Public officers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Box 2, 1884
File — B114.01.0002: Series B411.01 [Barcode: U186023257359]
Identifier: B411.01.0002
Abstract
Framed envelope from the Gunnison County Clerk and a document appointing Solomon Harris as treasurer of Tin Cup, Colorado signed by mayor and clerk of Tin Cup.
Dates:
1884
Harris Family Papers and Tin Cup Records
Collection
Identifier: B411
Abstract
Solomon Hirsch and Hannah Levi Hirsch had six sons who immigrated to the United States and changed their last name to Harris. They were born in Fordom, Posen (Poland) and settled in New Jersey. Solomon Harris and his brother Eli went out west and settled in Virginia City, Colorado. The two brothers opened the Harris Bros. Beehive dry goods store by 1880 when Solomon became the town's treasurer. Because of confusion with Virginia City in Nevada and Montana, the town was reincorporated as Tin...
Dates:
Other: circa 1875-1884
Virginia City and Tin Cup Records, 1880-1884
Series
Identifier: B411.01
Abstract
Contains framed envelope from the U.S. Census Office and two ledgers of Virginia City, Colorado and framed envelope from Gunnison County Clerk and document appointing Sol Harris as treasurer of Tin Cup.
Dates:
1880-1884