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[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter to Zenon Trudeau, on June 8, 1798, discussing the life of David Strickland, who works as a farmer for someone else but wants to farm for himself on the Bois Brule River in order to establish his family. A second letter, from David Strickland, asking that he be granted the land on the river to farm.
Date: June 8, 1798
Creator: Strickland, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore]

Description: Handwritten letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore, inquiring about her well-being and whether she had a safe and pleasant trip to Illinois, as well as a desire to meet her again in Indiana. The two would marry later that year. The lined paper is embossed in the far left top corner with a small crown and shield.
Date: June 8, 1860
Creator: Glessner, Oliver J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Letter from H. J. Bardwell to John Patterson Osterhout, December 8, 1896]

Description: Letter from H. J. Bardwell to his cousin, John Patterson Osterhout, regarding their family tree. Bardwell had been spending his time in the library trying to trace the Osterhout family back to the first settler and shared what he had found so far. He asked John for clarification on what he had told Bardwell about the family before and hoped to hear back soon.
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Bardwell, H. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Letter from Chicago Concrete Breaking Co. to Alex Bradford - November 8, 1939]

Description: Letter from the Chicago Concrete Breaking Company to Alex Bradford discussing the efficacy of hydraulic cartridges within the field demolition. The results of the Chicago Concrete Breaking Co. was that hydraulic cartridges were simply too slow and ineffective when compared to pneumatic pavement breakers in locations where explosives were not plausible.
Date: November 8, 1939
Creator: Chicago Concrete Breaking Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Soldier Sitting Under a Tent]

Description: Photograph of a soldier sitting under a tent located in a wooded area. He is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and a knit cap. Before him lies a helmet, a jacket, and a blanket containing a mess kit.
Date: September 8, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from Mayor Edward J. Kelly to I. H. Kempner, December 8, 1945]

Description: Letter from Edward J. Kelly to I. H. Kempner discussing a brochure Kelly sent Kempner that discusses an invitation sent to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Organization in London to offer a tax-free site in Chicago to be used as a headquarters. Kelly asks for Kempner's opinion regarding the brochure and its topic of discussion.
Date: December 8, 1945
Creator: Kelly, Edward J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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