ODD NEWSPAPERS.

Boston News Letter, April 17-24, 1704. Reprint. Presented by Mrs. Emily R. Parry, Stafford, Conn.

Burlington Hawk-Eye, April 17, 1865. Presented by N. W. Rowell, Afton, Iowa.

Charleston (Ill.) Daily News, September 18 and 19, 1908. Lincoln-Douglas Souvenir Edition, 1858-1908. Presented by H. Foster Bain, Champaign, Ill.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil, March 4, 1862, Vol. I., No. 32. Presented by J. L. Templeton.

Des Moines-Iowa State Register, Sept. 20, 1881. Presented by N. W. Rowell, Afton, Iowa.

London Times, November 9, 1796, containing Washington's Farewell Address. Presented by Charles Cooksey, Southampton, England, through Col. Albert W. Swalm.

Nauvoo (Ill.) Independent, August 9, 1908, containing an account of the Battle of Athens.

Philippine Newspapers (2). Presented by William R. Spry, Des Moines. Ulster County Gazette. Presented by A. W. Stiles, Des Moines.

Vicksburg (Miss.) Daily Citizen, July 2, 1863. Printed on wall paper. Presented by J. A. Keck, Stockport, Iowa.

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, PORTRAITS.

From personal papers of Charles Aldrich:

710 letters, covering period 1848-1906; also 143 letters from Governor C. C. Carpenter, 18 from Dr. William A. Hammond, and 22 letters relating to the anti-pass bill introduced by Mr. Aldrich in 1882, with two copies of the bill.

"An Incident in the Life of An Indian Chief," manuscript, in his own handwriting, of an article written by Mr. Aldrich in 1848, for a newspaper, with a letter to the editor. Commission to take vote of soldiers, 1864.

Memorandum Books (2).

From Mrs. Gideon S. Bailey, Vernon, Iowa.

Correspondence of Dr. Gideon S. Bailey. 330 letters covering period 1839-1890, including letters from Gen. George W. Jones (4), James Clarke (1), A. C. Dodge (20), Bernhart Henn (13), J. C. Knapp (6), Shepherd Leffler (6), Charles Mason (2), Daniel F. Miller (1), Laurel Summers (1), etc.

Miscellaneous papers:

Abstracts of compensation of Dr. Gideon S. Bailey, as United
States Marshal, Territory of Iowa; 107 items.

Abstracts of compensation of clerks of the United States District
Court, Territory of Iowa; 90 items, including three abstracts
of expense of Supreme Court.

Abstracts of compensation of grand and petit jurors, also compensation of witnesses, District Court of the United States, Iowa Territory; 187 items.

Abstracts of expense of United States District Court, Territory of Iowa; 113 items.

Bills and receipts of expense of United States District Court,

Iowa Territory; 436 items.

Bill in the United States Senate relating to construction of a railroad, etc.; 1853.

Book notices, etc.; four items.

Circular by Henry Clay Dean requesting names of Democrats.

Circular letters from Treasury Department; six items.

Invitation to attend laying of corner-stone of the new Capitol,
November 23, 1871.

Invitation to attend reunion of surviving members of the Legis-
lature of Iowa, prior to 1867. Des Moines, Feb. 24-25, 1886.
Invitation to Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the first settlement
of Iowa, Burlington, June, 1883.

Johnston, Edward. Appeal to the press and people of the First
District, asking that they be represented at Chicago Exposi
tion. Reprint from The Gate City, March, 1891.

Letters and papers from office of United States Marshal, Iowa
Territory; 27 items.

Pamphlets (2).

Subscription paper for monument to Andrew Jackson.

Vernon, Iowa, postoffice; accounts of; 18 items; also seven papers

relating to post office suits.

Vernon Township Democratic Club, minutes of, February 21, 1863.
Other items (12).

From Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bryson, Hillsboro, Iowa:

16 letters, mostly personal, written in pioneer days.

29 miscellaneous items.

From William Penn Clarke:

72 letters, covering period 1854-1862.

From Judge C. C. Cole, Des Moines:

Cole, Judge C. C., steel portrait.

Grant, Gen. U. S., letter to Judge Cole, April 21, 1880.

Grant, Gen. U. S., letter to Judge Cole, October 4, 1881. (Signed.) Grant, Gen. U. S., telegram to Judge Cole.

Grant, Gen. U. S., letter relating to.

Grant, Gen. U. S., two steel portraits.

From Gen. G. M. Dodge, Council Bluffs, Iowa:

Private correspondence from 1857 to 1900, as president society Army of the Tennessee; Commander-in-Chief, Military Order Loyal Legion; president New York Commandery Loyal Legion, and as officer and member of many commissions for the erection of monuments commemorative of American military men.

Telegrams, letters, reports, maps, lists of Indian depredations, files of general orders, private diaries, etc., 1860 to 1866. Letter books, letters and telegrams of General Dodge and others, 1864 to 1875; reports, estimates, diagrams, agreements on construction, land and townsite details of the Union Pacific Railroad. Letters, scrap-books, profiles, estimates and reports of expenditures, bills of materials, time books, bank books, vouchers, special car and depot plans of the Pan Handle Construction Company, 1887 to 1888.

From Mrs. Mary M. Gilham, Des Moines:

Burlington Hawk-Eye, miniature edition of, February, 1882.
Campbell, Dr. James; poem, "Old Settlers," 1882; small pamphlet.
Dodge, A. C., postal card by, May, 1883, to Mr. and Mrs. James Gilham.
Gilham, J. G., letter written during Civil War to his wife.

Gilham, J. G., map or drawing showing location of service during Civil
War.

Iowa-Fiftieth Anniversary of Settlement of, invitation to ceremonies, June, 1883.

License issued to J. G. Gilman to sell meat, West Point, Lee County,

Iowa, August 25, 1850.

Mormons, newspaper clipping relating to.

Receipt given by Reid & Johnston, March 13, 1841.

Receipt signed by I. W. Griffith, for school taxes paid by J. G. Gilham,

October 11, 1851.

Republican State Ticket.

Republican State and National Ticket (2).

Washington Monument; subscription paper, with picture of monument and signatures of distinguished men.

Miscellaneous items (6).

From Mrs. Barlow Granger, Des Moines:

(Facsimile.)

Papers and correspondence of Hon. Barlow Granger, with books, magazines, pamphlets, etc., not cataloged.

From E. R. Harlan, Keosauqua, Iowa:

45 letters referring mainly to the Van Buren County Pioneer Association.

Estrays; papers relating to; 72 items.

Grocery licenses, orders for, in Van Buren County prior to 1840; six items.

Schools; 11 miscellaneous items.

Taxes; school and other delinquent tax items; 22 pieces.

Van Buren County; obituary notices of pioneer settlers; 46 newspaper clippings.

Van Buren County Pioneer Association, 65 items, lists of old settlers, expense accounts, papers read at meetings, obituary notices, etc. Mass of material not yet classified.

From Mrs. F. C. McFarland, Des Moines:

Dean, Henry Clay; letters and portrait of.

From John M. McPherrin, Des Moines:

McPherrin, Anderson; letter by, relating to Iowa, 1842.

McPherrin, John; four letters written to his brother in Iowa, 18411847.

Johnston, James; letter by, January 18, 1847; political.

From Prof. L. H. Pammel, Ames, Iowa:

Account of the expedition to the sources of the Mississippi and through the western parts of Louisiana, etc., in the years 1805, 1806 and 1807, by Zebulon M. Pike; 1810. (Extract from Manuscript.)

James, Dr. Edwin; six letters by.

James, Dr. Edwin; biographical sketch, newspaper clipping.

James, Dr. Edwin; four letters referring to.

James, John; letter to Daniel James, 1817.

Pammel, Prof. L. H.; two letters by, asking information concerning

Dr. Edwin James.

From Mrs. Emily R. Parry, Stafford, Conn.

Correspondence of Dr. C. C. Parry; 83 letters, including 12 by James

Hall, with pamphlets and miscellaneous items.