RICHARD M. EAMES:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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	Creator:	Eames, Richard M., creator.
	Title:	Richard M. Eames papers.
	Dates:	1857-1894.
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Correspondence, notebooks, deeds, plats, and miscellany of this Minnesota geologist and miner who operated around Lake Vermilion, along the north shore of Lake Superior, and as a surveyor for the Northern Pacific Railroad in western Minnesota and Dakota Territory. There is information in particular about iron, silver, and gold mining in Minnesota and about cultural activities in Duluth.
	Quantity:	0.5 cubic feet (1 box, including 9 volumes; 17 oversize items).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Richard M. Eames Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 5506

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017320740104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
P2904	Stock certificates, 1866. 11 items.
		Shares of stock issued to Eames in the Minnesota Gold Mining Company and the Minnesota Tripoli Company. Henry H. Sibley was president of the former, and Stephen Miller was president of the latter.


		Articles of agreement, September 13, 1867.
			Between E. W. Anderson, Superior, Wisconsin, and Henry H. and Richard M. Eames, St. Paul, by which Anderson conveys to the Eames brothers part of his interest "held or owned in any joint stock company to be formed for the purpose of developing and extracting the precious metals from a vein of sulphanate of iron in township 53 range 10, Lake County, Minnesota..."


		Lake Superior and It's Metals, 1874.
			Lecture by Richard Eames.


		Brochure: Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1870s.
			Includes letterhead showing Duluth.


		The Aurora, 1874.
			A literary newspaper written and published by Richard Eames, Jr. in Duluth.


		Letter to Eames from Dr. Thomas Foster, March 26, 1871.


		Certificate of appointment: Assistant State Geologist, May 1, 1866.
			Appointment of Richard Eames. Signed by his brother, Henry H. Eames, state geologist.


		Letters of introduction, 1865-1866. 4 items.
			Issued to Eames by Governors Stephen Miller and William R. Marshall.


		Plat map of Duluth Township: Township 50, Range 14, undated.
			Drawn by Eames.


		Duluth Evening Herald, November 10, 1894.
			Contains information on theatrical performances in Duluth.


		Receipts, invoices and miscellaneous, 1870-1878. 56 items.
			Issued to Eames by various firms.


		Pie Island map fragments, [1875].
			See Volume 8.


Location
Missing, November 2014.	Volume 1. Map of Michigan, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, 1857.
		Shows mineral regions.


Location
P2904	Volume 2. Scrapbook, 1862-1871.
		Contains a number of clippings on the reported discoveries of coal in Minnesota; of gold in the Lake Vermilion region; Eames's 1863 exploration of Minnesota; and the formation of the Pioneer Coal Mining Company (1864). Henry M. Rice, Henry H. Sibley, Franklin Steele, Charles Flandrau, and others were interested in this company. The scrapbook also contains clippings of theatrical performances held in Vincennes, Indiana, in which Eames participated (1863-1864); of the performances at the St. Paul Athenaem for the St. Paul Sanitary Fair (1863, 1865); and notices of theatrical performances in Duluth (1871).


		Volume 3. Notebook, 1864.
			Contains notes on the North Shore of Lake Superior and brief entries on Eames's explorations of the North Shore area between Duluth and Beaver Bay.


		Volume 4. Booklet: The Vermilion Lake Mineral Land Company, 1866.
			Contains the articles of association and declaration of trust, and a description of a company formed to explore the Lake Vermilion region for gold and silver.


		Volume 5. Notebook, 1873-1874.
			Contains geological notes on Lake Superior and Dakota Territory. Eames explored the Dakota Territory and much of western Minnesota for the Northern Pacific Railroad.


		Volume 6. Check stubs, 1874-1875.


		Volume 7. Account book, 1874-1876.


		Volume 8. Notebook, June 5-November 6, 1875.
			Contains brief descriptions of Eames's trip from New York to Duluth and his mining ventures on the area of Fort William and Port Arthur, Canada.


		Volume 9. Memo book, 1876.


Location
105.F.3.7B-2	Oversize:
		Indenture: Ben Huxthal to Richard Eames, January 25, 1867.
			For land in Crow Wing County, Township 24, Range 32.
		Indenture: Ben Huxthal to Richard Eames, January 25, 1867.
			For lots in the town of Princeton, Minnesota.
		Indenture: J. N. Sears to Charles J. Eames, April 27, 1867.
			For land in Ramsey County, Township 30, Range 32.
		Quitclaim deed: Sidney Luce to Henry H. Eames, January 16, 1869.
			For lots in the town of Duluth.
		Indenture: Charles Eames to Richard Eames, March 10, 1870.
			For land in Ramsey County, Township 30, Range 22.
		Land Office patent: Henry Eames, May 2, 1870. 7 items.
			For land in Township 60, Range 2.
		Indenture: Henry and Charles Eames to Richard Eames, May 19, 1870.
			For lots in the city of Duluth.
		Land Office patents: Samuel C. Gale and Henry Eames, June 10, 1870. 4 items.
			For land in Township 60, Range 2.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Geology -- Minnesota.; Gold mines and mining -- Minnesota.; Iron mines and mining -- Minnesota.; Mines and mineral resources -- Canada.; Real property -- Minnesota.; Silver mines and mining -- Minnesota.; Theater -- Indiana.; Theater -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Eames, Charles.; Eames, Henry H.; Foster, Thomas, 1818-1903.; Marshall, William Rainey, 1825-1896.; Miller, Stephen, 1816-1881.

Organizations:: Minnesota Tripoli Company (Saint Paul, Minn.).; Northern Pacific Railway Company.; Vermilion Lake Mineral Land Company.

Places:: Duluth (Minn.); Minnesota -- Newspapers.; Minnesota -- Discovery and exploration.; Saint Paul (Minn.); Superior, Lake.; Vermilion Lake (Minn.); Vincennes (Ind.)

Document Types:: Deeds.; Lectures.; Maps -- Middle West.; Patents.; Plats -- Minnesota -- Duluth Township.

Occupations:: Geologists -- Minnesota.; Miners -- Minnesota.

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RICHARD M. EAMES:

OVERVIEW

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

CATALOG HEADINGS