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Henry McPherson land grant paperwork
No full textA variety of records regarding James and Henry McPherson's land grants within the Seneca reservation as provided in the treaties of St. Mary's and Lewistown. The documents include an affidavit from James McPherson in which he chooses a section of land as laid out the 1817 Treaty of St. Mary's. The second image is a plat of the area showing James and Henry McPherson's land claims. In regards to Henry McPherson's claim of a full section of 640 acres, the documents include a copy of deed from the Seneca Nation for a half-section of land, and a draft of a letter from Henry McPherson to General Joseph Vance in support of his claim to a full section. It appears that these white men were granted land within the area reserved to the Seneca by the Treaty of St. Mary's and the Treaty of Lewistown. Apparently, the tribe granted them land in recognition of their friendship for, and service to, the Seneca
[William Henry Corkhill, aged about 54] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
[Four generations of the Bate family, Elizabeth Kendall Bate, Richard Mossip Bate, Henry John Bate and Jefferson Henry Bate] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
[Mrs Henry John Bate and son Jeff] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
[Pearl Corkhill, Henry John Bate and Edith Corkhill] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
[Fernbrook House, Corunna, N.S.W., home of Henry Bate ] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
[Sherringham, Central Tilba, the property of Henry Alfred Hoyer and his nephew Frederick Charles Hoyer] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
Henry Adams, Jr. letter to father, February 5, 1952
No full textThis letter was written by Henry Adams Jr. to his father, Henry Adams, expressing his feelings and experiences during his time in the army. Junior, as he was called in the family, had been posted to Alaska after his basic Army training, and assigned to an otherwise all-white company.
In this three-page letter written on decorative notepaper, Junior writes about his army experiences, and says that he feels like Jackie Robinson, a test case for integrated units in the military. The United States Army was not integrated during World War II; African Americans and whites served in separate units. Harry Truman issued an executive order intended to end segregation in the Army in January of 1948, and letters such as this indicate that the executive order took some time to become fully effective
Letterwith attachment: Henry W. Fisher to Ida M. Tarbell, November 20, 1925
No full textLetter with newspaper clipping about Henry W. Fishe
[Mrs Percival, daughter Lily, Henry John Bate and Miss Percival on the verandah of a house] [picture] /
No full textThe William Henry Corkhill Tilba Tilba Collection
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