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[Identification of item], in the Thaddeus Banks Papers, #43, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

prior to 1940

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• Banks family.
• Banks, Delia Jones Reynolds, fl. 1839-1864.
• Banks, Thaddeus, 1815-1879.
• Cecil County (Md.)--History.
• Cherokee Indians--Government relations.
• Creswell Reynolds & Company.
• Fox Indians--Government relations.
• Hollidaysburg (Pa.)--History.
• Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.
• Lawyers--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
• Mammoth Cave (Ky.)--Description and travel.
• Quakers--Maryland--History--19th century.
• Reynolds family.
• Reynolds, John C.
• Reynolds, Reuben.
• Sauk Indians--Government relations.
• Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.
• United States. Office of Indian Affairs.

Thaddeus Banks (1815-1879) was a lawyer of Hollidaysburg, Pa.

The collection includes chiefly correspondence and business papers of Banks, consisting mostly of letters, 1839-1841, from Banks to his fiancee, Delia Jane Reynolds, and scattered letters to her, 1842-1864, after their marriage. Also included are letters of the Banks family of Pennsylvania; the Reynolds family, Quakers, of Cecil County, Md.; and John C. Reynolds, who was with the United States Office of Indian Affairs. Letters of J.C. Reynolds concern fighting in the Second Seminole War and dealings with the Cherokee, Sac, and Fox Indians, and include a letter describing a trip, 1840, through Mammoth Cave. An 1807-1817 receipt book shows amounts paid for various expenses by Creswell Reynolds & Company, Reuben Reynolds, and others.