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Charles Latham
13 April 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 4 folders
COLLECTIONS DATES: 1926-1929
PROVENANCE: Hubert Hawkins, Indianapolis IN, 1970
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
OTHER FINDING AIDS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 94.0519x
George Rogers Clark's principal achievements in the conquest of the Northwest during the Revolutionary War were the captures of Kaskaskia in July 1778 and of Vincennes in February 1779. As the 150th anniversary of these events approached in 1928-1929, the State of Indiana in the spring of 1927 appointed a Memorial Commission with William Fortune as its head. Meetings were held during the summer of 1927, and in November the Commission made a pilgrimage to Clark's Virginia birthplace. Purchases of land for a memorial commenced in 1928, and in April the City of Vincennes deeded over to the Commission part of the site of Fort Sackville. Clem Richards succeeded Fortune as chairman in June. A celebration was held in 1929, and an architect was chosen for the memorial, which was finally dedicated in 1937.
This collection, filling four folders, contains documents, mainly deeds and title abstracts, dated 1926-1929, dealing with acquisitions by the City of Vincennes of land in the area of Fort Sackville. Organization is by property owner.
Folder
1 Motion, deeds 1926-1929
2 Property of Zene Busching
3 Property of John W. Emison
4 Property of State Savings and Trust Company
MAIN ENTRY: George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
SUBJECT ENTRIES: George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
Vincennes (Ind.). George Rogers Clark Memorial
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818--Monuments
Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818--Anniversaries, etc.
Historic sites--Indiana--Vincennes
Deeds--Indiana--Vincennes
Real property--Indiana--Vincennes
Vincennes (Ind.)
Fort Sackville (Ind.)--Anniversaries, etc.
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