HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG0866.AM: Leonard Wright Colby, 1846-1924
Papers: 1861-1941
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska: State senator
Size: One folder
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection contains correspondence, 1889-1941, primarily to Leonard Colby. Letters seek favors, employment, and letters of reference. There is also material on Colby’s life, particularly his years in the military and as a Nebraska State Senator. A story about Colby purchasing a horse from U.S. Grant is included.
For biographical information about Leonard Wright Colby, see this Wikipedia article.
Subject headings:
Beatrice (Nebraska)
Bratt, John Peter
Colby, Leonard Wright, 1846-1924
Furnas, Robert Wilkinson, 1824-1905
Government officials — Nebraska
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885
McReynolds, Robert M.
Military biography
Military life
Military service
Nebraska — Officials and employees
Nebraska National Guard
Nelson, William A.
Politicians — Nebraska
Soldiers
Tanner, Richard Jerome, 1869-1943
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
United States — History — Spanish-American War, 1898
Voorhees, Luke
Williams, Thomas H.
Revised TMM 03-16-2016