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Myron Hawley McCord was born on November 26, 1840 in McKean County, Pennsylvania. In the mid 1840s, the McCord family moved to New York where McCord attended public schools and the Richburg Academy. In 1854, McCord went to Wisconsin with his father and worked as a lumberman while attending school a few months each year. At age 20, he went into business for himself and worked in logging and building roads until he became a lawyer at age 21. McCord held a variety of local and state offices before he represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891.
In 1893, McCord moved to Arizona and began to farm, grow fruit and raise cattle. He also owned half of the Arizona Gazette at some point. In 1895, Governor Hughes appointed McCord to the Territorial Board of Control which oversaw public institutions. In 1897, President McKinley, who served in Congress with McCord, appointed him Territorial Governor.
In 1898, McCord asked to raise a regiment of Arizona volunteers for the looming Spanish American War and he became a colonel in the First Territorial Infantry when fighting commenced. After volunteering for military service, McCord was forced to resign his position as Arizona Governor in July 1898. After the war, McCord served as United States Marshall for Arizona and the custom collector at Nogales. In 1908, he returned to Phoenix because of ill health and he died on August 27.
This collection contains one bound volume of Governor McCord's letters and two boxes (.75 linear feet) of correspondence.
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Governor Myron H. McCord, 1897-1898 | |||||||||||||
Myron H. McCord, 1897-1898 | |||||||||||||
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46 | General Letters, 7/1897-6/1898 | ||||||||||||
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1 | Governor McCord, 1897-1898 | ||||||||||||
1 | John P. Anderson; thank you, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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2 | United Verde Copper Company; permission to ship live quail to Pennsylvania, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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3 | The State of Arizona Improvement Company; release of men and guard for canal work, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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4 | The Argus Newspaper; report to Governor about Arizona resources and industries, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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5 | United States Department of Agriculture; operation of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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6 | Auditor for the State and Other Departments; vouchers for contingent expenses and industries, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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7 | Casa Grande residents' request for arms and ammunition for protection from attacks from Mexican border, undated | ||||||||||||
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8 | A.C. Bernard Naval Academy appointment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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9 | United States Land Office; Mexican or Spanish land grants, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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10 | Territorial Geologist Report on wolframite in Dragoon Mountains, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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11 | Southern Pacific Railroad Company Report of planned train robbery, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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12 | Post Office appointments for Tucson and Williams, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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13 | Herbert Brown regarding requested report, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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14 | National Irrigation Congress Annual Session scheduling, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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15 | Port of Nogales Customs District Report and Mexican/American Relations, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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16 | Request for Appointment of New Indian Agent to Sacaton Indians, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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17 | George Cluff Offers Help to Republican Party, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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18 | Request for Doctors Davidson to obtain medical licenses for Arizona, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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19 | War Department regarding protection of Arizona citizens, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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20 | Ramon Corral Governor of Sonora; cattle ticks, letters of introduction for Beckenridge and Smalley, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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21 | C.W. Crouse; requests appointment as Indian Agent, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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22 | Will C. Barnes Livestock Sanitary Board; appointment of Sidney Thomas as inspector and detective for cattle stealing problems, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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23 | L. W. Bushnell; homesteading claims in Arizona, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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24 | W.S. DeWolf United States Senate re: Mr. Hughes embezzlement or larceny charges, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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25 | John W. Dorrington, Superintendent of the Territorial Prison of Arizona; Pardons, escapes, and commutations of sentence, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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26 | A. Doyle re: Appointment as Livestock Inspector, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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27 | Copy of book "Laborer and the Capitalist" sent, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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28 | Treasury Department requests duplicate certificate of deposit, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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29 | Henry P. Ewing, Hualapai Indian Agency, Department of the Interior; census of Hualapai and Yavasupai Indians, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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30 | Request from University of Arizona Alumni Association for commencement speech, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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31 | D.W. Flagler Office of the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army; sale of ordnance stores, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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32 | Attorney Rochester Ford re: Estate of Frederick L. Anderson, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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33 | James J. Franklin; application for a Commission of Notary Public, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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34 | O.D. Gaddis; McCord resigning from governorship, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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35 | Letter to John A. Morse re: Appointment for Morse's Son, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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36 | John Gandolfo Requesting pardon for Leandro Imperial, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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37 | Commercial Agent of Mexico Requesting protection for Mexican Arizona citizens, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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38 | Invitation to banquet at Arizona Territorial Normal School, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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39 | Secretary of Territorial Prison of Arizona request for leave, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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40 | A.F. Gunn, American Book Company; Gates Pamphlet circulation, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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41 | Gunn of United States Senate re: Hughes for Tucson Postmaster, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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42 | F.S. Hafford Request for letter of introduction and recommendations, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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43 | J.R. Halsey, Denver, Colorado, re: refusal of appointment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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44 | W.P. Harlow, Attorney, Nogales; Mr. Hartman speaking against the administration, also incident of pulling down the French and Italian flags, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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45 | J.L. Hathaway re: Formation of National Guard Light Artillery Battery, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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46 | W.T. Heffernan, M.D., Yuma Territorial Prison re: leave of absence, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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47 | W. Hibbard, M.D., re: Board of Medical Examiners requirements, 1897 | ||||||||||||
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48 | George W.P. Hunt, Globe, re: submission of report, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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49 | E.T. Ingle, United States Court, Tucson, requesting endorsement, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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50 | Office of Indian Affairs re: Indian boys employment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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51 | Department of the Interior re: returning bills for filing, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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52 | Thomas C. Job requests Arizona Territorial Report, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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53 | W.D. Johnson, International Mining Congress delegates, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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54 | T.W. Johnston, re: letter of identification for Mary L. White, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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55 | Wiley E. Jones, Graham County re: authority to raise regiment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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56 | H.D. Keppler, Morenci re: Mexican-American citizens relations, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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57 | Land Office, Department of the Interior re: endorsements, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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58 | Helen Lorrimer, Grace Lutheran Church re: autograph for quilt, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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59 | Los Angeles National Bank; duplicate certificates of deposit, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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60 | A.E. Marden; request for appointment as Indian Agent, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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61 | J.C. Martin; bill for state blanks printed and also request for Governor’s report, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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62 | George H. Maxwell; Federal Irrigation Works, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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63 | C.R. Mayers, Capitol Building Bonds, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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64 | Wilbur McDonald, cattle inspector appointment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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65 | V.E. Messinger; notary public appointment, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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66 | Mohave County Miner, Anson H. Smith; bill for publication of Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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67 | Col. E. B. Moore; land foreclosure bid., 1898 | ||||||||||||
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68 | Robert E. Morrison; invitation to attend funeral obsequies Captain O’Neill and others, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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69 | F.M. Murphy; territorial securities and other matters, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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70 | Marshall H. Williams; commendation for Mr. C.B. Mabee as application for postmaster, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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71 | National Volunteer Reserve, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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72 | W.F. Nichols; military company to protect the town of Willcox, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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73 | J.C. Norton; inspection of cattle and passing them across quarantine line, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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74 | F.W. Palmer; printing bills for Report of Governor to the Secretary of Interior, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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75 | M. M. Parker, University of Arizona; Miss Margaret Randal, report to Governor and invitation to commencement exercises, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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76 | John D. Payne; request for extension of furlough also resignation as Field Superintendent of the Arizona Penitentiary, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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77 | Bureau of Pensions, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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78 | Colonel Brodie, Military Service, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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79 | Alfred Quetu; tickets for St. Patrick’s Illustrated Lecture and Grand Ball, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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80 | C. C. Rearick; regulation of pharmacy in Arizona, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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81 | S.B. Reddick; inquiring whereabouts of John J. Reddick, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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82 | Joseph Reid; contractors facing unfair competition from convict labor, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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2 | Governor McCord, 1897-1898 | ||||||||||||
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1 | Allan Rutherford; pension for Mrs. Mary Loomis of Prescott, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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2 | H.B. St. Claire; letter of introduction to Mr. Oscar Lechner also affidavits of San Francisco Chronicle, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Thomas D. Satterwhite; dismissal of indictments against Fred C. Hughes, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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4 | Winfield Lewis, Scottsdale; conditions at the State Normal School, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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5 | W. Skilliain; application for Assistant Superintendent at Yuma Prison, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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6 | Joseph P. Smith, Bureau of American Republics; application of Mr. Morrison, 1897 | ||||||||||||
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7 | Joseph P. Smith; correspondence re: contributing for widow and children of Mr. Smith, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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8 | I.E. Solomon; Immigration laws, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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9 | A.J. Specker, Insane Asylum Conditions, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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10 | Mrs. J.W. Stewart; protesting the impending appointment of C. W. Crouse to the Sacaton Indian Agency, undated | ||||||||||||
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11 | James W. Toumey; sugar beet production in Arizona, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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12 | The Voice; use of beer and liquor by soldiers, 1898 | ||||||||||||
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13 | Wisconsin State Semi-Centennial, 1898 |