Letters by Thomas H. Benton (1840-1862), Robert G. Conley (1841-1899), William F. King (1823-1888), John Edward Morgan, and Stephan A. Miller (184u-1864). Diaries by John W. Schlagle (1834-1868) and Walter P Wilson.

Businessman of Connersville, Indiana, and treasurer of the Whitewater Valley Canal Co. The bulk of the collection are Canal Co. records.

Includes Daniel Ulrich papers (1824-1873); John & Daniel Ulrich papers (1796-1904); Albert Votaw family papers (1832-1922); M.H. Jenks, Brief sketches of a tour of Indiana (1838); & notes on teaching methods in Richmond public schools, ca. 1880.

Includes miscellaneous letters and other items, some by Charles and Elijah Coffin and Barnabas Hobbs. Also a hand-written newspaper and a letter from Earlham College and a typescript of a history of West Richmond Monthly Meeting.

The bulk of the collection pertains to the Whitewater Valley Canal Co., including letters, property lists and account books.

Miscellaneous items, including letters, mostly mid-19th century, relating to the Richmond area.

Wayne County (Economy, Indiana) Quaker family. Many items are letters from sons in the Union Army in the Civil War. Also a diary of a trip to Colorado in 1905 by Orlando Marshall and 84 letters to Alonzo Marshall and his family, 1857-1922.

Daniel Huff (1816-?) was a Wayne Co. Quaker and wagon shop owner in Newport (now Fountain City). Oliver N. Huff (1852-1937), his son, was a doctor. The mss. relate to the history of Newport and anti-slavery activities.