Bennett Riley papers, 1818-1888
Bennett Riley, Arabella Riley, Bennett I. Riley, Edward B. D. Riley, Lillburn W. Boggs, Austin Augustus King, Jefferson Davis, James Monroe, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, John Henry Eaton, Martin Van Buren, Joel Roberts Poinsett, John Tyler, James Madison Porter, James K. Polk, William L. Marcy, Millard Fillmore, Charles Magill Conrad
Includes letters thanking Riley for his assistance to the Santa Fe Company, 1829; bounty land certificate issued to Riley for his father's service during the Revolutionary War, 1838; invitations to public dinners in Riley's honor; an offer of a bounty for males captured or killed at Riley's post in Florida, 1841; letters and resolutions regarding presentations of swords and other commemoratives to Riley for his gallantry, service, and good conduct; two letters written to his parents by Bennett I. Riley while in military service, 1853; cadet appointment of Edward B.D. Riley, 1853; a letter and poem sent to Mrs. Bennett Riley on her husband's death; a letter to Edward B.D. Riley regarding a cane made by Bennett Riley; and biographical information on Bennett Riley. Also, eight military commissions of Bennett Riley, signed by various presidents and secretaries of war, 1820-1851
Manuscript, English, 1818
6 folders (approximately 74 items) (0.2 linear ft.)
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