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Postmasters of Iowa City, from records at Washington, D. C .: Na- poleon, Johnson county, Iowa: John Gilbert, March 2, 1839; S. H. McCrory, April 18, 1839. Name changed to Iowa City, Chauncey Swan, November 14, 1839; J. M. Hawkins, September 2, 1841; S. C. Trowbridge, August 30, 1842; J. P. Bradshaw, April 27, 1847; Anson
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Hart, August 13, 1851; George Paul, April 6, 1853; William Vogt, May 10, 1854; A. B. Stillwell, June 4, 1858; Samuel Workman, April 6, 1859; J. E. Fales, August 31, 1860; J. R. Hartsock, April 30, 1861; George W. Clark, August 22, 1866; E. W. Lucas, May 1, 1867; James R. Hartsock, April 21, 1869; N. H. Brainerd, May 17, 1871; Benjamin Owen, July 24, 1876; Jacob Ricord, June 14, 1880; George Paul, No- vember 27, 1886; J. H. Whetstone, January 27, 1891; Frank Tanner, August 16, 1894; Henry D. Overholt, July 19, 1898; Emory Westcott, January 31, 1907; H. G. Walker, 1911.
For forty-two years the postoffice in Iowa City was maintained in the same building, on the corner of Iowa avenue and Clinton street, and forty of these years were consecutive. The present office was opened January 1, 1905.
Other postoffices in the county that have for the most part been abandoned, are: Amish, Belle Air, Bon Accord, Cosgrove, Coralville, Chase, Curtis, Danforth, Frank Pierce, Ferndale, Greencastle, Gregg, Hills, Ives, Lone Tree, Morse, Morfordsville, Newport, North Liberty, Oasis, Oak Grove, Oxford, Poplar, Palestine, River Junction, Shoo Fly, Shueyville, Solon, Swisher, Sharon Center, South Liberty, Tiffin, Unity, Windham, Williamstown.
216 Laws of Iowa, 1850, p. 95.
217 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 258, 266.
218 Minutes of the Board of Supervisors, Book III, pp. 232, 233. The city council was ordered to appear before the federal court at Des Moines, and for the expenses of the trip in 1869 they appropriated $600 from the city treasury. - Journal of the City Council, Book II, p. 490.
A report was made to the Board of Supervisors in 1874, which stated that the amount paid on bonds since January 1, 1873, amounted to $33,514, leaving still unpaid twelve Lyons bonds of $1,000 each in the hands of C. Whitaker, and one in the hands of Allen Ring, of Buffalo, New York, on which the interest had not been paid for five years, and two others supposed to be lost. One M. & M. bond was outlawed in 1873. By an act of the assembly of the state in 1872 incorporated cities might issue new bonds, and make any arrangement to their advantage to reduce the interest. Iowa City took advantage of this act and in 1872 the indebtedness as to the railroad bonds was estimated at $102,- 000, $36,000 of which became due in 1876.
219 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 270, 286. The right of way of the Lyons Iowa Central railroad was granted through the public lands by an act of the assembly, approved February 4, 1851. See Laws of Iowa, 1851, p. 95.
220 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 290, 298, 312.
221 Center Market was granted to the Davenport and Iowa City rail- road for depot use by an act of the assembly, approved January 4, 1851. See Laws of Iowa, 1851, p. 19. The first suggestion of a railroad meet- ing in the vicinity of Johnson county was reported from Marion in 1847, in considering the Dubuque and Keokuk line.
222 A cartoon of the time by George Yewell setting forth the rivalry of Muscatine and Iowa City is preserved in the rooms of The State Historical Society.
228 H. W. Lathrop, in Iowa City Daily Press, March 13, 1901.
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224 Journal of the City Council, Book 1, pp. 15, 22.
225 Journal of the City Council, proceedings for January 14, 1856. The first volume of the Records of the City Council is not paged to the end of the book.
226 Journal of the City Council, proceedings for March 23, 1856; also for April 12, 1858.
227 F. M. Irish, in Annals of Iowa, Vol. VI, p. 314.
228 Iowa City Republican, September 5, 1860. It was not until the fall of 1859 that the extension of the Rock Island was begun when car- penters were put to work on the bridge across Ralston creek.
229 Iowa City Republican, May 23, 1860.
230 The stockholders in the M. & M. railroad were notified through the local press in 1856 that all stock on which twenty-five per cent had been paid would be forfeited unless paid in full within sixty days, and legal proceedings would be instituted against those who had not paid the first installments. Cook, Sargent and Downey were the city bank- ers who acted as the official collectors for the M. & M. In the case of Hamilton P. Dox vs. Johnson County, a writ of mandamus was issued by the district court whereby a "two mill" levy was made to apply on the bonds of the Lyons Iowa Central.
281 Iowa City Republican, February 14 and 21, 1866. In January, 1866, the board of supervisors appropriated $1,200 to assist in survey- ing the Cedar Rapids and Saint Louis Railroad. At the June session following the amount was transferred to the I. N. C. Railroad, on pe- tition of H. D. Downey, the president of the company, and the sum was increased to $2,500. The vote on the latter resolution was ten for to nine against. - Minutes of the Supervisors, Book I, p. 46.
The I. N. C. railroad as surveyed entered the corporate limits of Iowa City at outlot nineteen, crossed Dubuque street at Brown, and then followed the river until opposite Dillon's Island, where it turned down Madison street to Harrison, crossing the Rock Island probably at South Capitol street. See, also, Journal of the City Council, Book II, pp. 437, 449.
282 Iowa City Republican, February 14, 1869.
238 Washington County Press, April, 1869.
284 Iowa City Press, May 11, 1870.
235 Iowa City Press, September 14, 1870.
236 Iowa City Press, February 7, 1872; also Clinton Age, March, 1872.
The Iowa City directors of the Western Union railroad were, in 1856, James H. Gower, J. Clark, L. Byington, G. W. McCleary, J. Bor- land, and S. J. Kirkwood. This line crossed the Mississippi at Le Claire. - Iowa City Republican, October 11, 1856.
Iowa City Press, May 29, 1891.
238 Iowa City Daily Republican, March 15, 1893; June 17, 1893.
239 Iowa City Citizen, August 10, 1904; November 17, 1910.
24º By the "Ordinance of 1785," it was provided that "lot No. 16 in every township" should be reserved for the maintenance of the public schools within the said township. This land was held in reserve until after the admission of Ohio in 1802. It was in 1848, in the act for the organization of Oregon territory, that the thirty-sixth section was also
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reserved for school purposes. See Donaldson, The Public Domain, Ch. 13.
241 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 28.
Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 47.
248 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 242.
Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1846, p. 9.
245 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 264.
246 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 272.
247 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 279, 330, 473, 476.
248 See editorials in The Iowa City Standard during the session of the territorial legislature, 1843.
249 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1840, p. 101; Laws of the Terri- tory of Iowa, 1841, p. 37.
250 Data from G. R. Irish.
251 Laws of Iowa, 1847, p. 128; Iowa City Standard, May 26, 1847.
252 Iowa City Standard, June 30, 1847.
258 The first public appearance of the Mechanics Mutual Aid Asso- ciation, which was organized six months previously, was on July 3, 1841. They paraded the streets and were assembled at the New State House, where they were addressed by Horace Smith, a local attorney. On this occasion it is stated that "two hundred ladies and gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner on the public square, beneath the shade of the surrounding trees, and after the cloth was removed numerous spirit toasts were drunk appropriate to the event." - Iowa City Stan- dard, July 9, 1841.
254 Located on Washington street, just east of the Whetstone corner. Built by Walter Butler.
255 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1842, p. 4; 1844 p. 79; Iowa City Capital Reporter, June 18, 1842.
256 It is said that many walking sticks were made on the same lathe, from the "bird's eye marble" found in the quarries at the north end of Dubuque street.
257 H. W. Lathrop, Iowa City Daily Republican, March 31, 1897. 258 Journal of the City Council, Book I, pp. 65, 76.
259 Journal of the City Council, Book I, proceedings, April 6, 1857. 260 Journal of the City Council, Book I, proceedings, May 22, 1858.
261 Data from Minutes of the Board of Education, Iowa City, Inde- pendent District, commencing May 6, 1858, unpaged; no record from 1862 to 1867. Also from Prof. W. A. Willis, and Supt. H. E. Black- mar.
262 Record of the Board of Education, Iowa City township, Book I. Commencing 1858.
268 Data from Marie Beuter, Celia Brickner, and Mary Kessler.
264 Data from Elizabeth Worrell.
265 N. Zeller, Annals of Iowa, 1871, p. 424.
266 Data from Mildred Hemphill and Myrtle Conklin.
267 Data from Mary Fuhrmaster.
268 Data from History of Oxford Township, by M. W. Cook. The original manuscript is in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Sampson, in Fairbury, Nebraska.
269 Data from T. O. Thomas.
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270 Data from Erma Beeney and Naomi Bender. Liberty township is said to have had its first school building on "Hog Back" ridge, on the land belonging to Jacob Oberholzer.
271 Data from a sketch in the announcements of the High School.
272 John P. Irish in Iowa City Daily Press, May 18, 1892.
278 Jesse Berry's note book contains a record of his accounts with various pupils.
274 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1842, pp. 75, 76.
275 Iowa City Capital Reporter, November 11, 1843.
276 Iowa City Capital Reporter, July 8, 1843.
277 Iowa City Capital Reporter, March 22, 1845.
278 The Colporteur, Vol. I, No. 1, November, 1844, in the possession of Mr. Milton Remley.
279 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1845, p. 61.
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The Iowa Medley, Vol. I, No. 1, June, 1846, in the possession of Mr. Milton Remley ; Shambaugh's Iowa City, a Contribution to Early Iowa History, p. 82.
281 Laws of Iowa, 1847, p. 188.
282 Iowa City Republican, May 19, 1858. The Iowa City Institute and Johnson County Seminary was established by E. M. Guffin in the fall of 1860, in the "Athanaeum" building.
288 Iowa City Republican, July 4, and 11, 1860. Old South Hall of the University was built in 1861 for dormitory purposes, and was used as such for five years. The plan was abandoned in 1866.
284 Data from G. R. Irish.
285 Annals of Iowa, October, 1867, p. 955.
286 Data from G. R. Irish; also Journal of the City Council, Book I, p. 31; and Historical Sketch of Kosciusko Lodge, I. O. O. F., H. W. Lathrop, p. 11 seq.
287 Journal of the City Council, September 27, 1858; also Book II, p. 311.
College Green was placed in charge of the park commissioners, M. T. Close and A. B. Cree, in 1870. It was once donated in 1848, to the University of Iowa on condition that a building for medical purposes costing one thousand dollars should be erected within two years from January 15, 1848.
268 Data from Miss Louise Mordoff, Professor W. A. Willis, and Pro- fessor Albert Loughridge.
289 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1840, p. 47. "There was no preaching of any kind during the first two years of the settlement."- Henry Felkner.
290 Abstract of Deeds from the Territory of Iowa, p. 19, in office of the county recorder.
291 Iowa City Press, September 1, 1888; also data from M. W. Davis. 292 Compiled by Rev. G. W. Brindell, Dr. S. N. Fellows, and many others.
The grant of the lot to the Methodist church reads: "West one half of church reservation, block sixty seven," to the trustees, Jesse Bowen, Geo. B. Bowman, Anson Hart, Andrew Meacham, Charles Cartright, John A. Miller, and John Horner, Jan. 21, 1843.
August 14, 1844, the Iowa Conference met in Iowa City with Bishop Morris in charge.
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298 Compiled by Rev. Rollo F. Fisher, Tiffin, Iowa.
294 Data from M. Smith.
295 Data from Mr. Lewis Doty and Rev. F. A. Smith.
296 Data from Esther E. Herring and John Justice.
297 Records of the Church Session, June, 1849.
Lot eight in block eighty-six was deeded to the trustees of the First Presbyterian church, Chauncey Swan, M. Hummer, Theodore Sanxay, Diodate Holt, and Robert Hutchinson, February 19, 1844. See Ab- stract of Original Deeds from the Territory of Iowa, p. 25, in the office of the county recorder.
298 Records of the Church Session, Book III, p. 35.
299 Iowa City Daily Press, June 21, 1877.
800 Nahum, Chapter I, 3.
801 This mortgage is satisfied on the margin of page 304, by the signa- ture of M. Hummer, Record of Deeds, Book VI. R. P. Lowe acted as agent for M. Hummer, in the year 1848.
802 Data from G. R. Irish.
308 J. P. Schell, Erie, N. D. The artist here referred to is George Yewell, who has a number of portraits in The State Historical Depart- ment at Des Moines, among them those of John Chambers, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Horace Boies, John F. Dillon, T. S. Parvin, and Hiram Price. 304 From letter among the church records.
805 Note book among the records of the church.
806 Data, Ida Grillet Slemmons, in Iowa City Republican, August 28, 1908.
807 Rev. Harrison Scott Condit.
308 Mr. Louis Mueller and Daily Republican, June 13, 1878; August 28, 1908. It was on January 21, 1843, that the east one-half of the church reservation in block sixty-seven was granted to the Catholic church through its Bishop Matthias Louis.
309 Rev. A. B. Leamer.
810 Portions of an article by Mrs. Ruth Irish Preston, in Old and New. The Universalist church was granted the west half of the church reser- vation in block sixty-six through its trustees, Manning Hall, Joseph H. Fisher, Franklin Kimball, H. H. Winchester, and C. C. Sangster, January 8, 1844.
311 Diary in the possession of Mrs. Conrad Kuhl, Tipton, Iowa.
312 Iowa City Daily Press, January 8, 1877, and Professor A. N. Currier, 1908. The Articles of Association of the Baptist church of Iowa were adopted and ordered signed at a church meeting held on July 6, 1847. Those whose names appear on the original article are as follows: Dexter P. Smith, Hiram Brown, G. Hartsock, James D. W. Marsh, Joseph T. Fales, G. S. Hampton, W. B. Morey, Hannah B. Smith, Ann F. Hampton, Sarah C. Morey, William Cook, Sarah Ann Cook, Hannah Brown, I. N. Sanders, and Lucinda Sanders.
318 Rev. C. P. Leach, and Professor H. G. Plum.
314 Rev. S. N. Watson, rector Trinity church, 1893.
315 Records of the Congregational Church, Book I, pp. 1, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 25.
316 Records of the Congregatonal Church, Book II, p. 9 seq.
317 Data from O. R. Williams and T. O. Thomas.
318 John L. Rendall in Iowa City Daily Republican, August 28, 1908.
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819 Data from Rev. J. F. Hawk, Lone Tree, Iowa.
320 Data from Mrs. Cora Michel.
821 Mrs. S. A. Swisher has furnished the notes.
322 Data from the manuscript of Mr. S. D. Guengerich, Wellman, Iowa, 1894.
328 Records of the County Commissioners of Cedar County, Book I. See Topical History of Cedar County, 1910, pp. 59, 60.
"July 13, 1839. Resolved [by the commissioners of Cedar county] that the clerk be directed to write the commissioners of Johnson county, requesting them to make some arrangements in regard to tax that was laid by the Board upon their county in 1838, and make their communi- cation to the clerk of this board immediately."
324 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, first pages attached. 325 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 16, 20, 22, 23, 53, 54, 64, 73, 75, 100, 206, 210.
326 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 50, 114, 179, 242, 292, 351, 413, 477.
327 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 36.
328 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1840, p. 65.
829 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 183 seq., 304, 314, 349, 351, 381, 452.
Financial report for 1849: Expenditures
For scalps
$ 2.25
Criminal expenses
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146.90
Elections
172.65
Sheriff's fees .
245.11
School fund Commissioner .
47.94
Wood for county
28.00
Repairs to stoves, court house and jail
52.74
Stationery for officers
23.38
Fees, Clerk of Commissioners and Court
211.84
Paupers
185.98
Pay of Commissioners
176.16
Prosecuting Attorney
260.00
Mormon War .
419.00
Treasurer's per cent .
123.35
Jurors
455.08
Assessors
125.00
Tax wrong paid
1.70
Roads, July
6.25
Printing
107.20
Bridges
329.10
Bailiffs
29.97
Abstract of lands
3.50
330 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 419, 433, 445, 448, 468.
831 Records of the County Judge, Book III, pp. 155, 282; also Laws of Iowa, 1853, p. 122.
382 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 381.
838 Sketches of Johnson County History, Cyrus Sanders and Henry Felkner.
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"To the Editor of The Capital Reporter :
"Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 23, 1842.
"On the 20th of February and the 6th of March next, a public sale will take place at this office for the whole of Johnson and Linn counties, even to the reserved sections around Iowa City."
Comment: "This news will have an important bearing upon the future of our young and flourishing city."
In July, 1842, the Johnson County Claim Association declared that "they would not associate with, nor countenance those who would not respect the claims of others;" and further, they would "neither neigh- bor, grind, saw, trade, barter, or deal with them in any way whatever, in short we hold them as enemies of justice and good order, and no better than highway robbers."
Similar action was taken by citizens of North Bend, March 11, 1843. 884 Shambaugh's Documentary History of Iowa, from United States Statutes at Large, V, p. 330. See also Shambaugh's Constitution and Records of the Johnson County Claim Association.
By the Laws of the United States sections of land contiguous to lands set apart for the capital of the territory were reserved unless they had been previously made subject to sale, or being subject had not been sold, until further orders from Congress. - From Act approved March 3, 1839.
885 Data from G. R. Irish and Joseph Albin.
August 14, 1846, the president issued a proclamation locating a land office at Iowa City, and Enos Lowe of Des Moines county was appointed receiver and Charles Neally of Muscatine the register. This district included the counties of Benton, Poweshiek, Tama, Mahaska, Marion, and Jasper, as well as Johnson.
886 The lot referred to in this business deal lies on Madison street, between Court and Burlington, and it was assessed in 1910, at $2500.
887 Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, by D. D. Owen, 1852, pp. 85, 89.
888 Iowa Geological Survey, James Hall, 1855; also Vol. I, p. 188, C. A. White, 1870.
389 Iowa Geological Survey, Vol. VII, p. 37 et seq., Professor Samuel Calvin.
Data from G. R. Irish.
841 Iowa City Capital Reporter, April 22, 1843; August 12, 1843; Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1844, p. 124.
842 Laws of the Territory of Iowa, 1840, p. 7; also data from G. R. Irish.
848 Iowa City Republican, November 2, 1859.
844 Iowa City Press, July 25, 1883.
345 Iowa City Press, August 1, 1883.
346 Iowa City Press, June 25, 1884. The population of the county in 1838 was 327. - Newhall's Sketches, 1841.
947 Iowa City Press, September 1, 1886.
348 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, pp. 75, 76, 77, 100.
849 Newhall's Sketches, 1841.
350 Laws of Iowa, 1855, p. 53.
851 Data from G. R. Irish. The Penn Township Farmers' Club was
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an active organization in 1859. A township fair was proposed for the fall of that year.
852 Iowa City Press, May 18, 1881.
858 Iowa City Republican, September 19, 1866; January 16, 1867. The news of the death of Abraham Lincoln was first obtained from the employes of the railroad, and then a special courier was sent to learn the later news.
35+ Iowa City Daily Press, April 29, 1891.
855 From a hand bill of 1866, by "Wilde and Bro., Third Ward Store."
356 Iowa City Republican, February 8, 1860.
857 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, p. 399.
858 Iowa City Republican, July 15, 1863; January 27, 1864; also data from G. R. Irish.
The banking house of Cook, Sargent and Downey closed its doors in December, 1859, and the announcement was made that it had "tempo- rarily suspended." Culbertson and Reno also suspended payment in August, 1861.
359 Data from Iowa City Daily Republican, August 28, 1908, and the statements of banks.
In 1868, "Anna Parker, a widow of Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts," sold to the Iowa City National Bank all her interest in the banking property formerly established for this purpose in 1857, by Cook, Sargent and Downey. This banking house at this date is being razed for the purpose of erecting a new structure on the site.
860 Data from L. Karstens.
361 Data from P. R. Ford.
362 Data from H. C. Buell.
868 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book I, p. 29.
364 Minutes of the County Supervisors, Book II, pp. 31, 39, 40.
865 Iowa City Republican, July 11, 1866.
866 Iowa City Republican, April 7, 1869; July 14, 1869.
"We, the undersigned attorneys representing all judgment credi- tors vs. Iowa City, upon judgments recovered in the Federal Courts upon Railroad Bonds upon which we have peremptory writs of manda- mus, or are entitled to the same, do hereby agree with said city council that if they will make a levy and cause to be collected according to law, of one per cent upon all the assessable property of said city this year, and the same each year hereafter until their judgments are satis- fied, to apply pro rata upon said judgments it will be a satisfactory levy. "EDMONDS & RANSOM, for their clients,
"GRANT & SMITH, for their clients,
"FAIRALL & BOAL, for their clients.
"Iowa City, August 24, 1869."
867 Iowa City Weekly Press, May 25, 1870.
868 Iowa City Daily Republican, October 27, 1878.
369 Iowa City Weekly Press, May 23, 1883.
370 Iowa City Weekly Press, May 8, 1872.
371 Data from G. R. Irish.
372 Data from The Zimmerman Steel Company.
378 From the diary of T. S. Parvin, Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids.
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874 Sketches of Johnson County History, by Cyrus Sanders and Hen- ry Felkner; data also from G. R. Irish.
375 Records of the Clerk of the Courts, Old Book I, 14 seq.
876 Records of the County Commissioners, Book II, loose leaves.
"Johnson County Dr. to James Lee
To one cord of hickory wood for the November term of the District Court of said county $ 2.00 "Nov., 1840."
"County Commissioners To Jesse Berry Dr.
To 6 days House Rent at $3 $18.00
" 8 days Guarding Prisoner (Conlogue) 12.00
" 8 days Guarding Prisoner (Conlogue) 12.00
$31.71
"Iowa City, July 6, 1840."
878 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 35.
"Territory of Iowa
"Johnson County - Personally appeared before me H. W. Gray of Linn County and took and subscribed the following oath to-wit: You do solemnly swear in the presence of all mighty God, the searcher of all hearts that you will well and truly and faithfully discharge, and perform all the duties of sheriff of the county of Linn and territory aforesaid and faithfully demean yourself in office without fear, favor or affection or oppression according to law and the best of your abil- ities, so help you God. "H. W. GRAY.
"Subscribed and sworn before me this twenty-third day of July, A. D. 1839.
"LUKE DOUGLASS, C. D. C." - Record of Marriages, Book I, p. 3. 879 Topical History of Cedar County, Iowa, p. 310.
880 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, p. 103.
881 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 53, 129, 143, 144.
882 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 102, 104, 132, 141.
383 Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, pp. 206, 213; Book II, pp. 23, 46.
38+ Records of the County Commissioners, Book I, 184 et seq .; Book II, pp. 28, 35, 49, 74, 113, 132.
385 Records of the County Judge, Book III, p. 583.
386 Iowa City Republican, February 9, 1898; Iowa City Daily Press, June 12, 1901; Iowa City Citizen, June 8, 1901.
387 Iowa City Republican, August 18, 1858, et seq .; also data from G. R. Irish; Supreme Court Reports, Vol. VIII, p. 477.
388 Iowa City Republican, August 18, 25, and September 1, 8, 15,
1858. The verbatim testimony may be found in these papers.
889 Iowa City Press, July 23, 1884.
390 Mr. M. W. Davis and other members of this organization have in their possession the uniforms used on this occasion.
Muscatine Journal, May 27, 1861.
892 Iowa City Press, July 29, 1861.
893 Iowa City Press, August 21, 28, 1861.
394 Iowa City Republican, July 22, 1863.
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895 Iowa City Press, History of the Regiment, September 22, 1886. For roster of the 22nd, see Vol. III, Roster of Iowa Soldiers.
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