GOVERNOR Clough, David M.: An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Records at the Minnesota Historical Scoiety

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GOVERNOR Clough, David M.:

An Inventory of His Gubernatorial Records at the Minnesota Historical Scoiety


OVERVIEW OF THE RECORDS
	Agency:	Minnesota. Governor (1895-1899 : Clough).
	Series Title:	Records of Governor David M. Clough,
	Date:	1895-1898.
	Abstract:	Includes general political, current affairs, and constituent correspondence; a file on the establishment of Interstate Park; transcripts of testimony in murder cases, a school prayer case, and an abortion case; and offers to serve in the Spanish-American War.
	Quantity:	2.5 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 partial box).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for box locations.

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RELATED MATERIALS
	Outgoing letters from the governor's office are found in Minnesota. Governor. Letters sent, 1889-1916 (cataloged separately).

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INDEX TERMS
	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:
		Correctional institutions--Minnesota.
		Criminal procedure--Minnesota.
		Murder--Minnesota.
		Pardon--Minnesota.
		Prayer in the public schools.
		State hospitals--Minnesota.
	Places:
		Interstate Park (Minnesota and Wis.).
		Minnesota--Politics and government--1858-1898.
		United States--History--War of 1898.
	Persons:
		Clough, David M., 1846-1924.
	Organizations:
		Minnesota. Commission of the State Park of the Dalles of the St. Croix.
		Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.).
	Types of Documents:
		Petitions.
		Transcripts.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Preferred Citation:
		[Indicate the cited item and folder title here]. Minnesota: Governor: Clough. Gubernatorial files. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives.
		See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
	Accession Information:
		Accession number(s): none
	Processing Information:
		Content notes by Lydia Lucas, November 1998
		Pardon calendars (Pardon Board minutes), 1897-1913, were transferred to the records of the Pardon Board, November 1998.
		PALS ID No.: 09-00000445 RLIN ID No.: MNHV90-A856

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below. Box numbers are segments of an overall set of 1858-1932 gubernatorial files. All of Clough's files were originally coded as File 642.

Location

Box

111.F.8.7B

Letters and Telegrams to Governor Clough, 1895-1899. 1 folder.

Messages and comments on a wide assortment of public policy matters, constituent requests, and political issues.

General Correspondence, 1895. 11 folders.

Congratulations on his election, requests for jobs and appointments or comments thereon, requests to appear and/or speak at various events, constituent requests, requests for information from other states and agencies, legislative and policy issues. Some criminal case, pardon, and extradition matters. Problems with coal deliveries at state institutions (Sept.-Nov.). Incoming letters only.

Report and Valuable Papers of the Commission of the State Park of the Dalles of the St. Croix, August 1895.

Typescript report of the park commissioners (George H. Hazzard, John Zelch, and Benjamin Clayton) on acquisition for land for the park; abstracts of title for actual or prospective park lands; related letters, notices, and legal documents; commission expenses; blueprint map of Taylors Falls showing location and right-of-way of St. Paul and Duluth Railroad. This park later became Interstate Park.

General Correspondence, 1896. 12 folders.

General correspondence similar to 1895. Several letters regarding commitments to and treatment of persons at state hospitals and correctional institutions.

Soular and Verril - Trial Testimony, April 1896. 2 folders.

Typed transcripts of testimony in the case of State of Minnesota vs. Joseph Soular and William Verrill for the murder of Samuel Demar (January 13, 1896), tried in St. Louis County District Court. Contains two transcripts (partial duplicates) for State vs. Soular and Verrill, one for State vs. Soular, and one for State vs. Verrill. Stamped "Board of Pardons No. 9."

Location

Box

111.F.8.8F

Soular and Verril - Petitions, 1896. 2 folders.

Petitions by St. Louis County citizens for commutation of their sentences from death by hanging to life imprisonment, due to their youth and the circumstances of the killing.

General Correspondence, 1897. 12 folders.

Similar to previous years.

Report of 1897 Gettysburg Commission, [undated].

Report to Governor Eberhart of the commission appointed under General Laws 1897 chapter 91 to participate in the dedication of the Minnesota monument at Gettysburg. Although addressed to Governor Eberhart, and thus written ca. 1909-1915, it covers exclusively the events of 1897. It was found among miscellany in Governor Clough's files.

[Peter] J. Borgstrom - Petitions, 1897.

From St. Louis County citizens, believing that he did not commit or intend to commit an offense and asking that he be pardoned. Borgstrom, the former county register of deeds, had been tried and convicted for a crime that is not specified in these petitions. Stamped "Board of Pardons No. 133."

John M. Moshik Trial Testimony, 1897.

Typed transcript of testimony in State of Minnesota vs. John Moshik, who was convicted of murder in Hennepin County District Court and sentenced to be hanged. Sent to the governor's office per General Statutes 1894, sections 7400-7401, which required that a copy of the trial testimony and statement of conviction and judgment be sent to the governor in cases resulting in the death sentence, which could not be carried out until the governor issued a warrant.

Charges vs. L. J. Rocholl as [Stearns] County Superintendent of Schools, 1897.

Typed transcript of testimony in charges by W. S. Bartholomew against Rocholl, focusing on the firing of a teacher for refusing to offer daily prayers in school, the hiring of unqualified teachers, and the treatment and discipline of students.

Lewis Kellihan Trial Testimony, 1897.

Typed transcript of testimony and court proceedings in State of Minnesota vs. Kellihan, who was convicted of first-degree murder in Martin County District Court and sentenced to be hanged. Page 1 is missing.

Location

Box

111.F.8.9B

General Correspondence, 1898. 12 folders.

General correspondence similar to previous years. Also, letters regarding Minnesota representation at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, mobilization for the Spanish-American War, and political infighting and elections.

Legal Cases and Transcripts, 1898.

Typed transcript of testimony and instructions to the jury in Minnesota vs. John F. Johnson, who was tried in Ramsey County District Court for first degree manslaughter for having induced a late-term abortion that resulted in the woman's death. The transcript does not record the verdict. Stamped "Board of Pardons No. 230." Accompanied by an unidentified index that does not appear to pertain to the case.

War Position, 1898. 2 folders.

Letters from or on behalf of persons wishing to serve as soldiers or officers in the Spanish-American War.

War Petitions, 1898. 3 items in folder.

Two petitions endorsing the application of the Lanesboro Volunteer Company for service in the 15th Regiment, and one list of subscribers to a company to be commanded by Captain O. E. Lewis.

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