Envelopes (stationary)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
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Envelopes
Text
Business enterprises
Numerical calculations
Written on Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd. letterhead, these pages contain handwritten notes and calculations by W. W. Newman that begin in the 1890s and runs through 1903.
Newman, W. W.
Documents
Checks
Payment
Most likely William Wyeth Newman, these various checks are signed by W. W. Newman from the W. R. Rison Banking Company to various recipients.
Checks (bank checks)
"Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters."
Railroad companies
Written on Wheeler Construction Company (Vicksburg, Canton and Yazoo City Rail Road.) letterhead, this letter addressed to "Gentlemen" is badly burnt and difficult to discern the subject matter. It appears to have been signed by Crawden & Newman of Huntsville, Alabama. The back contains a handwritten note that reads, "Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters."
Evaluation
Pavement
This envelope contained various receipts and handwritten calculations and notes pertaining to the building and assessment of the new street proposed by William Thomas Hutchens. Receipts include totals for paving the streets of Monroe and West Clinton, and the assessment notices of the completed streets.
City of Huntsville
Hutchens, William Thomas
Receipts (financial records)
Letter to W. T. Hutchens from D. S. Brandon.
Building layout
Plumbing industry
Brandon, contractor and builder, writes to Hutchens about a petition to be signed by the people in the neighborhood that will allow a water pipe to stretch to the end of Conley Street. The letter includes an illustration of the proposal.
Brandon, D. S.
Correspondence
Illustrations (layout features)
Letter and memorandum from the Railroad Officials report to R. R. Benedict.
Public land sales
This letter details a compromise regarding the railroad and buildings on the ground deeded to the railroad. The author states that this will not affect Benedict's purchase price. It also includes information regarding the Coxe Estate. The memo included from the Report of Railroad Officials further details the available lots and those that belong to the railroad and the Coxe Estate.
Memorandums
Illustration of the layout of the Hutchens Company.
This document shows a hand-drawn layout for the Hutchens Company. Drawn on the back of The Hutchens Company letterhead.
The Hutchens Company
Agreement of interest between Laura M. Powell and W. T. Hutchens.
Debt
Interest
This official agreement states that Laura M. Powell will pay 6.5 percent interest instead of 8 on her note of June 14, 1920, to be due on December 14, 1929. Written on The First National Bank in Huntsville, Alabama letterhead.
Powell, Laura M.
Contracts
Letter to W. T. Hutchens from W. E. Hodges.
Family
Letter writing
Beebe (Ark.)
This letter from W. E. Hodges discusses his current health stating that the doctor said it would be a "long time" before he is able to work all day again. He asks for any old clothes that Hutchens and his family no longer need and he will be glad to get them.
Hodges, W. E.
This letter from W. E. Hodges details current happenings in cousin Hodges life. He requests coats and pants and writes that he "will glad get them." Hodges ends by stating he will be 70 years old the next year.
Notice of the dissolving of Hutchens & Murdock.
This brief notice states that the firm of Hutchens and Montgomery is dissoved by "mutual consent." It is signed by William Thomas Hutchens and J. E. Montgomery.
Montgomery, J. E.
Declaratory documents
Correspondence including Dr. John A. Wyeth.
Friendship
Dr. Wyeth writes to a "friend" about working, asks about Sam Russell and requests that the enclosed letter is given to him. He also asks for any information about Meck Robinson. The recipient, possibly W. P. Newman, responds that he gave the letter to Russell. He discusses their friendship and thanks Wyeth for the "Expressions of friendly, sweet, and tender miracles" for his family. He also discusses working and life struggles, calling the world "cold." The author shares various verses and personal information through his lengthy letter. The seventh and final page is missing the bottom part. The back of the final page includes a drawing, presumably by a child, and a handwritten note.
Wyeth, John A.
Death
Obituaries
This newspaper clipping contains the obituary for Mary Elizabeth Newman, wife of Dr. Francis H. Newman and great-grandmother of Eleanor Hutchens. Includes the scan of the reverse side of the newspaper clipping.
Newspaper clippings
Letter to Mr. Newman from Corinne Legier Gleason.
Advertising
Gleason writes to Newman about the letters from Mrs. Pitcher, asking if she could borrow them. She also mentions her brother, Robert, and his health. Gleason attaches a copy of a notice of land for sale in the letter that was taken from the Washington Intelligencer a few years earlier. The notice of land for sale details a tract of land "being in the whole about one thousand acres," called Benfield located in Charles County, Maryland by private contract. This document gives insight into land value in the area, as well as the neighborhood and house that sits on the land. The end of the document includes the next three owners that the land was sold to in 1817, 1835, and 1935.
Gleason, Corinne Legier
Writing
This envelope has "old family papers" written on the front as well as multiple stamps. The back includes three stamps from Huntsville, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.
Letter to E. L. Love from G. E. Baxter of Baxter Brothers Contractors and Builders.
Building
Construction
This letter states that Baxter Brothers will furnish the material and labor for the construction of the Hutchens' building for $23,000.00.
Baxter, G. E.
Letter to Senator Oscar Richard Hundley from William Thomas Hutchens.
Charters
Legislatures--United States
This letter to Senator Hundley discusses Hutchens' thoughts of Hundley's political actions and also tells Hundley that the board unanimously agreed to request Hundley to have the part of their new charter.
Contract between Hutchens & Murdock and the Huntsville Ware-House Co.
Agreement
Purchasing
This contract outlines the purchase and installation of automatic sprinklers for the sum of $1,674.00. The contract outlines the agreement of how the Huntsville Ware-House Co. will pay after the installation and the promises made by Hutchens & Murdock of products and techniques used. These scans include the handwritten notes on the backs of each page.
Huntsville Warehouse Co.
Murdock, Andrew J.
Acknowledgement of payment from William Thomas Hutchens by J. E. Montgomery.
Receipts (acknowledgments)
This paper acknowledges Hutchens' payment to J. E. Montgomery for "his interest in said firm." Hutchens paid $70.17.