HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0808.AM: Erastus E. Brown, 1836-1908
Business papers: 1871-1890
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska: Businessman; politician
Size: One folder
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Born August 15, 1836 at Jordan, New York, Erastus E. Brown served as Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1872-1873. He also served in the Nebraska State House of Representatives from 1879-1883. He died August 15, 1908 in Lincoln and is buried at Wyuka Cemetery.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection contains miscellaneous business papers, 1871-1875, of Erastus E. Brown of Lincoln, Nebraska. Included are a bank book for Cobb & Sudduth’s Bank, some cancelled checks, and an 1880 promissory note signed by David Butler. Also in the collection are the original specifications for a two-story brick and frame stable and carriage house for Brown, done by Mendelssohn, Fisher & Lawrie, Architects, Omaha, Nebraska, April 23, 1890.
INVENTORY
Business papers, 1871-1890
Subject headings:
Architectural drawings
Architecture — Specifications — Nebraska — Lincoln
Brown, Erastus E., 1836-1908
Buildings — Nebraska — Lincoln
Butler, David Christy, 1829-1891
Business & finance
Carriage houses — Nebraska — Lincoln
Cobb & Sudduth’s Bank (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Mendelssohn, Fisher & Lawrie (Omaha, Nebraska)
Outbuildings — Nebraska — Lincoln
Stables — Nebraska — Lincoln
Revised TMM 01-16-2016
