Twenty-eight letters, 1846-1849, addressed with one exception to William Bebb, Governor of Ohio, 1846-1848, and apparently sent by him with a covering letter, 1849, to his cousin, the Reverend Samuel Roberts ('S.R .') because of their autograph interest. The one letter not addressed to William Bebb is to (?) He. Lathrop, Columbus, Ohio. The letters bear endorsements, some if not all by William Bebb, identifying the various correspondents, and these are included in inverted commas in the description. The correspondents, in alphabetical order rather than order of binding, are:- John W. Allen ('Member of Congress from Cleveland'), Cleveland, 1846 (2) (suggesting the name of Moses C. Younglove as an Aid if William Bebb would like to have one resident in Cleveland, proposed legislative action as to the canal lands), M[ordecai] Bartley ('Gov. Bartley, my predecessor'), Mansfield, 1847 (redeeming a promise by calling attention to the case of James Doyle, a convict, reference to the (physical) injury received by William Bebb, wishing him a pleasant term in office), Wm. Bebb, Hamilton, 1849 (to the Reverend Samuel Roberts) (sending the accompanying autographs per Mr. C. Jones, family news), James A. Briggs ('Editor of True Democrat an abolition paper at Cleveland'), Cleveland, 1846 (thanking William Bebb for his bold advocacy of certain great principles, etc., recommending Moses C. Younglove of Cleveland as an Aid in that quarter of the state), Joseph H. Crane ('Hon. J. Crane. The oldest Lawyer in Ohio a very learned man'), Dayton, 1848 (legal matters relating to the estate of John Robertson late of Montgomery County, deceased), D. T. Disney ('Member of Congress from Cincinnati'), Cincinnati, 1847 (advising him that the Ordnance Department had at last concluded not to accept Governor Henderson [ of Texas]'s order for muskets, his own annoyance with the affair, a reminder concerning George L. Nightingale of Dubuque, Iowa), N. Evans ('Member of Congress from Central Ohio'), Cambridge, O[hio], 1848 ( addressing him in favour of Jacob G. Metcalf who desired to receive the appointment of Marshal for the district of Ohio), T[homas] Ewing ('The present Secretary of the Interior'), Lancaster, 1846 (regretting that he could not be with William Bebb on the morrow, his (Bebb's) speech at Lancaster), Seabury Ford ('Gen. Ford. Present Gov. of Ohio'), Burton, 1846 ( his intention to meet Bebb at Akron), J[oshua] R[eed] Giddings ('The Anti Slavery Representative from Ohio'), Jefferson, 1847 (the probability that a call would soon be made on the state of Ohio for more volunteers for the war with Mexico, suggesting the propriety of disregarding such a call if made), (continued)
Horace Greeley ('M. Congress. Editor of N[ew] York Tribune'), Washington, 1849 (replying to a letter, the Governor matter, etc., mention of the new administration), S. Mason ('Long a member of Congress & now District Attorney for Ohio'), Springfield, [18]48 (a Board meeting which they were unable to attend, the probable early completion of the road [? rail-road] to Dayton), John M. Millikin ('A good lawyer & my law partner at Hamilton') [Hamilton postmark], 1848 (urging his presence at a meeting, a speech by Bob Schenck), O. M. Mitchel ('Astronomer of the Cincinnati Observatory, Adj[utan]t Gen[era]l of Ohio'), Cincinnati and New York, 1847 (3) (re commissions for the Mansfield Company, tendering his resignation, sending reports from Mons. Vatemare [sic]), J. W. Scott ('Editor of Toledo Blade & a distinguish [sic] Statician [sic]'), Toledo, 1847 (the General Government Railroad System, favourable impressions of the 'Miami tribe' of politicians), Caleb B. Smith ('Leading Representative in Congress from Indiana, Commissioner for the settlement of Mexican claims, &c.'), Connersville, 1848 (to He. Lathrop, Columbus) (the presidential election campaign), Win. Smith, Executive Department, Richmond, Virginia, 1848 (a reply to a communication concerning a day of general thanksgiving, endorsed by William Bebb 'No power of thanksgiving! A fine specimen of Virginia hair splitting!'), B. Storer ('Distinguished lawyer & Member of Congress from Cincinnati'), Cin[cinnati], 1847 (a request for two commissions to take acknowledgements, etc., for Ohio, one for Stephen Henry Phillips of Boston, son of Hon. S. C. Phillips, formerly (?) Member of Congress of Massachusetts, and one for the writer's brother, Woodbury Storer of Portland, Maine, a capital lecture from Mr. Boynton), Chas. L. Telford ('A distinguished Lawyer & late my law partner at Cincinnati'), Cincinnati, 1846 (2) (mention of the Hayden case and of Brough, congratulating the addressee on his campaign, reference to Bebb's views in regard to the black laws, a vacancy in the judgeship of their Supreme Court), Philip F. Thomas ('Gov. Thomas'), Annapolis, 1848 (replying to a communication concerning a day of general thanksgiving), Sam'. F. Vinton ('Chairman of Ways & means'), House of Representatives and Gallipolis, 1846- 1847 (2) (the decision of the General Court of Virginia in the Parkersburgh case, testifying to the suitability of James Gibson to fill the vacancy created by the death of one of the associate judges of Hocking County), T. Walker ('A distinguished member of the Cin[cinna]ti Bar'), Cin[cinnati], [18]49 (Bebb's last message (i.e. at the end of his term of office)), and J[ ohn] Woods ('Auditor of the State of Ohio & a great man'), Hamilton, [18]47 and undated (2, one mutilated) (legal matters and a short note endorsed by William Bebb 'He & I were canvassing the State together. I got sick & was detained two days . . ..').
