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Box 42

 Container

Contains 60 Results:

Accounts, 1875 October 25-1879 December 1

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 1
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Statements, bills, obtaining patents, etc.

Dates: 1875 October 25-1879 December 1

Thomas Sun - Boney Earnest, Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming Territory, 1876 October 23-1878 October 28

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 10
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Concerning intrigue in matter of soda lakes in Wyoming, with reference to a law suit.

Dates: 1876 October 23-1878 October 28

John I. Gilliams, Philadelphia, 1877 May 7-1879 October 20

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 12
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Regarding possible sale of interest in Soda Lakes.

Dates: 1877 May 7-1879 October 20

George B. Graff, Omaha, Wyoming Territory And Boney Earnest, 1876 January 8-1879 September 12

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 13
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Includes scientific reports, American Indian occupation, patents, burning of improvements, American Indian hostilities, shipment of soda, copper specimens, gold mines, legal opinions, proposal to sell Graff interests for 5000 to du Pont, and details concerning a legal case.

Dates: 1876 January 8-1879 September 12

Lt. Joseph Kuffe, Ft. Fred Steele, Wyoming Territory, 1876 July 4

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 20
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Report on danger of presence of American Indians in the vicinity.

Dates: 1876 July 4

Land Office, Dept. of Interior, 1876 September 25-1878 January 2

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 21
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Regarding legal proceedings Charles Pontez and co-claimants.

Dates: 1876 September 25-1878 January 2

W.K. Mendenhall, Washington, D.C., 1877 October 10-1878 August 20

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 22
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Solicitor of claims, Soda Lakes affair.

Dates: 1877 October 10-1878 August 20

Homer Merrell, Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, 1879 January 24

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 23
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Professional cards and letter of congratulation in case of Soda Lakes.

Dates: 1879 January 24

John Morrison, New Castle on Tyne, 1876 March-1876 June 6

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 24
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Chemical report on soda.

Dates: 1876 March-1876 June 6

New Haven Chemical Co., 1878 September 23

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 25
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Report on chemical content of soda.

Dates: 1878 September 23

Charles Pontez, Omaha, 1875 August 6-1878 June 15

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 26
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Report on carbonate soda deposit magnesia, plan showing places of deposits.

Dates: 1875 August 6-1878 June 15

Edward Reilly, 1876 February 6-1876 November 11

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 28
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Regarding sulfur, saltpeter, Utah, and carbonate of copper.

Dates: 1876 February 6-1876 November 11

T. E. Sickles (UPRR) New York, 1875 September 9-1876 August 30

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 29
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Regarding soda.

Dates: 1875 September 9-1876 August 30

Irving A. Stearns, Wilkes-Barre, 1875 July 14-1878 December 27

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 32
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Mining and civil engineering reports. Includes letter of Lammot du Pont, July 17, 1876, concerning his regret that Pontez would not sell, many letters of advice and legal direction in case of Pontez and others.

Dates: 1875 July 14-1878 December 27

Stearns, 1879 January 8-1879 December 20

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 33
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Regarding selling in England and various problems of Soda Lakes.

Dates: 1879 January 8-1879 December 20

Simpson letter (chemist?) Liverpool, 1879 November-1879 December 19

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 35
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Estimated cost of manufacturing caustic soda.

Dates: 1879 November-1879 December 19

Wyoming Soda Co., undated

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 37
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Notes for plans for forming company.

Dates: undated

Downey report, booklet on western soda deposits, 1880 November 8

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 40
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-B.
Scope and Contents:

Letter on Native Soda deposits near Laramie City, Wyoming Territory by Stephen W. Downey.

Dates: 1880 November 8

Thomas D. Conyngham, Wilkes-Barre, 1875 April 4-1875 September 18

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 45
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-C.
Scope and Contents:

Includes copy of letter from Reilly to Conyngham concerning sulfur.

Dates: 1875 April 4-1875 September 18

Henry M. Harding, New York, 1875 May 29-1875 June 1

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 50
Accession: 0384Identifier: 0384-III.-C.
Scope and Contents:

Concerning importations and shipments of sulfur.

Dates: 1875 May 29-1875 June 1