Letters, 1895-1921.

33 items (65 p.) in 1 box.

English

Accompanied by 16 letters, bills, and receipts to John E. Johnston for his grandson, John E. Edward's tuition, room, board, and expenses while attending Gem City Business College; a copy of the 1902 bill to ratify an agreement with the Crow Indians for the sale of part of their reservation; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings mostly concerning John Edwards's political career.

John E. Edwards moved from Warsaw, Illinois to Montana where he worked as a cattle ranch manager, a ranch supplier, a Crow Indian agent, a bank president, and a state senator.

Letters to his parents and sister concern his work, family, and financial matters. Accompanied by 2 ALS from his wife, Julia, to his mother, a letter from an unidentified author to Edwards' mother, and a TLS to Edwards from S. V. Stewart.

June 01, 2002

John Edward Edwards Letters. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

John Edward Edwards Letters. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.