Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding Aid for Solomon Sibley papers, 1750-1918.
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Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Sibley, Solomon,1769-1846.
- Title
- Solomon Sibley papers
- ID
- 02399
- Date
- 1750-1918.
- Extent
- 38.0 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (74 boxes, 8 volumes, 16 large manuscripts, 1 microfilm reel)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Papers contain legal cases, family items, docket books, cash book, accounts of Pontiac Mill Company, Pontiac, Michigan, and Robinson and Martin of Albany, New York. Also included are papers of the James Henry estate; daybook of Detroit Reading Club; and journal of transactions and correspondence as delegate to Congress.
Biographical/Historical note
Solomon Sibley was born in Sutton Massachusetts on October 7, 1769. He studied law and began his practice in Marietta, Ohio in 1795. He moved to Cincinnati a year later, and came to Detroit in 1797. Sibley was elected to the first legislature of the Northwest Territory in 1797. He became a delegate to Congress from the Territory of Michigan, 1920-1823 and served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Michigan until 1836. Solomon Sibley died in Detroit on April 4, 1846.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Jan 27, 2010
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Solomon Sibley papers,, 1750-1918. (OCLC records)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/279039210]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Detroit Reading Club.
- Pontiac Mill Company (Mich.)
- Robinson and Martin (New York, N.Y.)
- United States. -- Congress -- Correspondence.
Family Name(s)
- Sibley, Solomon, -- 1769-1846 -- Archives.
Genre(s)
- Correspondence -- aat
- Financial records -- aat
Subject(s)
- Corporations -- Finance.
- Judges -- Michigan -- Correspondence.
- Legislators -- Northwest, Old -- Correspondence.
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
Collection Inventory
Boxes |
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Correspondence |
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BOX 1-3: Correspondence, Not Dated |
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BOX 4: 1750-1786 |
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BOX 5: 1787-1796, Ohio Company |
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BOX 6: 1797 January-July |
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BOX 7: -- August-December |
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BOX 8: 1798 January-June |
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BOX 9: -- July-December |
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BOX 10: 1799 January-July |
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BOX 11: -- August-December |
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BOX 12: 1800 January — August 19 |
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BOX 13: -- August 20 — December |
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BOX 14: 1801 January-July |
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BOX 15: -- August-December |
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BOX 16: 1802 January-June |
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BOX 17: -- July-December |
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BOX 18: 1803 January-June |
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BOX 19: -- July-December |
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BOX 20: 1804 January-July |
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BOX 21: -- August-December |
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BOX 22: 1805 January-July |
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BOX 23: -- August-December |
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BOX 24: 1806 January-July |
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BOX 25: -- August-December |
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BOX 26: 1807 January-June |
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BOX 27: -- July-December |
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BOX 28: 1808 January-July |
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BOX 29: -- August-December |
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BOX 30: 1809 January-June |
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BOX 31: -- July-December |
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BOX 32: 1810 January-June |
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BOX 33: -- July-December |
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BOX 34: 1811 January-May |
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BOX 35: -- June-December |
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BOX 36: 1812 |
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BOX 37: 1813 |
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BOX 38: 1814 |
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BOX 39: 1815 January-June |
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BOX 40: -- July-December |
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BOX 41: 1816 January-July |
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BOX 42: -- August-December |
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BOX 43: 1817 |
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BOX 44: 1818 |
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BOX 45: 1819 |
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BOX 46: 1820 |
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BOX 47: 1821 January-July |
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BOX 48: -- August-December |
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BOX 49: 1822 January-June |
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BOX 50: -- July-December |
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BOX 51: 1823 |
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BOX 52: 1824 |
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BOX 53: 1825-1826 |
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BOX 54: 1827-1829 |
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BOX 55: 1830-1833 |
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BOX 56: 1843-1839 |
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BOX 57: 1840-1918 |
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BOX 58 |
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D6: Docket Books, 1797-1809 |
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N8: Notebook, 1827-1829 |
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BOX 59 |
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ZD4: Denison Family |
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ZR5: Account & Correspondence, Robison & Martin, 1810-1835 |
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BOX 60: ZH3: James HenrySales Slips, 1795-1799 |
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BOX 61: 1800-1804 |
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BOX 62: 1805-1835 |
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BOX 63: James HenryEstate, 1798-1811 |
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BOX 64: 1812-1844 |
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BOX 65 |
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Z7: Flanagan Papers, 1809-1819 |
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Court Cases (arranged alphabetically) |
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ZP7: Mack & Sibley Papers, 1816-1832 |
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BOX 66: ZR5: Robison & Martin, 1795-1807 |
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BOX 67: 1808-1835 |
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BOX 68: Correspondence, 1790-1816 |
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BOX 69: 1817-1820 |
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BOX 70: 1821-1823 |
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BOX 71: 1834-1827 |
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BOX 72: 1828-1832 |
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BOX 73: 1833-1839 |
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BOX 74: 1840 — n.d. |
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Volumes |
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Typed Transcripts of Letters, 1799-1805 (2 copies) |
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Transcripts, 1780-1831, Volumes 1, 2, 3 |
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C2: Cash Book, 1800-1809 |
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D3: Day Book, 1826-1845 ZP7: Account Book, 1826-1828 |
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LMS: Miscellaneous Papers |
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Folder 1: 1756-1787 |
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Folder 2: 1790-1799 |
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Folder 3: 1798-1799 |
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Folder 4: 1800-1801 |
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Folder 5: 1802-1803 |
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Folder 6: 1804-1805 |
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Folder 7: 1806-1807 |
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Folder 8: 1808-1809 |
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Folder 9: 1810-1816 |
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Folder 10: January 25, 1817 |
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Folder 11: 1817-1819 |
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Folder 12: 1820-1830 |
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Folder 13: Detroit Reading Club, 1825 |
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Folder 14: 1831-1833 |
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Folder 15: 1837-1851 |
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Folder 16: 1818 |
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MICROFILM . -- BHC No. 819N, 1793-1823 |
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