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Title: How to Mail a Letter Containing Cash
Description: Description of how to mail a letter containing cash in 1896. The envelope is addressed to H.M. Rickard at I.A.C. (Iowa Agricultural College) in Ames, Iowa. This was written by a grandmother for her grandchildren. The description includes information about Martin Rickard and Anna Margaret Turner.
Date Created: 1896
PID: grinnell:3346

Title: Into a World Unknown : A Granddaughter Traces the Lives of her Ancestors, A Granddaughter Traces the Lives of her Ancestors
Description: Traces the histories of the Palmer, Brown, Tarleton, Schoonover and other related families who settled in the Grinnell and Newburg, Iowa areas.
Date Created: 2010
PID: grinnell:12076

Title: Laros & Sons Buggy Contract
Description: Receipt from D.A. Laros & Sons of Grinnell, Iowa, for a buggy ordered by H.A. Ahrens in December 1905.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:12918

Title: Legal Documents Relating to the Frederick Ahrens Farm
Description: Legal documents relating to the purchase of a farm in Poweshiek County, Iowa, by Frederick Ahrens in September 1893.
Date Created: 1893
PID: grinnell:12866

Title: Letter from Charles Noble to Frank Burns
Description: Letter from Charles Noble, professor of English at Grinnell College and a minister, to Frank R. Burns, confirming that Professor Noble will perform a marriage ceremony for Frank and Mae Hammond on June 1, 1918, at the Hammond home in Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1918
PID: grinnell:20661

Title: Letter from Henry Spaulding to Alice Spaulding
Description: Letter from Henry Spaulding to his daughter Alice on the occasion of her eighteenth birthday, May 10, 1932.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:5774

Title: Letter from Mary Sulser Pilgrim to Her Sister
Description: Letter from Mary Sulser Pilgrim to her sister, Mrs. J.H. Parratt, congratulating her on her marriage. The letter is dated January 12, 1902, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1902
PID: grinnell:17768

Title: Letter to Henry Rickard from Jennie Max
Description: Letter from Jennie Max in Grinnell, Iowa, to Henry Rickard in Iowa, Louisiana, dated January 9, 1891. Envelope is postmarked January 10, 1891, in Chester Centre, Iowa.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:5809

Title: Letter to Henry Rickard from his Brother Alvin Rickard
Description: Letter from Alvin Robert Rickard in Grinnell, Iowa, to his brother, Henry Rickard, in Iowa, Louisiana dated January 5, 1891. The envelope is postmarked January 6, 1891. In the letter Alvin discusses classes he is taking in school, the weather, gifts he received for Christmas, a wedding he attended, and a party he went to near Stanwood, Iowa.
Date Created: 1891
PID: grinnell:5810

Title: Letter to Michael Brooks from his Brother
Description: Letter to Mr. Michael Brooks, Kellogg, Iowa, from his brother, postmarked March 11, 1922, Kearney Nebraska. The letter describes arrangements for Mr. Brooks' honeymoon trip to Kearney and gives information on train connections for the trip. The letter was found when remodeling a farm house near Rock Creek Lake.
Date Created: 1922
PID: grinnell:12987