Writings of John Stephens undated

Poem: "Breathe not her name" (poem, ms., 1 l.) undated

Poem: "To Mip" "I scale the snow-caped mountain ..." Ms 2 pp. undated

Poem: "The Cherokees' reply to the proposition that they should move across the Mississippi" Noted on verso: "The speech of the Cherokee Cheif" undated

Poem: "The Indian" (newspaper clipping) undated

Poem: "Lines for an album" (newspaper clipping) undated

Poem: "At the altar" (newspaper clipping, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York). "A poem by John Stephens of San Bernardino Cal. (formerly of Antwerp, N.Y.) recited by his twelve-year-old son Otto Tank Stephens, on his entering the San Bernardino Lodge of Good Templars, Oct. 8, 1883" undated

Section of play: Begins "I have heard enough! Go back to that assembly of cowards and tell them to set their house in order, for the French Guards, with the Emperor at their head, will be with them in one hour". Ms 2pp. undated

Narrative: "I am told that I have but five minutes to live" Ms. 2.5 pp. undated

"John Stevens' account of his escape in 1823 at age 13 from farmer employer to whom he had been bonded, and poem written about the occasion, 1883" 2 c. of poem, both ms. One copy is attached to account 1883

Speech on benevolence & intemperance. Ms, 20 pp. undated

Temperance address. Ms, 24 pp. undated

"The Porlier-Tank cottage; its history and the people who have lived in it" by Deborah Beaumont Martin. 1925. Laid in is postcard of cottage 1925

ALS to Miss Jennie S. Harris from Wm. D. Stephens. Oct. 22, 1922. Ms, 3 l. (Relating to William Harvey Stephens acting with the Walter Hampden Shakespearean Company.) 1922 October 22

ALS to Mr. Homer D. L. Sweet (cousin) from John Stephens. June 7th, 1883. (June 7-24, 1883) Ms. 82 pp. Laid in is brief ms. note 1883 June 7

"4th of July speech. 1842; delivered again in 1859. 25 pp. Mainly a temperance speech." (from envelope) 1842

ALS to Homer D. L. Sweet from John Stephens. Nov. 8, 1883. 12 pp. 1883 November 8

4th of July speech. Signed by John Pompey. July 4, 1838. Ms. 32 pp. 1838 July 4

Speech on intemperance delivered to Washingtonian Society undated

4th of July speech, 1850. Includes section on intemperance 1850

4 speeches. Ms. undated

ALS from Mary Sill Stephens to John Stephens. Nov. 8, 1874. 12 l. 1874 November 8

ALS from Mary Sill Stephens from John Stephens. Dec. 1, 1874. 11 l. (Covers events in Salt Lake City relating to Brigham Young divorce.) 1874 December 11

ALS from Mary Sill Stephens to John Stephens. June 25, 1875. 8 l. 1875 June 25

Photocopy of biography of William Delos Stephens, including portrait undated

Certificates collected by William D. Stephens circa 1839-1843