Guide to the Rodman M. Price papers, 1843-1892.
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Guide to the Rodman M. Price papers, 1843-1892.
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Letters from Rodman McCamley Price: 6 letters, 1850-1880.
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Letters to Rodman McCamley Price and others, arranged alphabetically.
see partial list of correspondents
Papers as Purser, U. S. Navy
Passport issued in Gibraltar in 1843
Various vouchers and accounts, 1842-1850
Papers relating to prize money of the Cyane (6 items)
Papers relating to discharge of sailors on the Warren (4 items), 1850-1851
Transcript of proceedings of case U. S. vs. Rodman McCamley Price, copied from the Trenton State Gazette, 1856
Miscellaneous legal papers, indentures and agreements, 1849-1880, copies and originals
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Accounts
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Miscellany
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Ward & Price, (firm), New York. Papers:
Correspondence, arranged alphabetically.
see partial list of correspondents
Promissory notes, 1850 (11 items)
Bills of exchange, drawn on Godeffory, Sillem & Co., 1849-1851 (48 pieces)
Bills of exchange, etc., 63 items, alphabetically arranged.
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Bills and receipts, 58 pieces, 1850-1851, alphabetically arranged.
Accounts current, 1849-1850, 5 pieces (for Ward & Co.)
Accounts current, 1850, 3 items
Checks drawn on Merchants Exchange Bank, 1850, 287 pieces.
Checks drawn on Phenix Bank, 1850, 401 items
Miscellaneous, 1850-1852, 2 items.
Papers relating to law suits.
Price vs. Ward et al.
Certified copy of proceedings, July 7, 1853
Du Pont vs. Weatherbee, Price et al.
Papers relating to the trial, 1857-1859
Depositions
Documents (originals, copies of abstracts, conveyances) used in the trial
Review of opinion of the Supreme Court
Miscellaneous notes
Price vs. Dewey et al.
Copies of documents, mainly relating to property in San Francisco -powers of attorney, deeds, agreements, receipts, etc. 37 items, 1847-1859.
Papers relating to the trial, 1854-1864
Interrogatories
Schedules A and B
Depositions, affidavits
Miscellaneous notes
Fees in the case
Price vs. Weehawken Ferry Co.
Papers, 1866. 5 items. See also Price vs. Price.
Price vs. Price
Papers, 1869-1880.
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Ball, A. Everett
1 letter, Nov. 21, 1887
See also Edwin Lewis folder, in which a letter to Lewis, dated Apr. 27, 1887, is to be found.
Bigelow, Samuel F.
1 letter, Nov. 28, 1882
Boyce, Isaac G.
1 letter, Dec. 20, 1853
Brannan, Samuel, 1819-1889
1 letter, Aug. 31, 1852. Written for him and also signed by A. Wardwell.
Crosby, Henry R.
1 letter, July 12, 1886
Cummins, John
1 letter, Mar. 3, 1853
Cummins, Alexander & Green (firm), New York
17 letters, 1857-1864. Mainly to Rapallo & Doyle, and relate to case Price vs. Dewey et al.
Dana, A. H.
1 letter, Aug. 16, 1861, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.
Develin, John E.
1 letter, Oct. 1, 1861, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.
Dewey, Squire Pierce, 1818-
1 letter, Oct. 22, 1856, addressed to Samuel Francis Du Pont, concerning Du Pont's property in San Francisco. Copy only.
Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865
3 letters, 1855-1856, relating to Price's disposal of Du Pont's property in San Francisco. Addressed to John Libby Folsom and to Squire P. Dewey. Copies only.
Fullerton, William
1 letter, July 15, 1864, addressed to S. E Lyon, relating to Price Vs. Dewey et al.
Graham, William Alexander, 1804-1875
See U S. Navy Department.
Hart, Jesse B.
1 letter, Jan. 19, 1860, relating to witnesses in the case Price Vs. Dewey et al. 2 copies.
Hawes, Horace, 1813-1871
2 letters, May 1850, to Aert M. Van Nostrand, concerning power of attorney from Thomas H. Stevens to Rodman M. Price. Copies only.
Janes, H. P.
1 letter, Sept. 17, 1857, to Hall McAllister, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.
Johnson, John Neely, 1825-1872
1 letter, Mar. 10, 1856
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895
2 letters, 1854-1857, to Squire P. Dewey and to Rapallo & Doyle, relatingto Price vs. Dewey et al.
Lewis, Edwin
7 letters, 1854-1889, to his uncle. Some signed "Ned." Letter of Apr. 27, 1887 includes a letter of the same date from A. Everett Ball, addressed to Lewis.
Lewis, John R.
1 letter, Oct. 28, 1885, to his uncle, Rodman M. Price.
Lewis, J. Roome
2 letters, 1866, to his brother, Rodman Price Lewis.
Lewis, Rodman Price
1 letter, Feb. 2, 1880, to his aunt, Matilda S. (Trenchard) Price, (Mrs. Rodman M. Price).
Marshall, Edward C.
1 letter, June 26, 1883
Morris, William Gouverneur, d. 1884
1 letter, Mar. 4, 1856
Newton, John Thomas
1 letter, Feb. 4, 1853
O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884
1 letter, Feb. 24, 1862, addressed to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.
Page, James M.
1 letter, Oct. 8, 1883
Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862
See U.S Navy Department.
Price, Edward Trenchard
2 letters, 1881-1882
Price, Francis
1 letter, July 4, 1880, to his mother, Matilda (Trenchard) Price.
Price, Rodman McCamley
3 letters, 1879-1882, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Price.
Prince, J. Hardy
2 letters, 1850, concerning prize money for captures by sloop Cyane.
Revere, Joseph Warren, 1812-1880
1 letter, Apr. 2, 1854
Salisbury, Edward
1 letter, Oct. 21, 1876
Seymour, Charles H.
1 letter, Mar. 30, 1891
Sherburne, J. A.
1 letter, June 29, 1850
Shuttleworth, W.
1 letter, Jan. 2, 1853
Simons, William W.
1 letter, Feb. 25, 1852, concerning prize money of Cyane.
Stevens, Thomas H.
1 letter, Mar. 20, 1850, addressed to Aert M. Van Nostrand, concerning sale of Steven's property in San Francisco. Copy only.
Sutherland, Josiah
2 letters, 1862, to John Thomas Doyle, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al.
Thomas, J. Bayard
3 letters, 1850, relating to Price's accounts as purser, U. S. Navy.
Tichenor, F. M.
3 letters, 1880, addressed to Squire P. Dewey.
U.S. Navy department
3 letters, 1850-1854. Signed by William Ballard Preston, William Alexander Graham and William Sinclair. Relate to Rodman M. Price's duties as purser, U. S. Navy. Letter of July 20, 1850 includes copy of letter by Price, July 24, 1850.
Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1807-1890
See Van Nostrand, Aert M
Van Alstine, Cornelius J., d. 1866
1 letter, July 10, 1852
Van Nostrand, Aert M.
14 letters, 1850-1857. Written mainly as Price's agent, relating to Price's San Francisco property. Letter of May 7, 1850 is copy only of letter to Horace Hawes. Letter of Mar. 11-31, 1850, includes document signed by M. G. Vallejo.
Ward, Samuel, 1814-1884
2 letters, 1854-1858, relating to Price vs. Dewey et al. Copies only.
Wilson, Joseph
1 letter, Sept. 27, 1851. At end of page, copy of letter by Rodman M. Price to James E Heath.
Devereux, George T.
1 letter, May 23, 1851
Godeffroy, Sillem & Co. (firm), San Francisco
39 letters, 1849-1852
Gray, John B.
1 letter, Sept. 10, 1850
Hobson, William L.
1 letter, Feb. 2, 1851
Judah, Charles D.
1 letter, Feb. 28, 1851
McAdam, John
1 letter, Dec. 14, 1850
McAllister, (Matthew Hall & Hall), firm, San Francisco
1 letter, Feb. 1, 1851
Missroon, John Stoney, 1810-1865
1 letter, Aug. 23, 1850
Snyder, Jacob R., 1813-1878
1 letter, May 24, 1850
Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878
1 letter, Mar. 31, 1851. Written and signed for him by W. O. B. Sanford.