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George D. Hill papers, 1843-1876

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Summary

Creator:
Hill, George D.
Abstract:
Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman and surveyor general of the Dakota Territory; correspondence and business papers.
Extent:
2 linear feet
1 oversize volume
Language:
English
Call Number:
851578 Aa 2; AC
Authors:
Finding aid created by Mary Jo. Pugh, 1969

Background

Scope and Content:

The George D. Hill papers consists of correspondence and financial papers relating to his Ann Arbor business interests and to his service as surveyor general of the Dakota Territory in the 1860s. Some of the additional topics covered in the collection include the Free Homestead Association of Central New York, lumbering activities (1854-1857), the Michigan militia (1858-1861), the removal of President Henry P. Tappan from University of Michigan, and Hill's role in Republican Party politics (1856-1857). Hill numbered among his correspondents Cyrus Aldrich, Henry J. Alvord, Moses K. Armstrong, Kinsley S. Bingham, Philemon Bliss, W. W. Brookings, Walter A. Burleigh, Zachariah Chandler, Frederick W. Curtenius, Mark W. Delahay, Charles H. Dennison, James M. Edmunds, Newton Edmunds, Alpheus Felch, James S. Foster, Orrin N. Giddings, Bradley F. Granger, William Jayne, Whitney Jones, Francis R. Stebbins, Henry P. Tappan, T. J. Townsend, Jerome M. Treadwell, Seymour B. Treadwell, and Benjamin F. Wade.

Biographical / Historical:

George D. Hill was an Ann Arbor, Michigan businessman active in the period of the 1840s through the 1870s. Early in his administration, President Lincoln selected Hill to serve as surveyor general of the Dakota Territory. He was reappointed in 1865. In this position, Hill opened up the territory to immigration and land speculation. He resigned around 1868 and returned to Ann Arbor. In his later career, George D. Hill was responsible for the building of the George D. Hill Opera House on the corner of Main and Ann Streets. The Opera House opened in 1871.

Acquisition Information:
The collection was the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hicks (donor no. 2288 ) and came to the library in 1968.
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No further additions to the papers are expected.

Rules or Conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Subjects

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Subjects:
Business records.
Land use -- Dakota Territory.
Lumbering -- United States.
Temperance -- Michigan.
Logging -- United States.
Names:
Free Homestead Association of Central New York.
New England Society (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Republican Party (Mich.)
Michigan. Militia (1838-1862). University Guards.
Washtenaw County Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
Hill, George D., 1820-1881.
Aldrich, Cyrus, 1808-1871.
Alvord, Henry J.
Armstrong, Moses Kimball, 1832-
Bingham, Kinsley S. (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861.
Bliss, Philemon, 1814-1889.
Brookings, W. W.
Burleigh, Walter Atwood, 1820-1896.
Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879.
Curtenius, Frederick W., 1806-1883.
Delahay, Mark W.
Dennison, Charles H.
Edmunds, J. M. (James Madison), 1810-1879.
Edmunds, Newton.
Felch, Alpheus, 1804-1896.
Foster, James S., 1828-1890.
Giddings, Orrin N., 1814-1904.
Granger, Bradley Francis, 1825-1882.
Jayne, William.
Jones, Whitney, 1812-1892.
Stebbins, Francis Ranna, 1819-1892.
Tappan, Henry Philip, 1805-1881.
Townsend, T. J., -1862.
Treadwell, Jerome M., 1823-1863.
Treadwell, Seymour Boughton, 1795-1867.
Wade, Benjamin Franklin, 1800-1878.
Places:
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
Dakota Territory.
Michigan -- Militia.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1845-1860.
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
Washtenaw County (Mich.)
Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950.

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Collection

George D. Hill papers, 1843-1876
Call Number 851578 Aa 2; AC
Total components 9
Last indexed 2023-12-08