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Box 1

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Receipts, 1837-1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Folder consists of receipts from St. Mary's Catholic Church for pew rental, the Adams Express Company for shipments, Georg Wilhelm Gail for cigars, H. and H. W. Catherwood for whiskey, Smoot, Uhler and Co. for lumber, and Blacklock, Marshall and Co. for groceries, among others. There are also several hand-written receipts, all dating from 1837-1861.

Dates: 1837-1861

Receipts, 1862-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Folder contains receipts from companies such as J. R. Tempest for cigars, P. McBride and Co. for groceries, Hand's Line for shipment of whiskey, H. and H. W. Catherwood for whiskey, B. Wheatley for funeral costs, Downham and Green for alcohol, Thomas Hoy for a stove, C. C. Smoot and Sons for rabbit fur, Tolman Steam Laundry, among others handwritten receipts. A small amount of receipts are undated and left in back of the dated receipts.

Dates: 1862-1900

City Tythe Receipts, 1857-1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a small amount of city "tythe" or tax collection receipts, billed directly by agencies such as the Sheriff, city council, etc.

Dates: 1857-1863

Rental Account with George H. Smoot, 1860-1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a single record of receipts of rent money between George Smoot and Daniel O'Sullivan.

Dates: 1860-1861

Account and Note Book, 1863-1892

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Contains a single ledger book with business transactions and personal notes of Daniel O'Sullivan. An interesting entry, is a page where he lists his children as the "Alexandria City Council" and lists why they're qualified.

Dates: 1863-1892

Certificates and Grade Reports

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a certificate for Michael O'Sullivan, 3 report cards for Maggie O'Sullivan, and various programs for St. Mary's Academy.

Dates: 1850-1912

St. Mary's Academy Journal, Vol. 17, No. 6, March, 1886

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Folder contains a single copy of the Academy Journal from St. Mary's Academy, published March, 1886. Inside is a long obituary for T. J. O'Sullivan, written shortely after his death from consumption.

Dates: March, 1886

Correspondence, 1856-1865

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Contains a handful of letters written to Daniel O'Sullivan by Thomas O'Leary, Jeremiah O'Brien, and J. McBroadus.

Dates: 1856-1865

Correspondence with T. J. O'Sullivan, 1867-1877

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Folder contains several letters between Daniel O'Sullivan and his son T. J. O'Sullivan, most while Timothy was away at Georgetown College, now University, in Washington, D. C. There are a 2 or 3 notes between T. J. and others, including a friend who relied on him to hold him accountable for keeping his New Years' resolutions.

Dates: 1867-1877

Stray Documents, 1865-1914

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents This folder contains miscellaneous documents that remain outside the scope of the other series in the collection. It includes an 1871 list of the Board of Supervisors of Oneida County, NY; a playbill for a performance of "The Two Bonnycastles" and "Handy Andy" by the Young Men's Catholic Association at Radford Hall in Yonkers (T. J. O'Sullivan is in the cast of both); a Washington-Virginia Railway Company 52-trip monthly ticket book belonging to one of Daniel's grandson's, J. H. Downey...
Dates: 1865-1914