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Subject: Piatt holdings of Wichita State University
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:38:23 +0000

What a wonderful cache of family information must be contained here. Original link:

http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/ms/2002-04/2002-4-b.html




Container List

PIATT FAMILY LETTERS
MS 2002-04

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Series Description
Click on the series hyperlink to go to the folder-level description.
Series 1Box 1 FF 1-5Correspondence. This is a collection of letters written to W. H. Piatt by his younger brothers and other family relatives.
Series 2Box 1 FF 6-8Miscellaneous. There is also a small collection of financial and general materials of the Piatt family (i.e., copies of obituaries, newspaper articles, and some information regarding the family's business affairs).

Folder-level Description
Series 1-- Correspondence
Box 1FF 1Two letters written to W. H. Piatt from his brother John in Illinois. The first is dated September 16, 1855. It a typical letter between two immediate family members. John writes about daily activities. He talks about buying and selling cattle. There seems to be a Spanish fever affecting some of the stock and he seeks William's advice on such matters. There is also discussion of weather, health, and visiting William in the future. The second letter is dated February 5, 1858. It discusses a letter received from Richard.
Box 1FF 2A collection of five letters written to W. H. Piatt from his brother James Jr. in California. The letters span a time period of March, 1854 to April, 1857. James is consistently asking William's advice on financial matters. He talks about coming for a visit to Monticello, Illinois. There is discussion of the cattle industry, crops, family health, and the weather.
Box 1FF 3Correspondence to W. H. Piatt from his brother Noah N. Piatt in California. The seven letters of N. N. Piatt are dated October 1, 1855, September 1856, September 3, 1866, October 24, 1856, August 11, 1866, March 15, 1868, and the final letter's date is illegible. He writes William to discuss cattle and hog prices, his family's health, the death of his wife, and how well brother Richard is doing financially. There is also the typical day to day goings on that is involved in a general letter.
Box 1FF 4Correspondence to W. H. Piatt from his brother Richard in California. The fifteen letters date from March 1852 to August 1877. A myriad of topics include: weather, crop prices, cattle prices, visiting Illinois, health, Indian problems in southern part of California, different business ventures including mine acquisitions, domestic help, and death of a family member (Richard's son) .
Box 1FF 5Miscellaneous letters from Charles Marquiss, Henry Marquiss, H.T. Sadorus, and wife Clarinda to W. H. Piatt. The five letters cover a time frame of October, 1853 to January, 1859. Topics include visits to Californian and Illinois, livestock prices, family well being, land acquisition, weather during travel, basically just keeping everyone up to date on what is going on with the different family members. The folder also contains a letter with the sender and receiver unknown and a letter written to Richard Piatt form the General Sand Office, May 9, 1849.
Series 2 -- Miscellaneous
Box 1FF 6File containing checks signed by James or William Piatt. The checks date between February 20, 1858 and October 1859.
Box 1FF 7File containing various newspaper clippings about Piatt owned mine, copies of newspaper clippings, obituaries, and pages out of books dealing with Piatt County history. There is also some information on Butte County California, (where Richard, Noah, James, and John lived at one time or another) and a photograph of Ida Piatt (1899).
Box 1FF 8Letters regarding a bank draft written to N. N. Piatt, February 13, 1873. The letters discuss the matter and were written in 1924.

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Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, OH

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