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Pima County, Arizona records 1864-1923 (bulk 1867-1904)

AZ 083


Collection Summary

Creator: Pima County (Ariz.)
Collection Name:Pima County, Arizona records,
Inclusive Dates: 1864-1923 (bulk 1867-1904)
Physical Description:21 linear feet
Abstract:Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports, leases, deeds, abstracts of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related to Pima County operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as letterpress copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county office, and financial demands and warrants.
Collection Number: AZ 083
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Historical Note

Pima County, located in southern Arizona, was formed in 1864 by an act of the First Legislative Session of the Territory of Arizona. The county seat is Tucson, Arizona.


Scope and Content Note

Financial accounts, petitions, bonds, reports, leases, deeds, abstracts of titles, tax lists, bids, and correspondence related to Pima County operations. Chiefly records of the Board of Supervisors, such as letterpress copies of correspondence, petitions for appointments to county office, and financial demands and warrants. Other Board records include 1879 orders to incorporate the villages of Tombstone and Arivaca, and papers related to the construction of the first and second County courthouses. Assessor records consist of correspondence and a 1900-1907 block book.

School records include financial records, correspondence, and reports. Teachers' monthly reports indicate number of students enrolled; reports for Florence, 1873, and Tres Alamos, 1874-1875, give student names. School census reports, 1874-1904, list student names, race, whether native or foreign born, and parents' names. Records of other county offices are from the Justice Court, District Court, Coroner, County Hospital, Jailer, Sheriff, Treasurer, and Election Office. A Probate Court docket dates from 1883 to 1885, and an Arizona tax list is for 1879.

Some records relate to bonds for County services such as road overseers, constables, justices of the peace, butchers, physicians, and provisions for indigent sick and prisoners. Also present are records of the Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern Railroad Co., 1885-1886, 1892; also the Tucson and Gulf of California Railroad, 1882-1884.

Note: A more detailed inventory of boxes 17-19 and box 37 is available at the repository.


Organization

This collection is organized into ten series:
Series I: Board of Supervisors, 1864-1908
Series II: Assessor, 1875-1923
Series III: Justice Court, 1867-1897
Series IV: District Court, 1867-1903
Series V: Miscellaneous (part 1), 1864-1904
Series VI: School District, 1867-1905
Series VII: Miscellaneous (part 2), 1864-1884
Series VIII: Tax Collector, 1871-1875
Series IX: Treasurer, 1865-1896
Series X: Election Returns, 1864-1902

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Corporate Name(s)
Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern Railroad
Tucson and Gulf of California Railroad

Geographic Name(s)
Arizona -- History -- To 1912 -- Sources
Pima County (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources
Tucson (Ariz.) -- History -- Sources

Subject(s)
Elections -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History -- Sources
School census -- Arizona -- Pima County -- History -- Sources

Genre Form(s)
Census
Correspondence
Petitions
Reports


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Pima County, Arizona records (AZ 083). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.


Container List

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1 Finding aid for the collection.
Series I: Board of Supervisors, 1864-1908
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2 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1864-1871, 1873
Records include financial accounts, both allowed and disallowed, covering court fees, sheriff's fees, rents, office supplies, salaries, jail supplies and services, printing, doctor's fees for care of indigents and prisoners, etc.
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3 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1874-1876
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4 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1877-1879
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5 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1880-1882
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6 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1883-1888
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7 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1889-April 1890
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8 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , May-December 1890
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9 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1891
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10 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1892-1893, 1895, 1899-1900
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11 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , 1901-November 1903
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12 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , December 1903-September 1905
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13 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , October 1905-April 3, 1908
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14 Board of Supervisors: Demands on the Treasury. , April 4-July 1908
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15 Board of Supervisors: Warrants and Stubs. , 1864-1865, 1867-1880
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16 Board of Supervisors: Warrants and stubs. , 1881-1885, 1887, 1892, 1895-1901, 1903-1905, 1907-1908
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17 Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1865, 1867-1881, 1884, 1886-1888
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18 Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1889-1894
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19 Board of Supervisors: Letters, petitions and reports to the Board. , 1895-1898, 1900-1903, No Date
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201 From Allen, John B. (Chairman of the Board), order for Peter R. Brady, Sheriff, to rent from Mark Aldrich certain buildings on Military Plaza for county offices. , February 16, 1867
201 Lease between Mark Aldrich and Pima County Board of Supervisors for rent of certain buildings on Military Plaza for use as county offices. , March 28, 1867
201 Order of Board of Supervisors regarding transfer of San Rafael del Valle land grant. , April 3, 1877
201 From Osborn, William J. (Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), notice of meeting called to discuss establishment of a public road from Tucson via Davidson Canyon, Empire Ranch, Crittenden, etc. , October 8, 1879
201 From Oury, William S. (Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), communication regarding the construction of a bridge across the San Pedro River at Charleston (copy). , December 29, 1880
201 From Martin, James (of St. Louis), affidavit relating to loss of warrants. , June 25, 1887
201 From Lacy, H. (Chairman of the Board), order for a special meeting of the Board. , April 8, 1890
201 Transcript of proceedings before the Board of Equalization of Taxes regarding assessment of Santa Rita Land and Cattle Company for 1891. , July 14, 1891
201 Assessment list in the handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs. , No Date
201 Two sketches for "forms and notice for mortgages," in the handwriting of Lionel M. Jacobs. , No Date
202 Commitments to the County Hospital. , 1876, 1880-1881
203 Orders to incorporate the villages of Tombstone and Arivaca. , November 1, 1879 and December 20, 1879
204 Orders to Tax Collector, regarding assessments, and to Treasurer, regarding transfer of county funds. , 1889-1890
205 Papers relating to the construction of the first and second Pima County Court Houses, and the various additions to same. , 1867-1899
Includes bids, deed from Mark Aldrich for land, articles of agreement between the Board and Charles Meyers for construction, notice of completion and establishment of offices, specifications for re-roofing and bids for same, articles of agreement for construction of additional rooms, and similar papers dealing with the construction of the second Court House in 1881.
206 Requisitions to the Board for office supplies and equipment. , 1877, 1879, 1887-1893
207 Certificates of audit. , 1895-1897
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21 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, forms sent out, reports to various territorial officials, assessment lists, etc. , January 1885-February 1888
Also contains correspondence of the Board of Equalization.
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22 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , March 1888-June 1890.
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23 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , July 1890-August 1891
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24 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , June 1891-March 17, 1893
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25 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , March 20, 1893-October 10, 1894
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26 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , October 11, 1894-April 16, 1898
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27 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , April 16, 1898-May 23, 1899
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28 Board of Supervisors: Letterpress copies of correspondence, etc. , May 24-December 1899
Series II: Assessor, 1875-1923
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29 Assessor: Statement under oath of the property held, owned, claimed by, or in possession of, for the year. , 1875-1881
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30 Assessor: Correspondence. , 1888-1889, 1892, 1895, 1902-1909, 1914, 1919-1923
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31 Assessor: Letterpress copies of correspondence and tax notices. , June 1892-August 1894, June 1897
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32 Assessor: Tax list and other records. , 1879-1880
Contains a record of sale of horses and mules by the sheriff, April 9, 1880
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33 Assessor: Block book. , 1900-1907
Includes documentation of Buell's Addition, South Side University Addition, Sunny Side Addition, Buena Vista Addition, Canfield Tract, Manlove Addition.
Series III: Justice Court, 1867-1897
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34 Justice Court: Commitments. , 1867-1880
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351-2 Justice Court: Discharges. , 1869-1881
353 Justice Court: Executions. , 1870, 1874-1875, 1877, 1881
354 Justice Court: Inquisitions. , 1867, 1877
355 Justice Court: Judgements. , 1869, 1876
356 Justice Court: Reports of cases tried. , 1875-1876, 1879
357 Justice Court: Reports of fines. , 1871, 1894-1897
358 Justice Court: Summons. , 1867, 1873-1874, 1876-1877
359 Justice Court: Undertakings. , 1869, 1874
3510 Justice Court: Warrants for arrest. , 1867-1874, 1878-1879
3511 Justice Court: Writs of Attachments. , 1873-1874, 1877, 1881
3512 Justice Court: Miscellaneous.
Series IV: District Court, 1864-1903
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361-3 District Court: Miscellaneous documents. , 1867, 1869-1877, 1879-1880, 1891, 1893, 1896-1897, 1900
364 District Court: Case of Santiago Ainsa, administrator of estate of Frank Ely (deceased) vs. New Mexico and Arizona Railroad Company (transcript). , 1892
365 District Court: Case of Frank Dobszinsky vs. H. E. Jenkins and H. D. Jenkins (transcript). , 1890
366 District Court: Case of John L. Stevens vs. Morgan R. Wise (transcript). , 1899
367 District Court: Case of City of Tucson vs. Lizzie Woods, et al. Regarding removal of the "wedge" on Congress Street. (Order appointing a commission, and assessment roll). , 1903
368 District Court: Case of United States of America vs. Colin Cameron. Regarding fencing of public lands (transcript). , 1887
369 District Court: Case of C. M. Williams vs. San Pedro Cattle Company (transcript). , 1894
Series V: Miscellaneous (part 1), 1866-1904
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371 Abstracts of titles to various mines including Dragoon, Tom Scott, Defiance, Bell and Challenge. , March 10, 1880
372-4 Agreements and Bonds. , 1871-1878, 1880-1882, 1887-1889, 1892, 1895, 1897, 1903
Note: A more detailed inventory of agreements and bonds is available at the repository.
375 Assessor: Personal property tax collected. , April-May 1887
376 Invoices from Pima County to the U. S. Government for rent of a room in the county Court House, for use during federal court proceedings. , 1872-1876
377 Bonds relating to court actions. , 1870-1877
Includes:
Bond in suit of Thomas Harmon against Mortimer R. Platt, 1870
Bond of indemnity to William S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of Barnett and Block against Zubiate and Company, 1873
Bond of indemnity to Will S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of Wormser and Wertheimer against Zubriate and Company, 1873
Bond of indemnity to William S. Oury, Sheriff, in suit of Woffenden against Goldbert and Company, 1873
Redelivery bond in suit of Joseph Neugass against A. Brichta, 1877
378 Calabasas, Tucson, and Northwestern Railroad Company: Miscellaneous documents. , 1885-1886, 1892
Includes names of incorporators, notice of election to vote about granting county aid and various petitions to issue bonds, secure county aid, extend completion time of the railroad.
379 Census of Pima County. , 1867
3710 Certificates of nomination. , 1902, 1904
3711 Coroner: Miscellaneous documents. , 1867, 1869, 1875
3712 County Hospital: Report of patients under treatment and remaining in the hospital. , October-December 1899
3713 Deeds. , 1876-1884
Includes:
Sheriff's deeds under execution, relating to various land grants
Quitclaim deed from Pima County to Manuel Gandora: Calabasas and Tumacacori Land Grant
Deed, bargain and sale from Alfred Green to Mary Harrison for property in La Noria
3714 Delinquent Taxes. , 1867-1900
Includes receipts and reports by the Sheriff, Treasurer, District Attorney and Tax Collector.
3715 Goldschmidt, Leo: Various papers transferring certain notes and other evidence of indebtedness to Albert Steinfeld. , 1889
3716 Governor: Election proclamations. , 1878-1904
October 5, 1878: John C. Fremont, accompanied by a letter
September 25, 1902: Alexander O. Brodie
October 28, 1903: Alexander O. Brodie (5 copies)
September 15 and October 31, 1904: Alexander O. Brodie
3717 Governor: Extradition orders. , 1876
3718 Governor: Pardons. , 1871-1874, 1876, 1879-1880
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381 Jailor (Tucson and Nogales): Reports. , 1875, 1881, 1887-1890
Includes regular reports, record of U. S. prisoners in the Pima County Jail and testimony regarding the escape of prisoners on January 1, 1875.
382 Jury Lists. , 1872, 1874-1878, 1880
383 Mining claims: Notices of location. , 1874-1875, 1877-1878
384 Parsons, Mary E. (school teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts): Letter to Governor A. P. K. Safford. , June 23, 1873
385 Probate Court: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1864, 1867, 1872, 1874, 1877-1881, 1884
386 Recorder: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1870-1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, 1886, 1903
387 Recorder's Court: Miscellaneous papers and documents. , 1873-1874
388 Road Overseers: Miscellaneous financial records. , 1871-1888
389 Sheriff (and/or Assessor): Miscellaneous financial records. , 1868-1887
3810 Sheriff: Receipts. , 1868-1869, 1871, 1887, 1897
3811 Sheriff: Miscellaneous documents. , 1866, 1873-1879, 1881, 1887, 1895
3812 Sheriff: Monthly report of property taxes collected. , September-November 1871
3813 Sheriff: Monthly reports of License taxes collected. , 1864-1892
3814 Statement under oath of ore extracted from mines. , 1880
3815 Supreme Court Chief Justice: Miscellaneous documents. , 1874, 1894
3816 Tax Collector: Certificate of sale for real estate. , March-April 1899
3817 Tax Collector: Monthly report. , 1897
3818 Territorial Prison Superintendent: Receipts for prisoners. , 1875-1876
3819 Territorial Treasurer: Receipts and accounts regarding county funds due the Territorial treasury. , 1865, 1868-1871, 1876-1877, 1896, 1900-1901
3820 Treasurer: Reports to the Superintendent of Schools regarding school funds. , 1889-1893
3821 Treasurer: Miscellaneous documents. , 1874-1875, 1890
3822 U. S. Commissioner: Document regarding a case of mail robbery. , 1878
Series VI: School District, 1867-1905
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391 Schools: Financial records. , 1867, 1871-1876
392 Schools: Joint County Institutes, attendance of teachers. , 1894, 1897
393 Schools: Miscellaneous school documents. , 1872-1873, 1875, 1887-1891, 1893-1895, 1898-1899
394 Schools: Correspondence from Osburn, William J. (Superintendent of Schools). , 1873-1874
395 Schools: Apportionments of school funds. , 1890-1893, 1897-1898
396 Schools: Superintendent of Schools report to Territorial Board of Examiners. , 1887-1888, 1892-1894, 1896-1898
397 Schools: Superintendent of Schools annual report to the Governor. , 1873-1874
398 Schools: Superintendent of Schools quarterly report to the Board of Supervisors of warrants drawn upon the School Fund. , 1887-1888
399 Schools: Teacher's annual report of the public school. , 1893-1894, 1896-1897, 1898-1899, 1899-1900
3910 Schools: Tucson School District notice of special election regarding tax to be levied to build a public school house; also a poll list and tally list. , June 21, 1873
3911 Schools: Trustees' reports , 1874, 1895-1896
3912 Schools: Warrants for supplies. , 1892
3913 Schools: Warrants for salaries, services, etc. , 1873-1880, 1883, 1887, 1895, 1897-1901, 1904-1905
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401 Abstract of census returns of children in Pima County. , 1873-1876
402 School Census Marshall: Report. , 1873-1904
1873: District No. 2, Sanford
1873: District No. 3, Florence
1873: District No. 4, San Pedro
1874: District No. 2, Sanford
1874: District No. 3, Florence
1874: District No. 4, San Pedro
1886-1887: District No. 1, Tucson
1895-1896: District No. 6, Kenilworth
?: District No. 37, Oro
1899-1900: District No. 29, Sahuarito
1900-1901: District No. 1, Tucson
1902-1903: District No. 1, Tucson
1903-1904: District No. 1, Tucson
403 County Superintendent of Schools: Report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding the annual school census. , 1892-1893, 1893-1894, 1895-1896, 1897-1898
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41 Superintendent of Schools: Day Book of School Funds and Probate Court Docket. , 1886-1887, 1883-1885
Record of receipts and disbursements for each district.
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42 Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the Board of Examiners of Pima County. , 1889-1894
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43 Superintendent of Schools: Minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 15. , 1884-1886
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44 Superintendent of Schools: Record of Trustees in each school district. , 1891-1896
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45 Superintendent of Schools: Quarterly financial report. , July-September 1897
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46 Schools: Teachers' monthly reports from various districts. , 1873-1875, 1891-1892, 1894-1896
Series VII: Miscellaneous (part 2), 1864-1884
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47 Ore Shipments from Tucson. , 1876-1877
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48 Recorder: Abstracts of unsatisfied mortgages. , 1864-1876
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49 Tucson Gulf of California Railroad: Miscellaneous documents. , 1882-1884
Series VIII: Tax Collector, 1871-1875
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501-4 Tax Collector: License tax stubs. , 1871, 1873-1875
505-6 Tax Collector: Poll tax stubs. , 1871-1872
507 Tax Collector: Property tax stubs. , 1871
508 Tax Collector: Road tax. , 1871
Series IX: Treasurer, 1865-1896
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51 Treasurer: Receipts. , 1865, 1868-1881, 1887, 1896
Issued by the Treasurer for:
License and poll taxes collected by the Sheriff
Fines and delinquent taxes issued by the Distract Attorney and Justice of the Peace
Rent collected by the Sheriff and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Tax roll issued by the Recorder
Monies for School and General Funds directed by the Board of Supervisors
Various other receipts dealing with county funds
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521 Treasurer: Annual Report. , 1873, 1876
522 Treasurer: Monthly report of receipts and disbursements. , 1890, 1896
523 Treasurer: Quarterly report of receipts and disbursements. , 1867-1887
Includes reports from:
1867
1869-1871
January-March 1872
1873-1876
January-June 1877
April-September 1878
1879-1880
July-September 1883
Fragment for January-February 1887
524 Treasurer: Monthly statement of monies received. , 1866-1872
Includes statements from:
January-April 1866
January-November 1867
January-December 1869
January-December 1870
January-February, April, June-July 1871
April 1872
525 Treasurer: Quarterly statement of receipts into the treasury. , 1871-1876
Includes statements from:
1871
1873
January-June 1874
1875
1876
Also July-September, no year given
Series X: Election Returns, 1864-1902
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53 Election returns including poll lists, tally lists, certificates of registration and other related material. , 1864, 1870, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1890, 1902