting on caucus result and urging him to run for governor; Francis P. Blair,


Jr. to Rollins advising him on tactics for campaign; Rollins to W.F. Switzler

discussing possibilities of campaign; and Samuel Breckinridge to Rollins giving

opinion on Rollins's campaign.

f. 38 1857 March-May. R.C. Ewing discussing Rollins's running for governor and

possible strategy for the campaign; Austin A. King to Rollins expressing dislike

for Robert Stewart and inquiring about Rollins's position; Solomon Smith to

Rollins informing him of American party's unofficial support of his candidacy;

Thomas L. Price to Rollins advising him on campaign strategy; Alexander

Doniphan to Rollins giving his support if John Wilson decides not to run also;

S.M. Breckinridge to Rollins discussing Benton's position and campaign; and

Thomas Tutt to Rollins discussing land prices and North Missouri Railroad.

f. 39 1857 May-July. Thomas Hart Benton to H.B. Branch endorsing Rollins for gover-

nor and expressing distaste for sectional rivalry; George Caleb Bingham to

Rollins describing his current work and living conditions; statements pertaining

to Rollins's speech at Whig convention in 1840; William F. Switzler to Rollins

commenting on campaign; Casper W. Bell to Rollins discussing Rollins's possi-

bilities in certain counties; and J.J. Tucker swearing to Robert Stewart's mem-

bership in the American party.

f. 40 1857 July. S.M. Breckinridge to Rollins commenting on progress of campaign;

William H. Russell to William F. Switzler giving account of debate between

Rollins and Stewart; and John C. Richardson to Rollins discussing gubernatorial

campaign and Richardson's judicial campaign.

f. 41 1857 August. Frank P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins expressing confidence that Rollins has

won election; James B. Gardenhire to Rollins discussing a proposed speculation

in Jefferson City; James S. Rollins to James H. Rollins discussing his conduct

while at West Point; James S. Rollins to Frank Blair proposing formation of

new party; and Samuel M. Breckinridge to Rollins holding out a slim hope of

victory and urging a recount in some counties.

f. 42 1857 August-September. James S. Rollins to James H. Rollins telling of his defeat

in gubernatorial race; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins sympathizing about his defeat

and discussing Kentucky politics; Francis P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins urging him to

run for office again and to join in forming a new party; and James H. Rollins to

Rollins expressing fears about failing at West Point and disgracing the family.

f. 43-45 1857 October-December. Letters between James S. Rollins and James H. Rollins

relaying family news and discussing the latter's progress at West Point; Lewis

Bogy and Thomas Tutt to Rollins commenting on financial crisis; and Curtis F.

Burnam to Rollins discussing land transactions, politics, and family news.

f. 46-48 1858 January-March. Letters between James S. Rollins and James H. Rollins

concerning the latter's academic progress at West Point; Thomas L. Price to

Rollins urging unity in selecting candidates for upcoming congressional elec-

tions; James O. Broadhead to Rollins requesting his views on running for Con-

gress; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins proposing sale of mules to army; George Caleb

Bingham to Rollins reporting on progress with Jefferson portrait and life in

Düsseldorf; and James Lindley to Rollins declining to run again for Congress.

f. 49-52 1858 April-August. Letters between James H. Rollins and his parents discussing

studies at West Point, family news, and the senior Rollins's trip to Fort Leaven-


worth to sell mules to army for Utah expedition; Austin A. King to Rollins

requesting his support in congressional election; and George Caleb Bingham to

Rollins discussing plans for shipping portraits from Düsseldorf to Jefferson City

and possibility of receiving commission for art in U.S. Capitol.

f. 53-54 1858 August-October. Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins saying he had heard Rollins's

name mentioned as a possible vice-presidential candidate; James H. Rollins to

parents and vice versa relating family news and experiences at West Point; and

James H. Lathrop to Rollins commenting on fair at St. Louis and asking him to

write letter of recommendation on his behalf to Washington University direc-

tors.

f. 55-59 1858 November-1859 March. Letters between James H. Rollins and James S.

Rollins discussing the former's progress at West Point and family news; James

S. Rollins to James H. Rollins giving detailed account of his views on slavery,

both practical and philosophical; Thomas E. Tutt to James S. Rollins regarding

land sales and election of North Missouri Railroad Company directors; and

George Caleb Bingham to Rollins commenting on payment for frames and

portraits of Washington and Jefferson.

f. 60-63 1859 March-September. Letters between James S. Rollins and James H. Rollins

discussing the latter's progress at West Point; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins re-

garding land deal between R.H. Stone and Brutus J. Clay; John M. Richardson

to Rollins giving details about land transactions and mentioning possible presi-

dential nominees; and Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins discussing business and

election he recently won for the Kentucky legislature.

f. 64 1859 September-November. Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins giving views on suit

between Rollins and the Stone brothers; C. Gibson to Rollins commenting on

Edward Bates as potential Republican party presidential nominee and upcoming

Republican party convention in Missouri; Francis P. Blair, Jr. to Rollins dis-

cussing Republican party strategy in Missouri and urging Rollins to run for

governor; and James H. Rollins to family members discussing progress at West

Point and contemporary events.

f. 65-66 1859 December-1860 February. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing

upcoming convention and campaign; Cassius M. Clay giving qualified support

to Edwards Bates's candidacy for president; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins

commenting on speakership election in U.S. House; James O. Broadhead to

Rollins asking him to organize supporters of Bates in counties surrounding

Boone; John C. Richardson to Rollins discussing Bates's chances for nomination

and Missouri convention; and Edward Bates to Rollins assessing his chance of

receiving the presidential nomination.

f. 67-68 1860 March-May. Cassius M. Clay to Rollins discussing upcoming Republican

presidential nomination; Thomas L. Price and James B. Gardenhire urging

Rollins to become gubernatorial candidate; Frank Blair, Jr. giving his views on

the Republican presidential nomination; Cassius M. Clay to Rollins discussing

his strategy for obtaining Republican party presidential nomination; Thomas P.

Akers expressing reluctance to run for governor and urging Rollins to do so; and

Akers assuring Rollins of his support after hearing he plans to run and discuss-

ing upcoming state conventions.


f. 69 1860 May-July. Richard Vaughan to Rollins applauding his decision to run for

governor; Edward Bates to Rollins asking for his opinion on the creation of the

Constitutional Union party; Cassius Clay to Rollins commenting on Lincoln's

nomination and his chances of receiving a cabinet post; Rollins to Bates giving

his opinion on the new political parties; Andrew King to Rollins expressing

optimism about his chances of election to the U.S. Congress; and James O.

Broadhead to Rollins questioning his position on slavery.

f. 70-71 1860 August-December. Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins expressing hope for election of

Bell as president; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins discussing portraits of

Jackson and Clay and his view of the presidential campaign; Edward Bates to

Rollins giving his view on national and state politics and predicting Lincoln's

election as president; James H. Rollins to Rollins discussing academy life, his

views on the presidential election, talk of secession, and the attitudes of his

fellow cadets; and Bingham to Rollins describing progress on portraits and his

attitude toward the secession movement.

f. 72-73 1861 January-March. George C. Bingham to Rollins reporting on hanging of the

Jackson and Clay portraits in the Missouri Capitol; Cassius M. Clay to Rollins

requesting his aid in securing the secretaryship of the War Department; Abiel

Leonard to Rollins explaining that he had opposed Rollins's candidacy and

expressing his fears about secession; Rollins to Clay explaining why he cannot

give wholehearted support to his wishes for a cabinet post; Bingham to Rollins

denouncing the secessionists and describing political situation in St. Louis; and

letters from others reacting to threat of secession and civil war.

f. 74-75 1861 May-July. Copy of letter from William Harney to John O'Fallon explaining

his capture at Harper's Ferry and declaring his allegiance to the Union; George

Caleb Bingham to Rollins denouncing the secessionists; copy of letter from

Montgomery Blair to Harney explaining reason for relieving him of command;

copy of letter from adjutant general to Harney cautioning him against trusting

loyalty of Missouri's state officials; James S. Rollins to Edward Bates question-

ing relief of Harney and stating his views on preserving the Union; Bingham to

Rollins reporting on conditions in Kansas City and requesting aid in finding

employment; and Mary Rollins to Rollins informing him of conditions at home.

f. 76-77 1861 July-December. Thomas A. Scott to John S. Phelps accepting five regiments

of infantry and one cavalry regiment into U.S. Army for duration of the war;

William F. Switzler describing events and attitudes in Missouri and rumors

about Rollins; Thomas L. Price to Rollins describing troop movements around

Jefferson City; citizens of Mexico, Missouri decrying Union troops shooting

two men without cause; Odon Guitar to Rollins reporting on Battle of Lexington

and probable movements of Price's army; Edward Bates to Rollins emphasizing

his optimism about the war and the Union; and Rollins to Henry Halleck advis-

ing him on military operations in Missouri.

f. 78-79 1862 January-February. Rollins to Mary Rollins describing life in Washington,

D.C.; Samuel Treat to Rollins defending William Harney's conduct while in

charge of military affairs in Missouri; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins deplor-

ing actions by Charles Jennison and James Lane; Edwin M. Stanton to Rollins

and Thomas L. Price acknowledging receipt of note regarding Jennison's con-


duct; Mary Rollins to Rollins describing life in Columbia, including stationing

of "Merrill's Horses" at the university; Bingham to Rollins and William A. Hall

enclosing letter regarding Jennison's actions in Jackson County; and Horace

Everett to Rollins requesting government appointment for Abiel Leonard.

f. 80-82 1862 March-1863 February. Cassius M. Clay to Rollins expressing hopes for his

own election to the presidency in 1864; Charles Drake to Rollins requesting

help in securing judgeship; Charles Parsons to Rollins discussing James H.

Rollins's choice of positions with the Army and his own feelings about

McClellan and the war; James S. Rollins to Mary Rollins telling her of his

attempts to secure James H. Rollins an instructorship at West Point; William

Bartlett to Rollins congratulating him on his reelection and discussing events in

New York and Missouri; Thomas M. Allen to Rollins expressing fear that

emancipation will alienate many Union men and prolong the war; Odon Guitar

to Rollins regarding possible promotion and opposition to it by his enemies and

expressing opposition to emancipation; and M.G. Singleton to Rollins seeking

aid in having indictment for treason quashed and describing Union soldiers'

invasion of his home.

f. 83-84 1863 February-October. George Caleb Bingham to Rollins reporting on activities

of legislature and supporting gradual emancipation; James H. Rollins to his

father telling of his new assignment and describing his last days at West Point;

transcript of letter from Abraham Lincoln to Rollins stating terms under which

Sterling Price would be pardoned; Edward Bates to Rollins stating his belief that

Schofield would not be relieved of command in Missouri; Cassius M. Clay to

Rollins giving his views on slavery and states' rights and on the 1864 presi-

dential election; transcript of letter from Rollins to Edwin Price expressing

fondness for his father, Sterling, and urging him to sound out his father on

returning to the Union side; and Jo Davis to Rollins discussing potential

senatorial candidates.

f. 85-86 1863 November-1864 February. William Payne to his father expressing gratitude

for Rollins's aid in seeking exchange as prisoner and listing friends killed; Odon

Guitar to Rollins commenting on removal of Schofield and his own probable

resignation from the military; Thomas Tutt to Rollins proposing the sending of

goods to the Bitter Root Valley to sell to the gold seekers; Odon Guitar to

Rollins protesting attack on him in the newspapers by B. Gratz Brown and

enclosing note for Rollins to hand to Brown; and Thomas M. Allen to Rollins

mentioning the many men leaving for the Idaho gold fields and the problems

with emancipation.

f. 87-88 1864 February-August. Odon Guitar to Rollins relating his interviews with Rose-

crans and prophesying problems if Radicals are placed in command of northern

Missouri; Oliver D. Filley to Rollins asking him to attend state Union party

convention; Sample Orr to Rollins expressing surprise that he is supporting

Lincoln's reelection; Robert L. Todd to Rollins discussing upcoming Conserva-

tive convention; Robert A. Campbell to Rollins giving his views on Frank

Blair's candidacy for governor and politics; prisoner of war letters to Rollins

requesting his assistance in being paroled to return home; and J.H. Waugh to

Rollins describing war-related events in Boone County and requesting addi-


tional troops.

f. 89-90 1864 September-1865 February. James S. Rollins to Mary Rollins asking about

conditions in Boone County, criticizing Guitar's candidacy for Congress, and

assuring her he does indeed plan to retire from politics; Rollins to editor of

Republican withdrawing from congressional race; Clinton Fisk to Rollins de-

clining to send additional troops to Columbia and commenting on Sterling

Price's movements; William F. Switzler to Rollins discussing emancipation

resolution for Missouri; Mary Rollins to Rollins describing reactions of servants

when news of emancipation was received; Peter Foy to Rollins describing

pressure placed against him by Radical Republicans; and letters o Rollins com-

plimenting him on his speech favoring the thirteenth amendment to the Consti-

tution.

f. 91-94 1865 March-1866 July. W.H. Owen to Rollins urging the formation of a partner-

ship to set up a claims agency to deal with war claims, confiscated lands, and

other real estate matters; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins describing investment

opportunities and mineral resources in Montana; Cassius M. Clay to Rollins

expressing his feelings about Lincoln and advocating black suffrage; Jo Davis to

Rollins giving his opinion on Radical Republicans and national politics; Frank

P. Blair to Rollins describing reactions to his speeches; O.H. Browning to

Rollins issuing call for national Union convention; Curtis F. Burnam to Rollins

discussing Kentucky politics; and John M. Richardson to Rollins discussing

political parties and strategies in southwest Missouri.

f. 95-98 1866 September-1867 July. Orville H. Browning, secretary of the Department of

Interior, to Rollins requesting advice on appointments; Lewis Bogy to Rollins

commenting on his job and on politics; Thomas Tutt to Rollins discussing

financial matters and Bogy's problems; Samuel M. Breckinridge to Rollins

proposing self as compromise candidate for senator; Daniel Read to Rollins

discussing University of Missouri and General Assembly attitude toward it; and

Thomas E. Tutt and George Swallow to Rollins advising him of conditions in

Montana and on his investments there.

f. 99-101 1867 August-1868 December. James B. Eads to Isaac Sturgeon delineating condi-

tions under which he would buy mortgage bonds of North Missouri Railroad

Company; Daniel Read to Rollins discussing university board of curators and

agricultural college; Frank Blair to Rollins discussing possible nominees for the

presidency and urging his active opposition to proposed registration legislation;

Thomas Tutt to Rollins discussing business and his activities in Montana; James

Hockaday to Rollins answering his questions about possible election fraud in

Callaway County; and John Henderson to Rollins commenting on his chances

for reelection as senator and on Ulysses Grant.

f. 102-105 1869 January-1870 August. Frank Blair to Rollins speculating on court decision re

the test oath; Daniel Read to Rollins arguing need for women's residence hall;

George C. Swallow to Rollins wishing to be reappointed state geologist; Daniel

Read to Rollins expressing pleasure at passage of bill establishing agricultural

college at Columbia and mentioning names of possible curators; Read to R.L.

Todd and Rollins discussing acquisition of land for model farm for agricultural

college and for college for women; George Caleb Bingham to Rollins comment-


ing on painting Civil War and enfranchisement of blacks; James Harris and L.D.

Morse to Rollins regarding discrepancies in land reserved for agricultural col-

lege; and Thomas Tutt to Rollins regarding investments and travels.

f. 106-107 1870 September-1871 June. Barton Bates, president of North Missouri Railroad, to

Rollins commenting on financing, freight and passenger loads, and possibility of

consolidation with Pacific Railroad; Francis P. Blair to Rollins requesting his

support in bid for U.S. Senate and discussing politics; Daniel W. Voorhees to

Rollins urging election of Blair to Senate; Blair to Rollins commenting on Carl

Schurz's attitudes; Daniel Read to Rollins supporting admission of women to the

university; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about financing a patent gas process;

George C. Bingham to Rollins discussing portrait of Frank Blair, Order No. 11,

art, artists, and writing; James Ritchie to Frank Blair nominating Rollins for

president.

f. 108-109 1871 July-December. George C. Bingham to Rollins about portrait of Frank Blair;

James H. Rollins to Rollins about Reconstruction, life and climate in Georgia,

and the South; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about his visit with cousin Sallie in

New York; Clifton Rodes about the engagement of his daughter, Sallie Rollins

Rodes, to Tutt; C.F. Burnam to Rollins about the will of W.B. Kanatzer and his

heirs in Boone County; Rollins to Elijah Perry about placement of portrait of

Anthony Wayne Rollins by George C. Bingham in University of Missouri

building; Rollins to A. Doniphan on the death of his wife; many letters com-

menting on the poor health of Rollins's daughter Sallie.

f. 110-111 1872 January-March. George C. Bingham to Rollins about the political controversy

that will result from the publication of Order No. 11; C.W. Benight and Logan

Hunton discussing Missouri politics and supporting Rollins for governor; John

M. Woodson to Rollins about reorganization of the North Missouri Railroad;

Barton Bates to Rollins about the location of train depots in St. Louis and the

need for the extension and connection of railroads in St. Louis; Frank P. Blair

about politics, Reconstruction, and "Missouri Policy"; Daniel Read to Rollins

about appropriations at other state universities in the Midwest and the needs of

the University of Missouri.

f. 112-113 1872 April-September. Robert L. Todd and University of Missouri Board of Cura-

tors resolution of thanks for donation to library; C.F. Burnam, Frank P. Blair,

George C. Bingham, Logan Hunton, Samuel T. Glover, and Silas Woodson

about local, state, and national politics and Rollins's candidacy for governor;

John W. Henry and Silas Woodson to Rollins about Rollins's loss of gubernato-

rial nomination; James H. Rollins to Mary Rollins about his daughter's fall from

porch; Mary Rollins to Rollins about Sallie's health.

f. 114 1872 November-1873 June. Rollins to William T. Sherman about national and

presidential politics; Thomas E. Tutt, Frank P. Blair, and others expressing

sympathy over Sallie Rollins's illness and death in Colorado; B. Gratz Brown to

Rollins about preparations to leave the governor's office and politics and ex-

pressing concern over Frank P. Blair's paralysis; Daniel Read to Rollins about

misconduct of two faculty members at the University of Missouri; George C.

Bingham to Rollins about the engraving of Stump Speaking; F.T. Kemper to

Rollins containing official announcement for Kemper Family School.


f. 115-116 1873 August-1874 April. George C. Bingham to Rollins about exhibition of his

paintings in Louisville, Kentucky; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about the St.

Louis, Kansas City, and Northern Railway; Daniel Read to Rollins about death

of his wife, criticism by state legislature of him and the university, and defense

of his actions and career; Carl Schurz to Rollins about agricultural college land

grant bill; several letters commenting on Rollins's injuries in railroad accident;

F.T. Kemper to Rollins about Frank Rollins's progress at Kemper School; J.H.

Brooks giving religious books to Rollins.

f. 117-119 1874 May-December. Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about bank and railroad stocks

and bonds and jointly owned property in St. Joseph; J.H. Brooks and James H.

Rollins to Rollins about religious matters; Daniel Read to Rollins about the loss

of his wife and university matters; George C. Bingham to Rollins about his

appointment to the Board of Police Commissioners in Kansas City; Carl Schurz

to Rollins supporting the farmers' movement; N.B. Van Slyke to Rollins about

business management of Wisconsin State University; J.B. Bowman to Rollins

about organization and powers of regents of Kentucky University; many letters

commenting on Rollins's recovery from injuries suffered in railroad accident.

f. 120 1875 January-April. Daniel Read to Rollins about his reelection as president of

University of Missouri and bitterness over affairs at university; Thomas E. Tutt

to Rollins about loan to William James; James H. Rollins to Rollins about army

life and religion; William M. Leftwich sending prospectus of Ware's Valley

Monthly: A Journal of Western Thought and Life.

f. 121-122 1875 May-December. Rollins to E.H. Rollins about bill Rollins introduced in 37th

Congress, 1861-1863, to aid construction of railroad and telegraph lines from

the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean; Andrew D. White to Rollins about

possible successors to Daniel Read; A.W. Woolfolk to Rollins reporting on

mining prospects in Montana; W.F. Switzler asking Rollins for $5000 loan;

Rollins to Samuel S. Laws about university, duties of president, terms of con-

tract, and whether Laws would be willing to accept position of president; S.S.

Laws to Rollins discussing his duties and qualifications as president of univer-

sity and his ideas about organization of university and curriculum.

f. 123-124 1876 January-May. Daniel Read to Rollins about personal finances; Ezra Read to

brother, Daniel, about affairs at Purdue University; J.B. Bowman about Morrill

Act, education, and railroad bills in Senate; Carl Schurz discussing corruption in

Democratic party and American politics and death of his wife; William Cullen

Bryant, Schurz, and others about conference on reform movement; George C.

Bingham about his paintings, wife, political plans, and war claims; Rollins to

S.S. Laws discussing education in Missouri, the state legislature, the university

and its board of curators, churches, and women's colleges; James B. Eads to

Rollins about channel from Mississippi River to sea in Louisiana; Rollins to

Eads about opening the Mississippi River to world commerce.

f. 125-126 1876 June-September. S.S. Laws to Rollins about his appointment as president of

university; Rollins to sister, Sarah Burnam, giving detailed account of her inter-

ests in Missouri and her father's estate, describing how father's land was divided

and sold; Ezra Read and Richard S. Campbell to Rollins on receipt of honorary

degrees from University of Missouri; Daniel Read to Rollins about family and


travels, national politics and Tilden-Hayes election, and bitterness over experi-

ence at university.

f. 127-129 1876 October-1877 March. George C. Bingham to Rollins describing his wife's

mental illness and plans to take her to state hospital in Fulton and his plans to

retire from politics and to return to painting; Lewis V. Bogy discussing Tilden-

Hayes presidential campaign, silver coinage, and gold/silver standard; Charles

E. Cummings, a black teacher in Columbia, asking for government position and

stating color line must be removed; John B. Henderson to Rollins about town-

ship bonds; several letters commenting about presidential election and Hayes's

cabinet; Carl Schurz, Secretary of Interior, thanking Rollins for letter.

f. 130-131 1877 April-June. Charles E. Cummings to Rollins telling of background, education,

and experience and asking for a job; George C. Bingham to Rollins about paint-

ing Resolution; O.H. Browning to Rollins about political patronage and getting

judgeship for C.F. Burnam; Charles H. Hardin inviting Rollins to give com-

mencement address at Hardin College in Mexico, Missouri; Samuel M. Breckin-

ridge to Rollins about government appointments; J.L. Smith, Missouri attorney

general, about using convict labor on agricultural college farm; Carl Schurz

about appointment of Burnam as judge.

f. 132-133 1877 June-September. C.H. Storts to Rollins about state geologist and criticism of

geological survey and School of Mines in Rolla; Rollins to John F. Dillon

recommending Daniel Read for president of University of Iowa; John F. Dillon,

C.W. Slagle, Daniel Read, and G.G. Wright to Rollins about Read's candidacy

for president of University of Iowa; T.T. Crittenden, S.M. Breckinridge, Thomas

E. Tutt, Daniel Read, and F.M. Cockrell commenting on possibility of judicial

appointment for Breckinridge; Lewis V. Bogy to Rollins about his financial

losses in panic; S.S. Laws to Rollins about building dormitory for women at the

university.

f. 134 1877 October-November. Norman J. Colman to Rollins discussing appointment of

David Armstrong as senator; Daniel Read to Rollins describing University of

Wisconsin; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about railroad matters and Breckinridge

not getting Supreme Court appointment; C.F. Burnam telling Rollins about

death of William Rodes; C.M. Clay to Rollins describing Negroes as "an unwor-

thy race"; George C. Bingham asking Rollins for help in getting appointment as

delegate to Paris Exposition; Daniel Read to Rollins describing University of

Wisconsin.

f. 135-136 1877 December-1878 February. George C. Bingham telling of his engagement and

coming marriage on June 18 to Mrs. M.A. Lykins of Kansas City and about

problems with brother-in-law influencing Bingham's son, Rollins, against future

wife, also about the magnetic treatment to cure his cough, his war claims con-

cerning the destruction of his house in Kansas City by General Ewing, and

appointment to Paris Exposition; Rollins to John S. Phelps about land for the

School of Agriculture and using prisoners, preferably black prisoners, as labor-

ers on university farm; C.F. Burnam to Rollins about divorce of C.M. Clay.

f. 137-138 1878 March-May. George C. Bingham to Rollins about hostility of son, Rollins, to

Mrs. Lykins, controversy with Ewing and Order No. 11, S.S. Laws's dissatis-

faction with his portrait by Bingham, and debate between son and Mrs. Lykins


over women's rights; Mattie A. Lykins to Rollins describing troubles caused by

Rollins Bingham; C.M. Clay to Rollins telling of his divorce and candidacy for

president; Rollins to Clifton Rodes, his uncle, telling of his desire to write

history of grandfather Rodes; Clifton Rodes to Rollins relating family history;

Justin Morrill to Rollins about progress of education bill in Senate.

f. 139-140 1878 June-October. William Hyde to Rollins about Hyde's candidacy for senator

from Missouri; C.M. Clay telling Rollins of his desire to run for senator; Daniel

Read to Rollins discussing events at university and Dr. Laws; Thomas E. Tutt

describing trip to Colorado; George C. Bingham to Rollins telling of reconcilia-

tion with son, his marriage, paintings, and exhibitions; Thomas Allen informing

Rollins of sudden death of Daniel Read; F.T. Kemper reporting to Rollins on

progress of son and grandson at Kemper School in Boonville.

f. 141 1878 November-December. George C. Bingham telling Rollins of his appointment

as commissioner of Lee Monument Association in Virginia and asking for train

passes; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about train passes for Bingham and telling of

death of Clifton Rodes; John R. Woods to Rollins relating history of Rodes

family; John S. Phelps to Rollins discussing university appropriations and other

financial matters; Carl Schurz expressing regret that Bingham is upset over not

getting appointment to Paris Exposition.

f. 142-143 1879 January-May. Fragment of letter from Rollins (probably to Charles Francis

Adams) describing discussion between George C. Bingham and ex-President

(John Quincy) Adams, telling of Bingham's career and paintings, and mention-

ing son who is student at Harvard; Charles H. Rodes to Rollins about death of

father, Clifton; Rollins to Thomas E. Tutt about becoming director of Union

Pacific Railroad and other railroad matters; Peter L. Foy to Rollins about Bing-

ham, his paintings, and portrait of Rollins's granddaughter; Rollins to Mr. Mudd

about using convict labor on university farm; John W. Hoyt, governor of Wyo-

ming, describing his duties as governor and lack of patronage control.

f. 144-145 1879 June-September. S.S. Laws to Rollins about death of George C. Bingham;

Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins describing trip to California, San Francisco, Yosemite

Valley, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, Manitou Park, and Colorado; C.F. Burnam to

Rollins about procedures for securing judgeship in Kentucky and disappoint-

ment in not getting appointment; Carl Schurz, W.M. Dunn, A.R. Burnam, and

John Sherman to Rollins about Burnam's judicial appointment; C.P. Huntington

to Rollins about passes on Central Pacific Railroad.

f. 146-148 1879 October-1880 May. Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins describing V.P. Fair in St.

Louis; T.T. Crittenden to Rollins concerning his candidacy for governor; John

M. Samuel to Rollins saying that S.S. Laws should not be reelected as president

of university; John A. Hockaday asking for Rollins's support as Democratic

candidate for governor; Logan Hunton urging Rollins to confess religious faith;

many letters commenting on Rollins's poor health.

f. 149-150 1880 June-October. Thomas E. Tutt and Elizabeth Ashley More about death of her

father, Logan Hunton; Charles Francis Adams expressing regret he missed visit

of Rollins's son; John A. Hockaday to Rollins about loss of nomination as

governor; S.S. Laws to Rollins about trip to Colorado; C.F. Burnam to Rollins

describing Arnold-Smith murder trial in Kentucky; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins


describing trip to Europe and Cambridge, Massachusetts; Wells H. Blodgett to

Rollins about court cases over railroad land claims in Chariton County.

f. 151 1880 November-December. Carl Schurz to Rollins about James Garfield's election

as president and Schurz's plans to leave public life; William T. Sherman and

John Sherman to Rollins about national politics and Garfield's election; L.M.

Lawless to Rollins about appointment of University of Missouri graduate,

Stephen B. Elkins, as Secretary of Interior; Rollins to James Garfield suggesting

items to include in his inaugural address; Julius P. Miller to Rollins about his

uncle Thomas Miller, genealogy, and family history; J.C. Cravens to Rollins

about railroad from Springfield, Missouri, to Memphis, Tennessee.

f. 152-153 1880 December-1881 January. Rollins to Albert Todd about donations to univer-

sity; Samuel M. Tuft to Rollins about Phelps County bond cases; J.C. Cravens

and S. Hayes to Rollins about appointment of S.B. Elkins as Secretary of Inte-

rior; George L. Osborn to Rollins about needs of State Normal School at

Warrensburg; S.S. Laws and James C. McGinnis to Rollins about university

legislation; Rollins to leaders in Boone County about necessity of passing bills

to support the university.

f. 154-155 1881 February-March. S.S. Laws to Rollins discussing university needs and legis-

lation and threatening to resign because of lack of support from state legislature;

Thomas Crittenden to Rollins and Rollins to Robert A. Campbell and John R.

Heard urging Laws not to resign and the legislature to support the university;

J.L. Stephens, J.V. Bryant, J.B. Merwin, and James C. McGinnis to Rollins

about university appropriations bills in the state legislature, university expansion

and needs; John Darby to Rollins with suggested remedies for Rollins's

ailments; Rollins to Odon Guitar concerning the Hannibal and Southwestern

Railroad.

f. 156-158 1881 April-September. C.C. Bland to Rollins about university bills in the legisla-

ture; Thomas T. Crittenden informing Rollins that the School of Mines bill

passed; J.A. Williamson to Rollins about land granted to the university by the

government; Rollins to S.S. Laws and George H. Nettleton about the sale of

agricultural college land to Nettleton; Charles H. Rodes to Rollins about Rodes

family history with copy of family register from Bible; Thomas E. Tutt to Rol-

lins about biographical sketch of Rodes grandparents; George Husmann to

Rollins about his plans to resign from university faculty; Oscar W. Collet, of the

Missouri Historical Society, to Rollins about need for public support and educa-

tion of public opinion.

f. 159-161 1881 October-1882 April. John Darby and Charles D. Drake to Rollins about the

Mississippi River Improvement Convention in St. Louis; Rollins to S.S. Laws

about investing university money and getting university bills through the legis-

lature; William T. Sherman to Rollins about James H. Rollins's retirement from

army; C.F. Burnam and Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about marriage of Bingham

Rollins; T.O. Howe and Oren Root about John H. Lathrop's career; W. Adams

to Rollins with sketch of life of George C. Bingham; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins

about his poor health and plans for celebration of Rollins's seventieth birthday;

many letters commenting on Rollins's poor health.

f. 162-163 1882 April-September. P. Schweitzer to Rollins concerning order for bell and


inscription on bell presented to university by Rollins and board of curators;

many letters about dinner in honor of Rollins's seventieth birthday; Thomas

Crittenden to Rollins about honorary degrees at the university, Laws and Swal-

low controversy, and Rollins joining Presbyterian church; J.B. Merwin to Rol-

lins criticizing S.S. Laws; Gardiner Lathrop to Rollins about publishing history

of Boone County; Isaac Arnold to Rollins and Rollins to John B. Henderson

concerning Abraham Lincoln and authorship of 13th Amendment and express-

ing support of William T. Sherman for president.

f. 164-165 1882 October-1883 February. Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about Hope Mining Com-

pany and its stock; B. Gratz Brown encouraging Rollins to join new prohibition

movement; Thomas T. Crittenden asking Rollins for advice about education and

the university; James K. Patterson to Rollins about education in Kentucky;

Mattie E. Craig writing sonnet about Rollins; James Stephens, S.S. Laws, and

J.C. Cravens about university appropriations and legislation in General Assem-

bly; Carl Schurz to Rollins discussing party politics and lack of issues and

interest in politics.

f. 166-168 1883 March-December. John F. Williams, S.S. Laws, and L.T. Collier to Rollins

about appropriations for university in legislature; Rollins to James Stephens and

James M. Proctor about bills concerning university in legislature; John A. Dil-

lon to Rollins concerning curriculum for journalism students; C.F. Burnam to

Rollins about travels in Europe; Rollins to Miss Randolph thanking her for gift

of Jefferson monument to university; S.S. Laws to Rollins about trip to observe

administration, finances, and curriculum at eastern universities; R. Crawford to

Rollins about Crawford family history.

f. 169-171 1884. Rollins to Robert L. Crawford about illness of Frank Rollins; C.F. Burnam,

S.S. Laws, and many others offering condolences on death of Rollins's son,

Frank; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about financial outlook, gold/silver standard,

trip to Northwest, and Indians in Montana; R.B. Price to Rollins about sale of

Order No. 11 by George C. Bingham; William Carey Jones to Rollins about

biography of Senator Benton; S.S. Laws to Rollins complaining about Col.

Switzler; Rollins to A.W. Doniphan about land sales for university and con-

struction at university.

f. 172-174 1885 January-May. C.C. Bland to Rollins about legislation concerning university

endowment and School of Mines at Rolla; S.S. Laws and D.C. Allen about

university appropriations; Charles O'Neil to Rollins about bust of Rollins being

made in Philadelphia; J.W. Kneisley to Rollins expressing strong opposition to

Switzler; William F. Switzler and John W. Henry to Rollins about appointment

for Switzler in Cleveland administration; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about death

of Mrs. Clifton Rodes; Carl Schurz to Rollins about new ruling not to meddle in

political appointments; Luther R. Collier, Switzler, Tutt, L.M. Lawson, and

others about bronze bust of Rollins and its presentation to university.

f. 175-176 1885 June-September. William F. Switzler to Rollins about board of curators, S.S.

Laws, and university events; Robert McCulloch to Rollins about unsold govern-

ment land; C.C. Bland to Rollins about university at Rolla; Benjamin F. Thomas

to Rollins about need for change at university and criticisms of S.S. Laws;

James B. Eads to Rollins about canal across Mexico; Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins


about trip to Montana.

f. 177-178 1885 October-1886 April. John Sherman to Rollins about national politics and

election fraud; S.S. Laws to Rollins about hiring Professor Spencer to organize

collection at university museum; Robert Rodes to Rollins relating family his-

tory; J.C. Cravens to Rollins about land for agricultural college; Thomas E. Tutt

to Rollins about position of Comptroller of U.S. Treasury and decision not to

accept position; J.R. Estill about Rollins's resignation from board of curators.

f. 179-180 1886 May-1888 March. Thomas E. Tutt to Rollins about his poor health, offers to

take Rollins and wife to Arkansas, and recalls Rollins's boyhood; John S.

Marmaduke receiving Rollins's resignation from board of curators; C.D. Drake

to Rollins reminiscing about Whig party and politics; many letters of condo-

lence and sympathy on death of Rollins, many writers give sketches of their

friendship with Rollins.

f. 181-182 1902 March-1937 August, n.d. Mary Simonds to Rollins Bingham asking for

information for biography she is writing about George C. Bingham; J.V.C.

Karnes to E.T. Rollins about sale of Bingham's paintings after death of wife;

John B. Rodes about Rollins and Rodes family history; A. Bishop Chance with

biographical sketch of Garrison Hardcastle Chance; Gari Melchers to C.B.

Rollins about portrait of Rollins; E.L. Bluemschein about restoration work on

paintings by Bingham; J.R. Kean about Jefferson monument at university;

Walter B. Stevens about story that Abraham Lincoln visited Columbia in 1840;

Roland A. Alpiser and C.E. Miller about four Bingham paintings belonging to

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association.

Legal, Business, and Political Papers Series

f. 183 1816-1831. Sale of land following New Madrid earthquake, 1816; will of David

Hickman of Bourbon County, 1816; sale of land in Howard County by John

Snethen to Thomas Hickman, William Lamme, and James Hickman, 1818; sale

of land in Columbia by David and Eliza B. Todd to James H. Bennett, 1824;

sale of land in Boonville to heirs of James Hickman, 1824, 1827; sale of land in

Boone County by Richard Gentry, 1830; sale of slaves by Richard and David

Gentry to James H. Bennett, 1830; sale of land at Rockbridge, the site of grist,

saw, and paper mills and distillery, 1831; commencement address at Indiana

College, 1831.

f. 184 1832-1836. Poem on death of Polly Rollins, 1832; papers about suit in Boone

Circuit Court over land in Boone County between Charles Laughlin and Caleb

S. Stone, 1833-1834; Rollins's license to practice law in Missouri, 1834; papers

dealing with sale of Missouri Intelligencer to Rollins and Sinclair Kirtley by

Nathaniel Patten, 1835; account of items purchased by Rollins from J.H.

Woods, 1835; account of items bought by Mary E. Hickman from Stone and

Wilson, 1836-1838; report of board of trustees of Columbia College, 1836.

f. 185 1836-1837. Speech by Rollins in Columbia, 1836; list of articles bought by Rollins

at auction in Rocheport, 1836; account with Wilson and Stone, 1836; Thomas

Miller's law license, 1836; will of John Ranson of Halifax County, Virginia,

including division of his slaves among his children, 1836; law partnership


papers of Rollins and Thomas Miller, 1836; report of board of trustees of Co-

lumbia College, 1837; establishment of county seat of Audrain County, 1837;

survey of land donated to Audrain County, 1837.

f. 186 1837-1839. Payment to estate of Richard Gentry for service in Missouri volunteers,

1837; appointment of Rollins as aide-de-camp in Missouri militia, 1837; A.W.

Rollins memorandum for a free school in Columbia, 1838; Thomas Miller

voucher to paymaster for services in Missouri volunteers, 1838; cargo insurance

policy with Boon's Lick Marine and Fire Insurance Company, 1838; legal papers

concerning conflicting claims to Revolutionary War military land warrant by

Stephenson family of Jefferson County, Virginia, 1838; memorial concerning

transfer of land and buildings from Howard College in Fayette to the state,

1838; memorandum by board of trustees, Columbia College, donating land and

buildings to state for site of state university, 1838-1839.

f. 187 1840-1846. Printed letter about public expenditures and large public debt, 1840;

Hamilton College thanks to John H. Lathrop, 1840; circular about opening of

Preparatory Department at University of State of Missouri, 1841; agreement

between Rollins and John B. Pokman for carpentry work on Rollins's home in

Columbia, 1841; agreement between Rollins, Thomas Miller, and Frederick

Hamilton about Miller's trip to Santa Fe, 1841; dissolution of Rollins and Miller

law partnership, 1841; report of board of trustees of Columbia College listing

students, curriculum, faculty, tuition, and salaries, 1842; codicil to will of An-

thony W. Rollins, 1843; notice and bond on Thomas Miller estate, 1844; honor-

ary degree given to John H. Lathrop by Hamilton College, 1844; account of

household goods of James H. Bennett, 1845-1847; sale of university land in

Columbia to Robert S. Thomas, 1846; will of Robert Bledsoe of Georgia to

purchase land in Illinois or Indiana for his Negroes to settle on, also giving them

tools, wagons, horses, and provisions, 1846; memorandum about locating luna-

tic asylum in Columbia, 1846.

f. 188 1847-1851. Report by board of curators of university, 1847; remarks by W. Wood-

son at dinner for John Lathrop upon his resignation as president of university,

discussing controversies at the university and method of choosing curators; land

sale in Audrain County to Rollins and Nathaniel W. Wilson, 1849; contract

between Francis T. Russell, John Rochford, and Rollins for trading expedition

to California, including list of goods to be traded and men hired for trip, 1850;

pamphlet explaining provisions of bounty land laws of Revolutionary War,

1851.

f. 189 1853. St. Louis County bond lending money to North Missouri Railroad Company,

contains drawings of St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers;

memorandum by Warren Woodson to President Shannon of the university

criticizing Shannon's negative opinion of the people of Columbia; proceedings

of board of directors meeting of North Missouri Railroad Company; deed for

land in St. Louis County; list of stockholders of North Missouri Railroad Com-

pany in Audrain and Macon Counties; memorial to board of directors of North

Missouri Railroad Company from Macon County about route of railroad in the

county and court order releasing county from subscription of stock in Hannibal

and St. Joseph Railroad.


f. 190 1854-1857. Memorandum to boards of directors of North Missouri, Pacific, and

Iron Mountain Railroads, 1854; subscription to stock in North Missouri Rail-

road by Schuyler County, 1854; Missouri Senate act to aid railroads, 1855;

proxy statement for election to board of directors, North Missouri Railroad,

1855; invitation from citizens of St. Charles to opening of North Missouri

Railroad from St. Louis to St. Charles and excursion pass, 1855; speech by

Rollins during campaign for governor of Missouri, 1857.

f. 191 1858-1861. List of property conveyed to Rollins, 1858; papers by George Caleb

Bingham criticizing William F. Switzler's article about Judge Edward Bates,

Whig politics, and slavery, 1860; memorandum by Samuel Treat including dates

and events in Missouri at beginning of Civil War, 1861.

f. 192 1862. Paper by Rollins about benefits of Pacific Railroad, includes arguments in

favor of bill introduced by Rollins in House of Representatives; Congressional

bill for government aid in constructing railroad and telegraph lines from Mis-

souri River to Pacific Ocean; patent for land given to Rollins for service in

military; survey of land owned by Rollins in Audrain County; resignation of

Rollins from state militia; speech by Rollins as candidate for reelection and

certification of election to House of Representatives from 9th Congressional

district.

f. 193 1863-1864. Paper about estate of Anthony W. Rollins, 1863; receipts for Rollins

Benevolent Fund, 1863; order concerning Porter Jackman and his conviction

and fine for violating the oath of allegiance and aiding the enemy, 1863; list of

household goods and personal property auctioned at premises of John W. Rol-

lins, Boone County, 1864; petition and testimony concerning James Criswell of

Callaway County, a prisoner in St. Louis who said he was kidnaped by guerril-

las, 1864.

f. 194 1865. Speech by William F. Switzler on disfranchisement of rebels at Missouri

Constitutional Convention; Rollins's account with U.S. government while a

representative, 1863-1865; broadside advertising public meeting in Boone

County following death of Abraham Lincoln; opinion of R.M. Field concerning

validity of ordinance taxing railroads; speech at Sherman banquet.

f. 195-196 1866-1868. Opinion by J. Larocque about North Missouri Railroad first mortgage

bonds, 1866; sale of land in Centralia, Missouri, 1857-1866; compensation to

owner for slaves drafted into military service, 1866; speech by Rollins nominat-

ing Frank P. Blair for senator on Conservative Union ticket, 1867; certificates

appointing Rollins government director of Union Pacific Railroad, 1867, 1868;

certificate appointing Rollins curator of State University from Boone County,

1868; articles of association of St. Charles Bridge Company, 1868; memoran-

dum by Rollins as attorney for Hudson Town Company, Macon, Missouri, to

recover damages to hotel during Civil War, 1862-1868.

f. 197 1870-1872. Cartoon about railroads containing drawing of Rollins and Thomas

Allen, 1870; court proceedings about locating School of Mines in Phelps

County, 1870; broadside containing remarks by Rollins and Frank P. Blair in

House of Representatives, 1871; act about assessing taxes on railroads, 1871;

memorandum by Rollins about suit by city of St. Louis to enforce sale of North

Missouri Railroad and sale of city stock in railroad, 1871; copy of act for appor-


tionment of representatives to Congress, 1872; speech by Rollins encouraging

appropriations for School of Mines and Metallurgy and Agricultural and Me-

chanical College, 1872; statement in honor of Rollins for contributions to uni-

versity, 1872; Rollins's honorary law degree from University of Indiana, 1872.

f. 198 1873-1881. Circular from University of Missouri board of curators about Morrill

Act and agricultural and mechanical schools, 1873; certificates appointing

Rollins to board of curators, 1873, 1877, 1881; speeches on presentation of

Rollins's portrait to board of curators, 1873; invitation to marriage of Mary

Rollins and John H. Overall, 1874; invitation to opening of Eads Bridge, St.

Louis, 1874; certificate appointing Rollins delegate to convention of the Ameri-

can Cheap Transportation Association, 1874; invitation to memorial service for

Andrew Johnson, 1875; certificate appointing Rollins delegate to Southern

States Immigration Convention, New Orleans, 1876; certificate appointing

Rollins honorary member of Board of State Centennial Managers, 1875; certifi-

cate appointing Rollins delegate to Mississippi River Improvement convention,

St. Louis, 1881; list of Rollins ancestors in Rodes and Crawford families, 1882.

f. 199 1882-1891. Inscription on bell donated by Rollins to the university, 1882; act to

appropriate money for building improvements at university, 1883; act concern-

ing investment of money in public school fund or seminary fund, 1883; funeral

notice for James Sidney Rollins Jr., son of James H. Rollins, 1884; resolutions

by board of curators on donation of Jefferson monument to university, 1884;

memorandum by Rollins concerning James S. Rollins University Scholarship

Fund, 1886; tribute to Rollins by Law Literary Society, 1888; resolution of

thanks for money given to Calvary Episcopal Church, Columbia, by Rollins,

1888; abstract of land in Boone County, 1888; deed for state land in Webster

County for the Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1891.

f. 200 n.d. Memorandum stating Rollins's views on religion; memorandum about Whig

politics and views on slavery; biographical sketch of George Caleb Bingham;

memorandum by D.S. Lamme offering for sale to U.S. government fossil re-

mains of elephants and mastodons; map of Congressional districts in Missouri

showing "the gerrymander of a Loco-foco legislature to affect political objects";

memorandum about "Rollins Aid Fund" set up by Anthony Wayne Rollins to

provide funds for university students.

f. 201 n.d. Memorandum concerning St. Louis interests in the North Missouri Railroad

and routes of the railroad from St. Charles; memo about alternate routes of

North Missouri Railroad; act concerning completion of North Missouri Railroad

and construction of bridge over Missouri River; memorandum concerning

general relief bill, state investment in railroads, state bonds, and the Pacific

Railroad; resolutions concerning the public debt and railroads.

f. 202 n.d. Act to appropriate money for the repair and preservation of university build-

ings; "The University," memorandum by Rollins about university management;

speeches by Rollins about education and location of university; memorandum

about Columbia College and University of Missouri; newspaper clipping about

new bell at University of Missouri that replaced bell given by Rollins.

f. 203-204 n.d. "Memorial of the Curators of the University of the State of Missouri: Relative

to the Location of the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts."


f. 205 n.d. Memorandum by Rollins about General Schofield; list of "Practical Rules

of...Thomas Jefferson"; memorandum by Rollins in response to L.W. Robin-

son's opinions on political matters and a letter to Benton; resolutions concerning

the public debt and railroads.

Miscellany Series

f. 206 Leaf from Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, containing stories of saints, in

Latin, with small woodblock print, 1546; circulars appealing for donations to

purchase and restore George Washington's home by Mount Vernon Association

of the Union, 1854-1857; "Brief Outline of the Life of Henry Clay" by Oliver

Oldschool, n.d.

f. 207 Account by Judge Warren Woodson of mob led by Eli E. Bass which broke into

Columbia jail and lynched black prisoner, Hiram; printed letter in support of

Vinnie Ream and her talent as a sculptor; valedictory address by Richard Reid at

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; speech about Odon Guitar.

f. 208 Two booklets of poetry entitled "Scraps of Paper," n.d., and "Obiter Scripta," n.d.,

and one long essay, "The Felicities of Old Age," 1921, by I.H. Lionberger.

f. 209 Christmas sermon by C.F. Aked, 1922; "The Escape of Confederate Secretary of

War John Cabell Breckenridge as Revealed by His Diary" by A.J. Hannan,

1939; notes about selection of B.B. Minor as president of University of Missouri

by C.B. Rollins and Ruth Rollins Westfall, 1951; program of dedication of The

Major James S. Rollins Group (residence halls) at the University of Missouri,

1968; photograph of E. Sydney Stephens and Curtis Burnam Rollins with

painting of Florence Rollins Gray in background, n.d.

Account Books Series

f. 210 1869-1886. Lists amounts of money advanced to his children by Rollins; also lists

of interest-bearing state, railroad, and other stocks, bonds, and securities held by

Rollins.

f. 211-214 Land and Tax Book, 1856-1868. Lists land owned by Rollins in Missouri and

Kansas, including location, number of acres, seller, survey description, and

maps.

f. 211 Land in Audrain, Boone, and Howard Counties.

f. 212 Land in Howard, Macon, Moniteau, Newton, Randolph, Monroe, and Ralls

Counties, also Nemaha County, Kansas.

f. 213 List of land and value of land owned in Missouri and Kansas; list of stocks and

bonds, real and personal property.

f. 214 List of land and description of land owned in towns of St. Joseph, Mexico,

Sturgeon, and Rocheport, Missouri; account of tax paid in 1868; certificate of

North Missouri Railroad stock.

Scrapbooks Series

f. 215-216 n.d. Contains newspaper clippings of poems, drawings, stories, and articles.


f. 217-218 1868-1874. Contains newspaper clippings, poetry, drawings, stories, speeches by

Rollins in the state legislature and other political items, biographical sketch of

Rollins, and telegram, clippings, and obituaries on the death of Sallie Rollins in

1872.

f. 219-222 1836-1908. Because of the poor condition of the scrapbook, the items were

removed and the newspaper clippings were photocopied and placed in folders.

f. 219 Poem inspired by a James S. Rollins speech; certificate of membership in

American Legal Association, 1850; speech by Rollins, "Memories That Cluster

Around the Old Capitol," 1879; speech by Rollins about College of Agriculture

Bill, 1869; reprint of letters between Rollins and Anthony Wayne Rollins, 1838;

23-page newspaper, "Boone County, Missouri," about natural, social,

educational, and cultural resources of the county, 1880.

f. 220 Newspaper clippings including obituaries of Odon Guitar, 1908, and George

Caleb Bingham, 1879; biography and sketch of wedding of Vinnie Ream;

speech by Governor Horatio Seymour; page from "The University Bumble Bee,"

1879; account of the assassination of James Garfield, 1881; articles about

politics.

f. 221 Newspaper clippings about state and national politics in the 1870s and 1880s;

Rollins's campaign for governor, 1872; county bonds; list of candidates for state

and national offices for all states, 1880.

f. 222 Newspaper clippings including obituaries for Anthony Wayne Rollins, 16

November 1878, Caroline Randolph Wilson, 1879, and Clifton R. Rollins,

1836; list of judges of the Missouri Supreme Court; national politics; College of

Agriculture farm, 1870, also a photograph of James S. Rollins dated 1884.

v. 1 Scrapbook, 1844-1848. Contains newspaper articles and letters, Congressional

speeches and resolutions about the Mexican War and the annexation of Texas;

clippings about the Whig party; reports, speeches, and debates about internal

improvements and an independent treasury system.

INDEX TERMS

Subject Folders Other Image

Abolitionists 4,8,9,13,30

Accounts--Personal 184,187,193,210

Acheson, Alexander 2,162

Adams, Charles Francis (1807-1886) 142,149

Adams, James 50

Adams, Jeff. 33,52,53

Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) 142

Adams, Thomas 4

Adams, Wilson 4

Adkins, James G. 58

Agriculture--Kentucky, 1850s 19

Aked, C. F. 209



Akers, Thomas Peter (1828-1877) 68

Allan, Chilton (1786-1858) 11,14

Allen, Beverly (1800-1845) 5

Allen, Gerard B. (1813-1887) 24,26-29,34,38,43,59,76,169

Allen, Mary 20

Allen, Thomas M. (1813-1882) 6,7,9-11,14,15,22,65,79,82,83,86,139,140, 142,152,213

Allen, William Henry 14

Allen, William S. 30

American Colonization Society 4

American Party 28,30-34,36-39,50

American Revolution Centennial, 1776-1876

123,127

Anderson, Oliver 2930

Anderson, Thomas Lilbourne (1808-1885) 33,34,40,47-49

Anderson, Will 18

Anderson, William C. 3

Andrews, Stephen 26

Applegate, Lisbon (1803-1875) 60

Archer, William S. 13

Armstrong, David H. (1812-1893) 134,138

Arnold, James M. 12

Arnold, Thomas 1

Ashley, Elizabeth Wilcox ( -1873) 7,12,13

Ashley, Ellen 9

Ashley, William Henry (1778-1838) 3,4

Ashly, Jack ( -1833) 2

Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886) 20,23,24,28,29

Baird, Catharine 1,2

Baird, George 1

Barnes, Thomas 24

Barr, William ( -1858) 56

Barren, George 3

Bartlett, William H. C. 39,41,43-46,50-52,62,78-80,82,84-88,90,101,106,178

Bass, Eli E. (1806-1865) 11,22,207

Bast, Julia 45

Bates, Barton 110

Bates, Edward (1793-1869) 12-14,20,23-25,60,63-67,69,71,77,84,191



Bates, Joseph S. 8

Bates, Mattie Prewitt 55

Bell, Casper W. 34,35,37,39

Bell, Joshua F. 60

Benight, C. W. 110

Bennett, Helen ( -1863) 16,25,31,33,35,36,45,46,50,52,53,63,64,83

Bennett, James H. (c. 1797-1850) 2,7,10,11,13,15,16,183,187,188

Bennett, John 15

Bennett, Moses 46

Bennett, Sallie Rodes ( -1864) 16-18,20-26,30

Bennett, Silas 28

Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858) 3-5,7,11,14,15,17,18,20,21,23,33-35,38,39,49,50,170

v. 1

Bereavement 117,131-133,142,149,169,170,180,184

Bethel Temperance Society 3

Bingham, Clara 25,29,30,35,36,39,48,51,55,60

Bingham, Eliza Thomas 16-22,25,29-31,35,36,48,51,71

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879) 3,4,6-11,16-22,25,29-31,34-36,39,43,44,48,51,54-56,58-62,65,66,70-75,78,79,81,83,85,97,98,104,107-110,112-115,118,123-125,127,128,130,133-144,159,161,181,191,200,220

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), County Canvass

20,21,25

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), County Election

18-22,25,29,113,114,181

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Emigration of Daniel Boone

16,18,19,21,43

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Life On The Mississippi

39

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Little Red Riding Hood: Miss Eulalie Hockaday

136,143

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), March of the Border Ruffians

35

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Martial Law

114,115

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Martial Order

113

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Order No. 11

107,109,110,137,140,170

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Portrait of Frank Blair

107-109,115



Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Portrait of James S. Rollins

114,115,209

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Portrait of Martha Washington

59

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Portrait of Samuel S. Laws

136,137

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

48

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Result of the Election

181

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Stump Speaking

114,181

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), The Jolly Flat-Boatmen

136,139,181

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), The Verdict of the People

21,22,25,29,34,36,39

Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879), Washington Crossing the Delaware

110

Bingham, Horace 32,43,44,48,55,58,78,178

Bingham, James Rollins (1861- ) 112,113,127,128,133,135-140,181

Bingham, Mattie A. Lykins (1824-1890) 143,148,181

Birch, James H. (1804-1878) 6,7,13

Birch, James H., Jr. 129,169,172,175,178,180

Birch, Weston 7

Black Hawk War, 1832 1

Blacks, Attitudes Toward, 1870s 134

Blacks--Missouri, Columbia 128-130,207

Blacks--Patronage, 1870s 128-130

Blacks--Suffrage, 1860s 91

Blair, Appoline Alexander 135,139,140,169

Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1821-1875) 19,24,28,31,35-37,39-42,64,66-68,87,94,100,102,106-114,123,158,175,182,196,197

Blair, Montgomery (1813-1883) 32,74,84,99

Bland, Charles Clelland (1837- ) 156,171-173,177,178

Bledsoe, Robert (1783- ) 187

Blight, Clara A. 55-57,59

Blodgett, Wells Howard (1839-1929) 150

Blow, Henry Taylor (1817-1875) 37

Blumenschein, E. L. 181

Boatman's Savings, St. Louis, Missouri 25



Boggs, Lilburn W. (1792-1860) 3,186

Bogy, Lewis V. (1813-1877) 2-4,18,21,43,46,47,59,94,95,124,126,127,129,131,132

Bollman, Lewis 1

Boone, Nestor W. 18-22,24

Boon's Lick Marine and Fire Insurance Company

186

Border ruffians 32,34-36,43

Bowman, J. B. 118,119,123,130,131,133,137

Boyd, Lynn (1800-1859) 42,45

Boyle, Jerry T. 53

Bradford, Austin 25,33

Branham, Thomas B. 20

Breck, David 9

Breck, James 42

Breck, Robert 42

Breckinridge, John Cabell (1821-1875) 23,37,63,209

Breckinridge, Samuel Miller (1828-1891) 24,30,38,40,41,52,56,86,88,90,96,131-133,142

Britton, James H. (1817-1900) 19,20,23

Broadhead, James Overton (1819-1898) 16,18,21-24,32-34,38,47,66,69,78,193

Brothers, Fanny 48

Brown, B. Gratz (1826-1885) 29,86,114,135,164

Browning, Orville Hickman (1806-1881) 36,94,95,97,98,100,102,113,130

Bruce, Margaret 2

Brum, Fred 20

Brum, Stephen 20

Bryan, Thomas U. 8

Bryant, J. V. 155,169

Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) 124

Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 36

Buford, N. B. 48,49,57

Burnam, A. R. 145

Burnam, Curtis F. 8-15,17-24,28,30-33,36,37,42,45,46,49,53,54,56,60,61,63,64,66,68-73,78,80,81,83,86,88-91,93,94,96,99,101-104,106,108-110,112-114,117-121,123,125,127,128,130,131,133-138,141,143,145-150,158-160,163,166-170,173,178



Burnam, Curtis F., Jr. (1861-1861) 73

Burnam, Edmund 54

Burnam, Eugenia 16,17

Burnam, James Rollins (1856- ) 36,42

Burnam, John F. 16,20,22,24,32,56

Burnam, Rollins 41-43,49,56,93

Burnam, Sarah Harris Rollins (1826- ) 8-10,13,15-20,30,31,36,42,45,63,73,113,125

Burnam, Thompson 14,22,42,102

Burnam, Wayne 10

Burton, John 20

Cabell, Edward Carrington (1816-1896) 16

California 15

California, San Francisco--Description and travel, 1870s

144

California--Description and travel, 1870s 129,144,145

Calligraphy 158

Calvary Episcopal Church, Columbia, Missouri

124,181,199,217

Calvin, Hettie 40

Campbell, Alexander (1786-1866) 9,17

Campbell, Richard S. 126,138,160

Campbell, Robert A. 24,70,87,154

Campbell, William M. 14

Caruthers, Samuel (1820-1860) 32++

Cass, Lewis (1782-1866) 13

Catholic Church, Columbia, Missouri 114

Central Pacific Railroad 145

Chambers, A. B. 12,17,18,20

Chance, Garrison Hardcastle (1822- ) 181

Chariton and Randolph Railroad 60

Charless, Joseph(1804-1859) 30,62

Cheltenham Fire Brick, Gas Retort and Sewer Pipe Works

147 y

Cholera--Kentucky, 1833 1

Christian Female College, Columbia, Missouri

16

Christy, Andrew 18

Christy, William T. 20

Churchill, Samuel B. 3,7,12,102,169,171,178



Civil War 77,80,89

Civil War--Battle of Lexington, Missouri 76

Civil War--Bushwhackers 89

Civil War--Johnson's Island 85

Civil War--Kentucky 78

Civil War--Missouri 74-79,82,84,86,87,89,92

Civil War--Missouri, Boone County 77-79,82,88,89

Civil War--Missouri, Cass County 79

Civil War--Missouri, Kansas City 75,79

Civil War--Missouri, Mexico 76

Clark, John Bullock (1802-1885) 6,13,17,18,41,133

Clark, John P. 27

Clarkson, Ann 12

Clarkson, Marion 12

Clay, Brutus J. 60,110

Clay, Cassius M. (1810-1903) 1-3,8,9,12-14,17,26,30,32,33,42,60,65-69,72,80,84,91,108-112,121,129-131,134,136,138,139,160,169,180

Clay, Henry (1777-1852) 1,3,6,9,11-14,206

Clay, James B. 13

Clayton, Charles F. 37

Clough, Ebenezer N. O. 24,25,48

Cochran, William T. 4

Cockrell, Francis Marion (1834-1915) 133,168-170,178

Coles, Edward (1786-1868) 34,48

Colleges and universities--Kentucky 165,167

Collier, George 15

Collier, Valentine S. 28

Collins, Foster ( -1847) 12

Colman, Norman Jay (1827-1911) 116,134,174

Colorado, Colorado Springs 113,145

Colorado--Description and travel, 1870s 139,145

Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri 2,5,182,184-187,202

Columbia Library Association, Columbia, Missouri

56

Combs, Leslie (1793-1881) 12,128,131

Conkling, Roscoe (1829-1888) 173

Conley, Thomas 58-60

Conservative Union Party 69,94,100,101,196



Convict Labor 131,135,143

Conway, Elias Nelson (1812-1894) 39

Copeland, John 3

Corbin, Abel Rathbone ( -1880) 14

Cornelison, Alexander 37

Cornelison, Eli 37

Cornelius, William 5

Corwin, Thomas (1794-1865) 6,14,68

Cosgrove, John (1839- ) 170

Covert, Jacob 39

Cowden, Hosea R. C. 24

Cox, S. S. 148,160,169,173,180

Coxe, Mary Anne 8

Craig, James 50,159

Cravens, J. C. 151,152,165,166,172,174,177

Crawford family 198

Crawford, George W. (1798-1872) 15

Creigh, Sabrina Lewis Stuart 17

Creigh, Thomas 17

Criswell, James 194

Crittenden, Elizabeth Wilcox Ashley ( -1873)

18-21,78,209

Crittenden, John Jordan (1787-1863) 12-15,18-21,32,49,52,84

Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832-1909)

68,136,146,154-156,158,159,163-166,168,171,221

Cummings, Charles E. 128-130

Cummins, Richard 2

Darby, John F. (1803-1882) 6,70,147,151,152,154,155,159-161

Davis, Bluford 20

Davis, E. C. 20,36

Davis, Garrett (1801-1872) 11,20,25,33

Davis, Greer W. 14

Davis, James E. 2

Davis, Jo 4,22,71,76,84,94

Davis, Joe 18,41

Davis, Joella 40

Davis, John 20

Davis, John Dudley 4

Davis, John M. 13



Davis, Mary 2,3

Dawson, Lit. 2

Democratic Party, 1850s 32

Democratic Party, 1870s 108

Democratic Party, Missouri, 1860s 97

Depressions, Economic, 1857 43,44

Depressions, Economic, 1870s 132,134

Dillon, John A. 166

Divorce, 1850s 58

Divorce, 1870s 113,114,136,138

Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887) 12

Dodge, Grenville M. (1823- ) 91

Doniphan, Alexander William (1808-1887) 11-13, 23-26, 29, 32, 33, 38, 39, 57, 95, 110, 171, 174

Doolin, Hiram 9

Dougherty, John 24

Douglas, Henry (L.) 39

Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861) 20, 21

Drake, Allen 20

Drake, Charles D. (1811-1892) 4, 8, 14, 16, 18, 19, 27, 28, 30, 32, 80, 159, 162, 169, 179, 180

Draper, Lyman C. (1815-1891) 161, 162

Dry goods--Prices, 1830s 184, 185

Duke, Basil 41

Duncan, Garnett (1800-1875) 11

Duncan, William H. 11, 15, 17

Duncan, William S. 20

Dunlap, George Washington (1813-1880) 28, 30

Dunn, James W. 1

Dunscomb, William E. 55

Dyer, Samuel R. 23

Eads, James Buchanan (1820-1887) 99, 110, 112, 124, 152, 153, 176

Eads, James Buchanan (1820-1887) 198 y

Earthquakes--New Madrid, 1812 183

Easton, Alton R. (1807- ) 32

Eckert, Elizabeth 2

Edwards, John Cummins (1806-1888) 10

Election, 1838--Missouri senatorial 4

Election, 1840--Missouri congressional 6



Election, 1840--Presidential 6, 7, 39

Election, 1844--Presidential 8

Election, 1848--Missouri gubernatorial 12, 13

Election, 1848--Presidential 12, 13

Election, 1850--Missouri 15

Election, 1851--Missouri senatorial 16, 17


Election, 1853--Kentucky congressional 18, 19

Election, 1853--Missouri congressional 18, 19

Election, 1854-1855--Missouri senatorial 22-27



Election, 1855--Virginia gubernatorial 28

Election, 1856-1857--Missouri senatorial 36

Election, 1856--Missouri congressional 33-35


Election, 1856--Presidential 31-37

Election, 1857--Missouri gubernatorial 37-42

Election, 1858--Missouri congressional 46-48, 50

Election, 1860 65

Election, 1860, Presidential 64, 65, 67-70


Election, 1862--Missouri congressional 192

Election, 1864--Missouri 87-89







Election, 1872--Missouri gubernatorial 109-113

Election, 1872--Presidential 111-114

Election, 1876, Presidential 126, 127, 129


Election, 1880--Presidential 148, 150, 160


Elkins, Stephen B. 151, 171

Ellett, Henry Thomas (1812-1887) 8

Elliott, John M. (1820-1879) 30, 37



Ellis, John 8

Emancipation of slaves, 1830s 3, 4

Emancipation of slaves, 1850s 38, 39

Emancipation of slaves, 1860s 82, 83, 86, 90

Emancipation of slaves--Missouri 89

Embry, Allen 33

Embry, William R. 33

England, London--Description and travel 109, 113

Estill, Clif. 33

Estill, James 16

Estill, James Robert (1819-1900) 178, 181

Estill, John 17, 45

Estill, Martha Ann 15, 17

Estill, Rodes 42

Estill, Wallace 9, 20, 30

Eubank, Margaret N. 4

Everett House, St. Louis, Missouri 80 y

Everett, Horace 79

Ewing, Robert C. 38

Ewing, Thomas 14, 64

Ewing, Thomas (1829-1896) 136, 137

Exchange Bank, St. Louis, Missouri 57

Fagg, Thomas James Clark (1822-1914) 24, 39, 75

Farnandis, Samuel 7

Fenton, James E. 3

Fenton, R. O. 111

Ferguson, Ed 55

Ferries--Missouri, Rocheport 30, 31

Field, Curtis 24

Field, Curtis, Jr. 16, 22

Field, David I. 8, 9, 15

Field, John H. 24

Field, Roswell M. (1807-1869) 194

Field, Thompson 16

Filley, Oliver Dwight (1806-1881) 87

Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) 33

First Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph, Missouri

138

Fisk, Clinton Bowen (1828-1890) 89



Flynn, John 27

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory 49, 50

Fossils 8

Foster, Emory S. 118, 119

Foy, Peter L. 90, 142, 143

France, Paris--Description and travel, 1850s

35, 36

France, Paris--Description and travel, 1870s

109

Free Blacks--Kentucky 66

Fremont, John Charles (1813-1890) 34, 35

Fugitive Slave Law 16, 71

Gadsden Purchase 27

Gaines, Edmund Pendleton (1777-1849) 4

Gaines, John Pollard (1795-1857) 12

Gamble, Hamilton Rowan (1798-1864) 14, 32

Gardenhire, James B. (1821-1862) 32, 41, 67

Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881) 140, 147, 149, 151, 157, 159, 208, 220

Garrett, Thomas 20

Gentry, Collins 15

Gentry, David 15, 183

Gentry, Peter 22

Gentry, Richard (1788-1837) 1, 183, 186

Gentry, Richard W. 147

Georgia--Description and travel 108

Germany, Düsseldorf--Description and travel, 1850s

36, 48

Geyer, Henry Sheffie (1790-1859) 5, 14, 16, 27

Gibson, Charles (1825-1899) 64, 135, 138, 161

Giddings, William B. 20

Gilbert, John W. 64

Glasgow, Nathan 183

Glover, Samuel T. (1813-1884) 16, 23, 66, 87, 113

Gold Mines and Mining--Montana 92, 121

Gold rush--Idaho, 1863-1864 85, 86

Goode, George W. 23, 26-28

Goodnight, Abraham 20

Gordon, Boyle 32

Gordon, David 32, 40



Gordon, David ( -1849) 14

Gordon, John Boyle 5

Gordon, Sophia 15

Grand Army of the Republic 179

Grange 119

Grant, Thomas D. 15

Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) 112, 221

Grasty, John S. 138, 139, 161, 182

Gray, Benjamin 2, 3

Gray, Florence Rollins (1855- ) 202

Gray, Florence Rollins (1855- ) 209 y

Green, James S. (1817-1870) 18, 34

Guitar, David (1827-1912) 16

Guitar, Odon (1825-1908) 32, 76, 82, 85-87, 89, 103, 155, 207, 220

Gunstall, Pryor 48

Gurley, Ralph Randolph (1797-1872) 4

Guthrie, James (1792-1869) 15, 63

Hale, Albert G. 37

Hall, Willard Preble (1820-1882) 82

Hambleton, Thomas E. 34

Hamilton College, Clinton, Missouri 187

Hancock, Bob 22

Hanley, Tom 2

Hanna, Alexander F. 33

Hannibal and South Western Railroad 155

Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway 20, 25, 26, 31, 39, 54

Hardin, Benjamin (1784-1852) 9, 11, 12, 14

Hardin, Charles H. 46, 60, 182

Hardin, Charles Henry (1820-1892) 89, 122, 131, 198

Hardin, Tom 21

Harney, William Selby (1800-1889) 3, 50, 74, 75, 78, 191

Harper's Ferry, 1859 64

Harris, Caleb R. 25

Harris, Clifton R. 8

Harris, James B. 37

Harris, John S. 25

Harris, John W. 24, 29, 45

Harris, Walter S. 25, 64

Harris, William 46



Harrison, James 14

Harrison, Jason 38

Harrison, Micajah V. 5

Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) 6

Hasbrouck, Abraham Bruyn (1791-1879) 12

Hawkins, Casey A. 15, 19, 32

Hawkins, Charles S. 13, 15

Hayden, Enoch 20

Hayes, Scott 144

Hays, Samuel 150, 152, 161

Health, 1860s 86

Heard, John T. (1840-1927) 154

Henderson, John Brooks (1826-1913) 73, 77, 94, 95, 99, 101, 120, 128, 129, 138, 139, 149, 156, 162, 163, 171, 175

Henry, John W. (1825- ) 22, 113, 174

Hern, James M. 33

Hickam, Joseph W. 5

Hickman family--Genealogy 99

Hickman, D. S. 4

Hickman, D. T. 12

Hickman, David 183

Hickman, David (1749-1825)--Genealogy 66

Hickman, David H. (1821-1869) 90, 96, 99, 102

Hickman, James (1784-1826) 1, 46, 72, 183

Hickman, John L. 12, 55

Hickman, Laura J. 5, 182, 183

Hickman, Mary E. 4, 184

Hickman, Sallie 40

Hickman, Sophie W. 182

Hickman, William 10, 13, 183

Hildebrand, Matilda 57

Hill, John B. 39

Hinton, John 33

Historic buildings--Missouri, Columbia, 1840s

187

Hockaday, John A. (1837-1903) 147, 149, 162, 174

Hockaday, Laura Hickman Rollins (1844-1904)

202

Hodge, Nathan 2



Holland, Thomas J. 37

Holley, Horace (1781-1827) 6

Holliday, John J. (1819-1881) 37, 41

Holmes, Robert 30, 37

Holt, David R. (1803-1840) 6

Hopper, Hardin 15

Horseback riding 217, 218 y

Household equipment and supplies--Prices, 1830s

185, 187

Household equipment and supplies--Prices, 1860s

193

Howard College, Fayette, Missouri 186

Howard, Anna 44, 49, 51, 52

Howard, Baldwin 52

Howard, J. B. 36, 187

Howard, Susan 11

Howe, Joshua A. 2

Howell, William J. 18

Hoyt, John W. 97, 105, 143

Hubbard, Joe 56

Hudson Town Company 103, 104

Hudson, T. B. 27

Hudson, Thomas B. 59

Hughes, John 28

Humorous poetry 207, 208

Humphreys, Solon 30, 31

Hunt, Catharine ( -1833) 1, 2

Hunton, Logan (1806-1880) 6, 13, 27, 51, 53, 84, 110, 112, 113, 138, 139, 148, 149, 209

Husmann, George 158, 162

Huston, George W. 23

Hyde, William (1836-1898) 104, 138, 139

Indiana College, Bloomington 1-3, 6

Indians, 1850s 189 y

Internal improvements v. 1

Iron Mountain Company 43

Irvine, Bill 9

Irvine, David 12, 30

Irvine, Elizabeth 9



Irvine, William 42

Irwin, Joseph M. (1819-1877) 37

Italy--Description and travel, 1870s 111

Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862) 15-19, 24

Jackson, Hancock 35

Jackson, Joseph 3

Jackson, Josiah A. 64

Jacobs, Charly 54

Jacobs, William 45

January, Thomas T. 20, 22-29, 33

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) 48, 205

Jennison, Charles R. (1834-1884) 78, 79

John, Jesse 19

Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) 91, 198

Johnson, Dick 3, 11

Johnson, Waldo Porter (1817-1885) 40

Jones, Caleb 7

Jones, Christopher 49

Jones, Humphrey 33

Jones, Jefferson Franklin 19, 21, 24, 36, 37, 89

Jones, William Carey 170

Jones, William Claude 10-12

Journalism 166

Journals 120

Kanatzer family 109

Kansas, 1850s 28, 29, 32-35

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 20, 21, 31

Karnes, Joseph V. C. (1841-1911) 114, 132, 181

Kasson, John A. 16, 18

Keen, James S. 21

Keiser, Charles 47

Keiser, John W. 183

Kelley, George W. 37

Kelley, James 28

Kemper Family School, Boonville, Missouri 114, 116, 140

Kemper, Frederick T. (1816-1881) 114, 116, 118, 140, 148, 162

Kempland, Arthur 25, 27, 29, 31

Kentucky--Politics and government, 1870s 104, 113

Kidd, Benjamin 20



Kincaid, John (1791-1873) 9

King, Andrew (1812-1895) 69

King, Austin A. (1801-1870) 14, 15, 22, 38, 50, 62, 98

King, Rufus S. 8

Kinkead, George 11

Kirkbride, Jonathan 56, 128, 136

Kirtley, Sinclair ( -1853) 1, 3, 184

Kneisley, James William (1825-1899) 173

Know Nothing Party 24, 25, 28, 30-33, 36

Knox, George 3

Krekel, A. (1816- ) 73, 75, 137, 158

Kunkle, David 7

Labor and laboring classes, 1850s 189 y

Laclede Gas Company 107, 117

Laforce, Felix G. 33, 52, 53, 56

Lamb, Ellen 2

Lambs, Michael D. 23, 34

Lamme, (Hancy) 15

Lamme, David S. 7, 8, 182, 183, 200

Lamme, Elizabeth 17, 21, 22, 35, 36, 40, 41, 44, 63, 78, 91, 92

Lamme, Josiah 32, 41, 42, 44, 49, 52, 55, 58, 61, 78, 86, 92, 96

Lamme, Samuel D. 16

Lamme, William 183

Lamme, Wirt 44-50, 52, 55, 78

Land grant colleges 135

Land Prices--Missouri, 1850s 38, 57, 195

Land Prices--Missouri, Centralia 195

Land records--Missouri, Audrain County 188, 211-214

Land records--Missouri, Boone County 183, 187, 211-214

Larrimore, Henry 45

Larrimore, John 45

Lathrop, F. E. 149

Lathrop, Gardiner (1850-1938) 150, 159, 163, 180

Lathrop, John Hiram (1799-1866) 7, 9-12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 53, 68, 145, 146, 159-161, 187, 188

Laughlin, Charles 184

Law, George 33

Laws, Samuel Spahr (1824-1921) 122, 124, 125, 132, 133, 139, 143, 144, 147,



149, 152-163, 165, 167, 168, 170-177

Lawson, L. M. 99, 100, 144, 151, 152, 161, 174, 177

Lawyers, 1830s 185

Lee, Joseph 36

Leftwich, William M. 109, 120

Leonard, Abiel (1797-1863) 7, 18, 20, 22-24, 72, 76, 79

Leonard, Charles 43

Letcher, Robert Perkins (1788-1861) 8-11, 13, 19, 66

Letcher, William Hamilton (1824-1897) 70

Lewis family--Genealogy 66

Lewis, William Terrell 66

Liberia 4

Licenses--Lawyers, 1830s 184, 185

Lientz, William B. 3

Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) 181, 208

Linden, W. P. 23, 25

Lindley, James Johnson (1822-1891) 32, 34, 35, 48

Lindsley, Philip (1786-1855) 6

Linn, Elizabeth A. R. 54

Linn, Lewis Fields (1796-1843) 2, 3, 54

Lloyd, William H. 8

Locofocos 5, 7-9, 12-14

Long, Alton 14

Louisiana, New Orleans, 1830s 3

Lowry, C. F. 3, 4

Lucas and Simonds, St. Louis, Missouri 25

Lusk, William H. 48

Lykins, Mattie A. (1824-1890) 135-138

Lynching--Missouri, Columbia 207

MacDonald, James W. 69

MacKenzie, Kenneth (1797-1861) 9

Madison Iron and Mining Company, Missouri

18, 21, 43

Major, Samuel C. 18

Majors, James C. 62

Manumission 187

Maps--Germany, Düsseldorf, 1856 36

Maps--Missouri, Congressional districts 200

Marmaduke, (Vincent) (1830-1904) 40, 165



Marmaduke, John Sappington (1833-1887)

179

Marney, William D. 39

Marshall, Humphrey 1

Mason, Charles (1804-1882) 14

Mason, John Young (1799-1859) 36

Matteson, Joel Aldrich (1808-1873) 32

Matthews, James L. (1813-1880) 15, 17

Maughs, George Madison Brown (1821-1901)

34

Maxwell, Martha 2

McAfee, John 26

McAlester, Brightberry (1809-1902) 27

McCabe, Edward (1827- ) 28, 30, 109

McCartie, C. B. 29, 30

McClure, William 16, 31

McClurg, Joseph Washington (1818-1900) 94, 102

McConathy, James 26

McDonald, James W. 69

McDowell, Elizabeth 12

McDowell, Isaac Drake 26

McDowell, Isabella Rodes 30

McDowell, James 12

McDowell, John 45

McDowell, John H. 60

McDowell, Josiah N. 8, 12, 26

McFarland, William 37

McGiffen, Maria 2

McHenry, John H. (1797-1871) 44

McKee, George R. 11, 49

McKee, Samuel 41-44, 49, 62, 64

McKinney, John C. 20, 32

McMasters, William 2, 4

McPheeters, Joe 2

McPherson, William M. 41

Melchers, Gari 181

Meneffe, Garrett 14

Men's clothing, 1870s 217, 218 y

Merwin, J. B. 121, 155, 163



Mexican War 11-12 v. 1

Military land grants 188

Miller, John Gaines (1812-1856) 17-18, 21, 24, 36

Miller, Thomas ([1810]-1841) 2, 3, 5-7, 151, 185-187

Minor, B. B. 209

Minor, George 3

Minor, John (W.) 23

Mississippi River Improvement Convention, 1881

159

Mississippi River, St. Louis , 1870s 198 y

Mississippi River, St. Louis, 1850s 189 y

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis 139, 158

Missouri, Arrow Rock, 1880s 156

Missouri, Audrain County--County seat 185

Missouri, Boone County--Description and travel

219

Missouri, Columbia 96, 97, 219

Missouri, Hudson 55, 97, 98

Missouri, Jefferson City, Description and travel

219

Missouri, Jefferson City--History 219

Missouri, Kansas City, Police 118

Missouri, Pettis County--Politics and government, 1880s

163

Missouri, Rockbridge 183

Missouri, St. Charles, 1850s 189 y

Missouri, St. Louis, 1850s 189 y

Missouri, St. Louis, 1870s 198 y

Missouri, Supreme Court 222

Missouri. Bank of 24, 43, 111

Missouri. Hospital No. 1, Fulton 11, 113, 187

Missouri. Normal School, Warrensburg 152 y

Missouri--Iowa Boundary Dispute 14

Mitchell, Caroline 2

Mitchell, David Dawson (1806-1861) 8, 9, 50

Mitchell, Maria 2

Mitchell, Martha C. 8

Montana 91-93, 98, 99, 101, 121

Morehead, James Turner (1797-1854) 11



Mormon War, Missouri, 1838 5

Mormons, 1858 48-50

Morrill, Justin Smith (1810-1898) 123, 138, 139, 157, 158, 162

Morris, Eliza 2

Morris, W. W. 27, 28

Morris, Woodson 20

Morrison, Alfred 60

Moss, Caroline 10

Moss, Hugh 58

Moss, James 49

Moss, James H. ( -1873) 58

Moss, James W. 2, 3, 51

Moss, Lizzie 48

Moss, Susan 23

Moss, Woodson J. 6

Mudd, Henry T. 31

Mules 50

Napton, William Barclay (1808-1883) 29

National Bank of the State of Missouri in St. Louis

116, 117

Nettleton, George H. (1831-1896) 157, 158

New York, Description and travel, 1870s 126

Newland, (William) 18

Newland, (William) 18

Noble, John W. (1831-1912) 162

Noel, Joel 20

Noel, William G. 20

North Missouri Railroad 18-36, 38, 39, 44, 51, 54, 59, 94-96, 99, 106, 108-110, 117, 118, 189, 190, 195-197, 201

North Missouri Railroad 214 y

O'Fallon, John (1791-1865) 24, 26

O'Fallon, John (1791-1865) 214 y

Old age 218

Oldham, Alexander R. 13

Oldham, Shelton 18, 36

O'Toole, Sophia ( -1850) 15

Ously, Boyle 12

Overall, Mary Elizabeth Robbins (1846- )

Overland travel, Equipment and supplies, 188



1850s

Owen, Robert Dale (1801-1877) 65

Owsley, William (1782-1862) 11, 13, 14

Pacific Railroad 31, 106, 190, 192, 201

Page and Bacon, St. Louis 25

Page, James 13

Palmer, Charles N. 57

Palmer, Frank 33

Parker, Alton B. (1852-1926) 236

Parker, George B. 29

Parsons, Charles C. ( -1878) 41, 43, 47, 49, 51-55, 59, 61-64, 67, 71, 72, 80, 81, 86, 106, 108

Paschall, Nathaniel (1802-1866) 4

Patronage, 1870s 128-131, 143, 145

Patronage, 1880s 151, 155, 156, 174-176

Patten, Nathaniel 2, 184

Payne, Charlie 41, 48, 49

Payne, Jacob M. 13

Percy, Fannie 9

Perry, Elijah 109

Phelps, John S. (1814-1886) 135, 141

Philips, Gip 56

Philips, Harriet 44, 49, 55

Philips, Lloyd 3

Plagiarism 159

Plank roads 22

Pleasants, John Hampden (1797-1846) 9

Poetry 164, 184, 208, 215-219

Politics, 1860 71

Politics, 1870s 111-114, 123, 125-127, 129, 130, 132, 221

Politics, 1880s 160, 165, 220-222

Politics, Missouri, 1870s 109-113, 118, 119, 123, 134, 139, 221

Politics, Missouri, 1880s 147, 149, 150, 152, 163

Polk, Trusten (1811-1876) 37

Pope, James 3

Porter, Gilchrist 21-23, 31-33, 37, 43, 48, 65, 76, 77, 150, 180

Porter, Thomas 14

Post, Henry M. 64, 68, 72



Powell, Lazarus Whitehead (1812-1867) 23

Pratte, Bernard, Jr. (1803-1886) 18, 24

Pratte, Willie 56

Prewitt, Moss 21, 31, 33, 35, 56

Price, Edwin W. 84, 85

Price, R. B. 114, 155

Price, Sterling (1809-1867) 18, 24, 25, 31, 60, 76, 84, 89

Price, Sterling, Jr. 26

Price, Thomas Lawson (1809-1870) 38, 40, 42, 46, 48, 68, 70, 76, 78

Pulliam, John A. 29

Quacks and quackery 135

Railroad Passes 141-143, 145, 147, 148, 171, 178, 179, 190

Railroads, 1850s 214 y

Railroads, 1850s 30-32, 189, 190, 201

Railroads, 1860s 192, 194-196

Railroads, 1870s 110, 111, 115, 121, 141-143, 197, 198

Railroads, 1880s 150, 151, 155, 166

Railroads, Law and legislation, 1850s 26, 31, 32, 34, 43

Railroads, Law and legislation, 1860s 121, 194

Railroads, Law and legislation, 1870s 197

Railroads, Missouri, St. Louis, 1870s 110

Railroads, Tools, 1850s 189 y

Rains, James S. 33, 37, 39

Ramsey, Sarah McDowell 12

Randall, Charles M. 2, 3

Randall, John 3

Rawlins, Thomas 16

Rawlins, William 16

Read, Daniel (1805-1878) 64, 65, 68, 96, 98, 100, 102-105, 107, 108, 11, 114, 116-118, 120, 121, 123, 135, 138-140, 147, 154, 160

Read, Ezra 112, 123, 125, 131

Ream, Vinnie (1847-1914) 81, 123-125, 152, 160, 207, 220

Reconstruction (1865-1876) 108, 111

Reed, Preston B. 20, 24, 28

Reid, P. P. 214 Y

Rennick and Peterson, St. Louis 43

Republican Party, 1850s 32, 34, 35, 43, 64

Republican Party, 1860s 67, 68, 91



Rice, Andrew J. 32

Richardson, Allen P. 23

Richardson, John C. (1819-1860) 8,9, 30, 32, 38, 40-42, 66, 70

Richardson, John M. 40, 63, 94

Riley, Bailis 20

Riley, Briant 20

Ritchie, David 1, 4

RoBard, William A. 10

Robertson, George 12

Robinson, Lewis W. 17, 18 30, 205

Robiore, Louis 30

Rochford, Barney 45, 56

Rochford, Bedelia 48

Rochford, John (1815-1858) 16, 36, 39, 51, 188

Rodes family 94, 119, 138, 141, 158, 181, 198, 209

Rodes, Belle 18

Rodes, Charles H. 142, 158

Rodes, Clifton (1798-1878) 9, 14, 18, 109, 138, 141, 142, 146, 163, 177

Rodes, Eliza Dulaney (1759-1837) 9

Rodes, John 53

Rodes, Martha 9

Rodes, Robert Emmett (1829-1864) 12, 14, 177, 181

Rodes, Tyree 53, 119

Rodes, William (1793-1877) 1, 14, 18, 32, 53, 94, 99, 102, 119, 124, 134

Rollins family--Genealogy 16

Rollins, Anthony Wayne (1783-1845) 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 54, 109, 182, 186, 187, 200

Rollins, Anthony Wayne (1854-1878) 222

Rollins, Clifton R. 222

Rollins, Curtis Burnam (1853-1940) 25, 26, 39, 43, 48, 49, 54, 57, 148, 181, 209 y

Rollins, Dick 25, 26

Rollins, E. H. 121, 123

Rollins, Edward Tutt 75, 86, 87, 210

Rollins, Eulalie Bowman 89, 92, 99

Rollins, Florence 32, 33, 39, 43, 44, 49, 54, 56, 86, 210

Rollins, Frank Blair (1857-1884) 45, 49, 50, 53, 86, 107, 116, 118, 163, 169, 170, 210

Rollins, George Bingham (1851-1915) 25, 26, 31, 43, 44, 49, 54, 91-93, 161, 210

Rollins, Hiram 16

Rollins, Ichabod 16



Rollins, James Hickman (1841-1898) 10-14, 23, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 39-70, 75, 77, 80-84, 89, 90, 92, 94, 99, 103, 106-108, 113, 114, 116-118, 120, 121, 159, 197, 199, 210, 217

Rollins, James Sidney (1812-1888) 1-222; 197, 214, 222 v. 1 y

Rollins, James Sidney (1812-1888), House, 1840s

187

Rollins, John (1773-1884) 3, 8

Rollins, John R. 16

Rollins, John Wayne (1821-1867) 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 18, 25, 26, 39-42, 45, 48, 49, 52, 85-87, 89, 93, 94, 96, 193

Rollins, Laura Hickman (1844-1904) 10-14, 25, 26, 40, 48, 52, 53, 55, 60, 71, 83, 210

Rollins, Lovina 1

Rollins, Margaret Mitchell "Nannie" 17, 25, 39-42, 69, 83

Rollins, Mary Elizabeth 10-14, 25, 26, 40, 53, 71, 198, 210

Rollins, Mary Elizabeth Hickman (1820-1907)

5, 6, 10-14, 23, 25, 26, 31, 39, 43, 44, 49, 50, 58, 59, 69, 75-80, 86, 87, 89, 96, 97, 107, 109, 110, 124

Rollins, Mary Hickman (1867- ) 99

Rollins, Miriam 1

Rollins, Orleans 8

Rollins, Polly 1, 184

Rollins, Robert Rodes (1818-1864) 3, 4, 9, 13, 15-19, 32, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44-46, 48, 52-55, 66, 80

Rollins, Sallie Rodes (1848-1872) 25, 40, 49, 106-111, 113, 114, 132, 133, 217

Rollins, Samuel 1

Rollins, Sarah Harris Rodes (1787-1856) 10, 16, 17, 34, 35

Rollins, Sophia (1839-1841) 7

Root, Oren (1834-1907) 145, 161, 180

Royal, William 44

Rubey, Thomas P. 22, 23, 25-29, 32, 59

Ruckel, James B. 27, 29

Runyon, Dick 19

Russell, Francis T. (1821-1891) 9, 16, 77, 188

Russell, Henry 3

Russell, Majors and Waddell 79

Russell, Waddell and Company 50

Russell, William H. (1812-1872) 32, 36, 38-40, 46, 63, 64, 74, 75, 88, 106

Russell, William Henry (1802-1873) 2



Rutger's College, New Brunswick, New Jersey

12

Ryland, John F. (1797-1873) 3, 5, 9, 38, 101, 105

Samuel, Edward M. 6, 7

Samuel, George W. 4, 15

Sargent, Nathan (1794-1875) 52

Sartain, John 19, 20, 107-110, 112, 114

Sartain, Samuel 18-22

Scarlatina, 1865 86

Schofield, John M. (1831-1906) 78-80, 84-86, 90, 141, 205

Schurz, Carl (1829-1906) 104, 106, 107, 111, 112, 116, 117, 119, 120, 124, 129-132, 140-145, 147, 148, 151, 157, 165, 174

Scott, Dorothy 32

Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) 11, 12, 16, 41

Scrapbooks 215-219

Secession--Missouri 71-73

Seward, William Henry (1801-1872) 92

Seymour, Horatio 220, 221

Shannon, James (1799-1859) 15, 29-31, 34, 60, 189

Shannon, Richard 26

Shannon, Richard Dudley 113

Sharp, William M. 37

Shaw, Henry (1880-1889) 151

Shaw, Joel 5

Sheldon, Henry 4

Sherman, John (1823-1900) 145, 151, 159, 177, 178

Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) 114, 128, 151, 156, 157, 159, 163, 168, 174, 175

Shields, James (1810-1879) 52

Shields, Mary 39

Shortridge, George A. 34

Simonds, John 30

Sinclair, Bob 21

Singleton, Middleton G. 82

Slack, John 15

Slave bills of sale 183

Slave records--Missouri, Boone County 10-15, 25, 35, 39, 43-46, 49, 56, 183

Slave records--Rollins family 10-15, 25, 35, 39, 43-46, 49, 56, 183



Slavery, 1830s 3

Slavery, 1840s 8, 9, 15

Slavery, 1850s 17, 20-22, 24, 29, 31, 34, 35, 39, 55, 56, 65

Slavery, 1860s 66, 82, 84, 90

Slaves, As inheritance 185, 187

Smith, Fannie Lathrop 121, 182

Smith, Francis 37

Smith, Francis J. 37

Smith, George R. (1804-1879) 38, 42, 66, 79

Smith, Jane Rollins 1, 66, 73

Smith, John T. 22, 23

Smith, Solomon Franklin (1801-1869) 38

Snell, Henry 7

Snethen, John 20, 183

Snider, William P. 27

South Carolina, Description and travel, 1870s

114

Spaulding, Mary 31

St. Charles Bridge Company, 1860s 196

St. Joseph and Lexington Railroad 177

St. Joseph and St. Louis Railroad 120, 130, 152, 177

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association 181

St. Louis, Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad 142

St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company

140, 151 y

St. Louis, Kansas City and Northern Railway Company

110, 112, 115, 116, 119, 120, 123, 131, 134, 135, 137, 141-144

Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869) 78, 97

State National Bank, St. Joseph, Missouri 100 y

State rights 25, 33

Steamboat, Alton 12

Steamboat, Arabia 31

Steamboat, Chancellor 13

Steamboat, John Simonds 189 y

Steamboat, Martha Jewett 33

Steamboat, Mountaineer 97

Steamboat, Old Hickory 13

Steamboat, Platte Valley 49

Steamboat, Rock City 33



Steamboat, Rowena 73

Steamboat, St. Paul 13

Steamboat, Sunset 97

Steamboat, William M.. Morrison 46

Steamboat--Octavia 98

Steamboats, 1850s 189 y

Steamboats, 1870s 198 y

Steamboat--Sonora 29

Steamship, Ariel 43

Steamship, Vigo 34

Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri 132

Stephens, E. Sydney (1881-1948) 209 y

Stephens, James Leachman (1815-1902) 89, 103, 104, 106, 111, 154, 155, 164-166

Stevenson, Hugh 16, 186

Stewart, Robert M. (1815-1871) 31, 37-41, 44, 54

Stockwell, W. Hamilton 1

Stokely, Samuel (1796-1861) 6

Stone, Ann 11

Stone, Caleb S. 2, 15, 17, 26, 60, 64, 69, 72, 184

Stone, Catherine M. 25

Stone, Matilda 42

Stone, Robert H. 15, 17-19, 60, 63, 64, 69, 72

Stone, Susan F. 25

Stone, W. W. 21, 24-26, 105

Stone, Wat 49

Stone, Young H. 25

Storts, C. H. 132, 133

Stowers, Nancy 10

Strange, Clara 39

Student life 166

Sturgeon, Isaac H. (1821-1908) 19, 20, 22, 24-29, 31-39, 59, 121, 129, 178

Sturgeon, Thomas 24

Sumner, David S. 32

Swallow, George Clinton (1817-1899) 75, 98, 103, 104, 132

Swats, Philip 20

Sweringen, J. T. 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27

Swindle, William C. 20

Switzler, William F. (1819-1906) 7, 9-11, 17, 21, 22, 26, 29, 31, 34, 37-40, 47, 56, 60, 65, 76, 77, 89, 104, 121, 171-175,



180, 187, 191, 194, 198

Swope, Thomas H. 65

Talbot, George D. 39, 41, 43-47, 49-58, 62, 71

Talbot, J. A. 46, 52

Tappan, Benjamin (1773-1857) 6

Taylor, Daniel Gilchrist (1819-1878) 76

Taylor, James 9

Taylor, Lucy 13

Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850) 11-16 v. 1

Temperance 2

Tevis, Joseph H. 56

Texas, Annexation of v. 1

Theyer, Eli 41

Thomas, Benjamin Franklin 176

Thomas, Eliza 13, 14

Thomas, Elizabeth 15

Thomas, James 35, 36, 39, 48

Thomas, John P. 20, 62, 65

Thomas, Robert 61

Thomas, Robert S. 23

Thomas, William 36

Thompson, John B. 9

Todd, Albert 139, 152, 161, 163, 165, 166

Todd, Caroline 13, 14

Todd, David 3, 183, 184

Todd, Eliza B. 183

Todd, John 3

Todd, Robert 13, 17

Todd, Robert L. 87, 112

Tomlin, Ambrose 37

Tomlin, George 37

Tomlin, Jeremiah 15

Tomlin, Sally 8

Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, 1880s 151 y

Transportation, 1850s 189, 214 y

Transportation, 1870s 198 y

Treat, Samuel (1815-1902) 78, 92, 98, 103, 191

Tribble, George W. 18, 19, 21, 22

Turner, A. W. (1801-1874) 5



Turner, Squire 12, 23, 42, 60, 63, 83

Tutors 55, 56

Tutt, John A. S. 68

Tutt, Sallie Rodes Bennett 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53, 59, 61-64, 85, 87, 89

Tutt, Samuel M. 152

Tutt, Thomas E. (1822-1897) 19, 20, 24, 30, 31, 33-39, 42-47, 49, 50, 52-55, 57-59, 61-64, 67-71, 73, 75, 79-82, 86, 88, 89, 91-93, 95, 97-109, 111, 113-164, 166-179, 198

Twitchell, Jerome 35

Twitchell, Orleana Rollins 16, 17

Tydings, Edward 20

Tyler, John (1790-1862) 7, 33

U.S. Army, Military life 120

U.S. Congress, 36th, House, Speakership 66

U.S. Constitution, 13th Amendment 90

U.S. Military Academy, West Point 39, 41, 43-64, 67-71, 83

U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY 39, 41, 43-64, 67-71, 83

Union Pacific Railroad 142, 143, 196

University of Missouri, 1830s-1840s 6, 7, 9-11, 14, 15, 17, 187

University of Missouri, 1850s 26, 29, 65

University of Missouri, 1860s 96, 98, 100, 102

University of Missouri, 1870s 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 114, 116, 121, 122, 124, 126, 127, 129, 131, 133, 139, 141, 143, 145

University of Missouri, 1880s 147, 152-157, 159, 163, 165, 166, 170, 172, 177, 199

University of Missouri, Academic Hall, 1883

219 y

University of Missouri, Admission of Women

104, 105, 107

University of Missouri, Board of Curators, 1840s

187, 188


194, 196


103, 104, 107, 112, 198


175, 198, 199

University of Missouri, College of 96, 98, 100, 103, 104, 135, 143, 155, 157,



Agriculture 159, 170, 197, 199, 203, 204, 219, 222

University of Missouri, Jefferson Monument

167, 168, 174, 181, 199

University of Missouri, Laws Observatory, 1880s

154

University of Missouri, Location of 5, 186, 202

University of Missouri, Museum, 1880s 177

University of Missouri, Preparatory Department, 1840s

187

University of Missouri, Rollins Dormitory Group

209

University of Missouri, School of Journalism

166

University of Missouri, School of Law, 1850s

16, 18

University of Missouri, School of Mines and Metallurgy, Rolla

132, 133, 155, 156, 172, 176, 197

University of Missouri, Women Students, 1870s

103, 107, 133

University of Virginia, 1880s 164

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

University of Wisconsin, 1870s 134

Utah, Description and travel, 1870s 145

Vallandingham, James 13

Valle, John B. 21

Vandeventer, Libbie 64

Vaughan, Richard C. 69

Veiled Prophet Fair, St. Louis, 1870s 146

Veterans--Societies 179

Vinton, Samuel Finley (1792-1862) 14

Voorhees, Daniel W. 106

Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad 147, 148, 150, 156, 172

Walker, Federal 39

Waller, James B. 9

Ward, William H. 2, 3

Ware's Valley Monthly 120

Waring, John W. 9

Wash, Robert 9

Watkins, Jesse 63

Watkins, Nathaniel W. (1796-1875) 24, 28, 72



Watson, Allen 18

Watson, Jerome 18

Webster, Daniel 10

Wheat, Elias 5, 183

Whig Party, 1840s 7, 11, 13, 179, 187 v. 1

Whig Party, 1850s 16, 18, 31, 32, 190, 200

Whig Party--Missouri, 1830s 2, 4, 6

Whig Party--Missouri, 1840s 6, 12, 13, 39

Whig Party--Missouri, 1850s 15-18, 21-25, 29

White, And. D. 121, 176

White, James M. 33

White, John (1802-1845) 7-9

White, William F. 33

Wilcox, Mary 7, 10

Wilhite, John S. 39

Wilhite, William 39

Wilkerson, Harris 56, 60, 61, 63, 64

Wilkerson, William E. 56, 60, 61, 63, 64

Wilkerson, Zantippe 61

Williams, John F. 129, 166, 179

Wills 166, 183, 185-187

Wilmot Proviso 15

Wilson, Angeline 9

Wilson, Caroline Randolph (1792-1879) 222

Wilson, John 37-39

Wilson, John (c. 1790-1877) 12

Wilson, Lou 40, 62

Wilson, Mary Ann Burnam 9, 10, 42

Wilson, Nathaniel W. 9, 15, 22, 54, 86, 184, 188

Wilson, Robert (1803-1870) 18

Winn, John M. 30

Wise, Henry Alexander (1806-1876) 28

Wise, Henry Alexander (1806-1876) 28

Wishart, Jane 2

Women--Education 103-105, 107, 124, 133

Women's clothing, 1860s 217, 218 y

Wood, Isaac H. 37

Wood, William S. 2

Wood, William T. 21



Woods, Archie 9

Woods, James 13

Woods, James H. 11

Woods, John R. 17, 141

Woods, Leonard, Jr. (1807-1878) 12

Woodson, Amanda B. 11, 12, 26

Woodson, John 56-58

Woodson, John M. 110

Woodson, Mary 13-14

Woodson, Olivia 25, 44, 45, 55

Woodson, Samuel H. (1815-1881) 15, 37, 72

Woodson, Silas 42, 113, 114, 117, 221

Woodson, Susan 10

Woodson, Warren 5, 11, 14, 15, 39, 48, 58, 82, 89, 188, 189, 207

Woodson, William 44, 45, 48, 49, 56

Woolsey, Theodore Dwight (1801-1889) 12

Wright, James F. 22

Wright, James M. 16

Wright, Uriel 6

Wylie, Andrew (1789-1851) 1, 2, 6, 182

Wylie, Andrew, Jr. 1, 2, 4, 6, 22, 28, 76, 174

Wylie, John 28

Wylie, Mary 2

Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut 12

Yates, Elijah 49

Yates, John, Sr. 49

Yates, Samuel 49

Young, Edward ([1772]-1864) 22

Young, James ( -1878) 9

Young, Mary J. 3

Young, Samuel A. 18, 20-22, 28-32, 35, 41

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