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Box 111

 Container

Contains 19 Collections and/or Records:

John H. Caldwell

 Item — Box: 111
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Outgoing correspondence

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence-includes correspondence from many state and federal officials

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from Van H. Manning & A. Horney, Washington, D.C.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from S.L. Crissey, Washington, D.C.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from E.A.O'Neal, 1886

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from Thomas Seay, 1888-1890

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from William C. Oates, 1896

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Incoming correspondence from Joseph F. Johnston, 1896

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1887-1892, 1896.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Report on progress from Caldwell to Gov. Seay-no date

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Rough draft and part of carbon copy of Caldwell's legal argument to Gov. Seay

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

County township and range maps of Dale, Henry, Geneva, Covington, Escambia, Baldwin, Crenshaw, Pike, & Clarke Counties

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Swamplands Grant Bill.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Legal Papers, general. Deal with partitioning of indemnity lands copy of lease between Gov. Oates with Caldwell and McNawara, and Delany. Also rough draft if bill giving some land back to the U.S. Government.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Alabama case. Legal brief supports argument for grant of indemnity lands to state of Alabama by federal government.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Alabama vs. Mack Holmes Legal Papers

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Envelopes

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902

Miscellaneous. Map coordinates, list of indemnity lands, index to numbers of contigous lands on map-parted.

 File — Box: 111, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection deals only with the latter period of Caldwell's employment as land agent for the state of Alabama, and consists primarily of correspondence, legal papers, reports, and maps. Most of the materials deal with his efforts to obtain school indemnity lands for the state and his own efforts to collect his fees. There is some material dealing with his earlier successes in claiming swamp and overflowed lands for the state from the federal government, as well as recovering a percentage...
Dates: 1886-1902