Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Dunihue, Alexander H., 1807-1891 and Dunihue, Daniel R., 1809-
- Abstract:
- The Dunihue mss., 1821-1899, consists of papers of Alexander H. Dunihue, 1807-1891, merchant of Bedford, Ind., and his brother, Daniel R. Dunihue, 1812-1887, cashier of the Bedford branch of the Indiana State Bank and operator of a summer resort at Indian Springs, eighteen miles west of Bedford.
- Extent:
- 1 folio (oversize) and 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Dunihue mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Alexander H. Dunihue, 1807-1891, was a merchant in Bedford, Indiana. He was born in 1807 in Marietta, Ohio to Daniel Dunihue, 1769-1850, and Abigail (Poole) Dunihue. He was educated chiefly at Livonia, Indiana, and later came to Bedford, Indiana. He first worked as a clerk in the store of Samuel F. Irwin and Isaac Stewart. From 1830 to 1834, he worked in the store of Colonel William McLane, 1788-1873, merchant, banker, and farmer. They became business partners in 1834. Their partnership continued until 1856, when Colonel McClane moved to Texas. His son, Hiriam H. McClane, took up his father's share, and Dunihue and the younger McClane ran the store together for a time. Robert Kelly bought Hiriam McClane's share, and he and Dunihue ran the store together until 1870, when the firm name became Alexander H. Dunihue and son (the son's name being William). On February 7, 1836 Dunihue married Ann McLane, 1817-1887, daughter of William McLane. They had at least twelve children. The store ceased business in 1880, and Dunihue died on June 14, 1891.
Daniel R. Dunihue, 1812-1887, was cashier of the Bedford branch of the Indiana State Bank and operator of a summer resort at Indian Springs. He was born on March 9, 1812, the brother of Alexander H. Dunihue. He was a citizen of Bedford, Indiana for many years. In 1832 he served under his uncle, Colonel James B. Gardiner, Ohio editor and printer, in the removal of the Ohio Indians beyond the Mississippi River. In 1839, he married his cousin, Caroline L. Gardiner, 1815-1877. They had four children together. Caroline's sister, Harriet Eliza Gardiner, -1888, became the wife of Richard Wigginton Thompson, 1809-1900, lawyer, U.S. congressman, and secretary of navy in the Hayes administration. Daniel Dunihue died on December 15, 1887.
- Scope and Content:
The Dunihue mss., 1821-1899, consists of papers of Alexander H. Dunihue, 1807-1891, merchant of Bedford, Ind., and his brother, Daniel R. Dunihue, c. 1809- , cashier of the Bedford branch of the Indiana State Bank and operator of a summer resort at Indian Springs, eighteen miles west of Bedford.
The Dunihue mss. consists principally of family letters. They include correspondence between Alexander H. Dunihue; Daniel R. Dunihue; their sister, Mary Ann Sophia Dunihue; their parents; their uncles, James B. Gardiner and Guy W. Poole; their cousins, Caroline L. Gardiner, Lucy M. Gardiner, and Harriet Eliza Gardiner; William McLane; and Richard Wigginton Thompson. Also included are Alexander H. Dunihue's undated reminiscences of early days in Bedford, Ind., and letters of such friends, business associates, etc. as T.H. Biggs, L. Brooks, M.S. Coffin, George Grundy Dunn, George Gibson, Louis Antoine Godey, George Lyman, J.G.B. Mayer, Benjamin Newland, D. P. Porter, Daniel Darwin Pratt, J.M. Rawlins, William B. Slaughter, and D. M. Workman.
In addition to family news, the letters deal with the removal of the Ohio Indians to lands beyond the Mississippi River; prices of merchandise in New Orleans, La., and Vicksburg, Miss.; the Bedford branch of the Indiana State Bank; and the New Albany and Salem Railroad.
All letters in the collection dated March 27-November 8, 1832, have been printed, with omission of some passages, in "Removal of Indians from Ohio. Dunihue Correspondence of 1832," Indiana Magazine of History, XXXV:408-26, December 1939, except a letter of November 6, 1832, from Harriet Eliza Gardiner (later Mrs. Richard Wigginton Thompson) to Alexander H. Dunihue. The collection has also been used and quoted in Charles Roll's Colonel Dick Thompson...(Indianapolis, 1948), and in Virginia Hogan Toole's "Pioneer Lawrence county," M.A. thesis, Indiana university, August 1944.
Typewritten transcripts of many of the letters and a folder of biographical material on members of the Dunihue family are filed with the collection. A folder of oversize papers is in a folio case.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift: 1951
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged following original order.
- Physical location:
- ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat; Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Places:
- Indiana -- History
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Dunihue mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu