Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Henry Clay Whitney
Legal Papers, 1854-60.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
Folder 1: A-C
1.
Boutwell v. Denton and C. A. Springs v. David Canter(?),
Whitney to N. M. Clark, May 9, 1859, asking Clark to have
Denton pay his judgment or “if you don’t do it I will get
your name put in the ‘Pale Ale Chronicle’ as a traitor to
people”
2.
Anderson Brown v. James B. Anderson, Apr. 16, 1860
3.
Thomas Callen v. William Robertson, Sept. 26, 1857, a
subpoena
4.
Same, Oct. 6, 1857, a subpoena
5.
John Campbell v. Garry Manville, Aug. 15, 1855
6.
Amos B. Casey v. William L. Weems and Charles Canter, Mar.
3, 1857
7.
Same, Mar. 30, 1857
8.
Charles Cherry v. Joseph Taylor, Oct. 8, 1857
9.
Noah Clark v. Uriah Bates and James Shawn, March 11, 1859
10.
Anthony Coil v. Charles McKinney, n.d., a subpoena
11.
Same, Apr. 14, 1857, petition for continuance
12.
Francis B. Cooley et al. v. John Rogerson and Norman
Wilson, Apr. 24, 1858
13.
Alexander M. M. Corkle v. Alfred Whitney, June 24, 1856
14.
Margaret Crow v. Archibald Crow, Jan. 27, 1858, a “Bill for
Divorce”
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Folder 2: D-H
15.
Robert Dean v. Bernard Kelley, John Campbell, and Henry
Simpson, Jan. 4, 1858
16.
Same, Whitney to Clerk Champaign Circuit Court, Oct. 27,
1858(?)
17.
Samuel Dougherty v. James B. Anderson, 1859
18.
Amos B. Dunn v. Martin L. Best, Oct. 27, 1858, subpoena for
W. E. Rittenhouse
19.
Same, Apr. 1859, subpoena for W.E. Rittenhouse
20.
William B. Fowler v. Oliver C. (?), Mary (?), William Foot,
Oct. 19, 1859
21.
Same, Oct. 29, 1859
22.
S. S. and D. Gardner v. J. A. Whiteman, Whiteman to
Whitney, Mar. 22, 1857, requesting that Whitney serve as
his counsel
23.
Same, Aug. 18, 1857, a subpoena for witness in Iroquois
County
24.
Parnie(?) George v. William W. Foos and Benjamin
Coddington, Apr. 13, 1858
25.
William R. and John S. Gould v. Henry, Jesse, and McDaniel
Fitzgerald, Apr. 18, 1859
26.
Samuel Harvey v. Archa Campbell, Warren Stewart, and
Charles Curtiss, et al., Oct. 23, 1860
27.
A. M. Hatfield v. William Copeland, P. A. Shepherd, and
(?), June 24, 1856
28.
Benjamin L. and Henry H. Honors(?) v. James Hollister, n.d.
Folder 3: I-M
29.
Benjamin Johnson v. F. M. Owens, sheriff, Oct. 11, 1855
30.
Robert Johnson v. John M. Mansfield, Apr. 23, 1859
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31.
William Johnson v. John Williams, Apr. 25, 1859
32.
William Judkins v. John Watson, Sept. 26, 1856
33.
R. C. Layton v. A. H. Reynolds, Oct. 28, 1858
34.
Same, Dec. 4, 1858
35.
John Lucas v. L. G. Chase, Oct. 4, 1856
36.
Hugh Lynch, verdict of coroner’s jury, Apr. 15, 1856, found
Lynch’s death to be caused by knife wound in the stomach
37.
Michael MItcalf v. William B. Hyde et al., July 17, 1858,
bill to foreclose mortgage
Folder 4: N-R
38.
Ann Newell v. George Newell, Oct. 16, 1857, “Bill for
Divorce”
39.
Theodore Newell, Albert Loomis, Chauncy Davis, and John C.
Dove v. Levi Smith and Curtis F. Columbia, Apr. 4, 1859,
cause #1428, suit for $170 [with attached appeal bond]
40.
Same, Apr. 4, 1859, Precipe for summons
41.
Same, Apr. 4, 1859, cause #1429, suit for $125, [with
attached appeal bond]
42.
Same, Apr. 4, 1859, cause #1429, Precipe for summons
43.
John O’Mara v. John R. C. Jones, Apr. 20, 1857
44.
William H. Peggs v. Robert K. Scott, Feb. 24, 1858
45.
Nelson P. Powers and Dwight B. Nye v. Sylvester H. Stevens,
Apr. 16, 1859, a subpoena
46.
Same, Apr. 19, 1860, a subpoena
47.
Samuel Rankin v. Lafayette Lancaster, Apr. 15, 1857
48.
Rhodes Conservator v. E. Roe et al., Oct. 2, 1854
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Folder 5: S-Z
49.
Cornelius Sim and William P. Fleurney (?) v. Martin C.
Bissell, Oct. 22, 1856
50.
Jacob Snyder v. City of Urbana, Oct. 9, 1857, for trespass
and damage, a note to sheriff says to serve the process on
the “mayor of Urbana”
51.
Abraham and Israel Stein v. John Williams, Apr. 29, 1859
52.
Robert and Mary Stewart v. Lewis Adkins, Sept. 22, 1856,
copy of Stewart mortgage marked “Exhibit A”
53.
John J. Swearingen v. Gilbert Hardestir, Oct. 3, 1857
54.
Benjamin Tawner v. John Phifer, Oct. 24, 1855
55.
Maley Thompson v. John Phifer, Apr. 18, 1860, for theft of
a horse and wagon
56.
James Tracy v. J. S. Cunningham and A. Jackson, Mar. 27,
1857
57.
Wemple, Kline and Company v. Seth Harvey, Whitney to
William Somers, Nov. 22, 1859
VERMILLION COUNTY
Folder 6
58.
William Armstrong v. A. Stevens and George Poage, Oct.
term, 1857
59.
Christopher Burlingame v. Otis Webster, Sept. 5, 1857
60.
Whitney to Samuel D. Cray, Sept. 3, 1857, “Declaration” to
be filed