Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Scope and Content
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
Thomas McReynolds papers
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Thomas McReynolds papers
- Dates
- 1831-1873
- Creator
- McReynolds, Thomas
- Creator
- Helm, J. B.
- Creator
- McReynolds, B., d. 1845. 1835 Aug 24.
- Size
- 14 items (25 p.)
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
Unknown, M1984.0151, At CHS since 1950s, at least.
Scope and Content
Correspondence of McReynolds, a resident of Macoupin County (Ill.); bill of sale (1832) to McReynolds for an enslaved girl from Kentucky; and a list of trustees of a Macoupin County school (1839). McReynolds describes Illinois and the Black Hawk War in an 1831 letter. Letters from his native Kentucky contain his father's description of a cholera epidemic (1835) and his brother's and cousin's discussion of his father's death and the division of property, including seventeen enslaved people listed by names, ages, and appraised value.