(OHIO) Family correspondence of United States Representative

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(OHIO.) Family correspondence of United States Representative Samuel Stokely. 63 items in 4 folders; condition generally strong with a few items worn or repaired. Vp, 1813, 1834-61 and 1902

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Samuel Stokely (1796-1861) worked for many years in the General Land Office, settled in Steubenville, OH, became general in the state militia, and served one term as a Whig in the House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843. Included are:
Diploma from the Washington Academy in Washington County, western Pennsylvania (now Washington & Jefferson College), 1813.
7 letters to Congressman Stokely from his sister Frances Stokely Wilson (1789-1868), 1842-circa 1858 (some incomplete). The first 3 of these are dated 1842, when she resided in Iowa and Stokely in Washington during his service in Congress. Two of these discuss the departure of her son George Wilson (1809-1880) for life as an Indian agent, 23 October and 17 December 1842.
12 letters from Samuel Stokely to his third wife Mary Barton Stokely (1829-1918) and her relatives, written from Steubenville, 1857-61.
2 other personal letters, 1839 and 1857.
18 letters and documents relating to the General Land Office, 1840-53, including warrants, deeds, an 1834 letter signed by Ohio politician Elijah Hayward, and an 1848 certificate signed by Richard M. Young, United States Senator for Illinois (and presiding judge in the 1844 Joseph Smith assassination trial).
24 leaves of mounted botanical specimens, most with tags explaining that they represented "Flora of Dubuque Co., Iowa" and were collected by C.C. Stokely in 1902. That would likely be the Congressman's grandson Carlin Curtis Stokely (1887-1985).