Raymond Henry Jones Perry Papers (Mss. Gr. 4)

University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections

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Inventory

Series 1. Military
The majority of the documents in this series deal with the years Perry spent in the Rhode Island Cavalry (1861-1869). The series contains Perry’s commissions as Captain and Major in the Rhode Island Cavalry and his commission as Brifadier General in the Rhode Island Militia in 1863, 1864, and 1871 respectively; letters from Major General Phil Sheridan; assignments to and releases from various duties; a travel ledger and a diary relating the accounts of killings of freed African-Americans by white men in Texas; and his military assignment as Chief of Police, Galveston, Texas in 1867.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	Assignments to duty	1968, 1868
Box 1, Folder 2	Bond to keep the peace -- Notes on back by RHP, signature of W. Sherman [Brig Gen?]	1865 Feb 12
Box 1, Folder 3	Brigadier General, R.I. Militia, Appointment and Resignation	1871 Mar 3, 1971 Jun 3
Box 1, Folder 4	Chief of Police, Galveston, Texas, documents related to employment	1867 Mar 28, 1867 Nov 11
Box 1, Folder 5	Commission as Captain, R.I. Cavalry	1863 Oct 22
Box 1, Folder 6	Commission as Major, R.I. Cavalry	1968 Sep 17
Box 1, Folder 7	Court of Inquiry	1862 Oct 6
Box 1, Folder 8	Court Martial	1964-1865
Box 1, Folder 9	Dates of Events	1862-1871
Box 1, Folder 10	Deposition -- Sale of Horses	1865 Feb 6
Box 1, Folder 11	Discharge	1861 Aug 6
Box 1, Folder 12	Enlisted Men in R.I. Cavalry, List of Absentees	undated
Box 1, Folder 13	Issuance of Equipment	1868 Mar 13
Box 1, Folder 14	Leave of Absence, Ill Health	1868 Apr 14, 1868 May 16
Box 1, Folder 15	Letter of Introduction, to Major Gen Banks from Gov. Smith	1863 Dec 24
Box 1, Folder 16	Letters, Incoming	1867 Oct 24
Box 1, Folder 17	Letters, Incoming, Sheridan, Major General Phil	1867-1869
Box 1, Folder 18	Money ($800) Stolen from Raymond Perry Allegedly by Mexican Officials, Statements and Correspondence re.	1866 May 6
Box 1, Folder 19	Muster-in-roll	1864 Jan 28, 1864 Oct 1
Box 1, Folder 20	"Our glorious little state" - note	undated
Box 1, Folder 21	Pension	1900
Box 1, Folder 22	Petition for Relief, blank	undated
Box 1, Folder 23	Order to Arrest James Morgan	1867 Jul 11
Box 1, Folder 24	Releases from Duty	1864 Jun 14, 1864 Aug 5, 1864 Sep 22, 1864 Dec 13
Box 1, Folder 25	Remembrances by Raymond Perry	undated
Box 1, Folder 26	Rhodes, Joseph A., Proof of Disability	1900 Apr 23, 1900 Apr 30
Box 1, Folder 27	Salary	1868 Jun 9, 1869 Nov 30
Box 1, Folder 28	Special Orders	1863-1867
Box 1, Folder 29	Testimony, re: Captain Borries and selling of Gov. property horses	undated
Box 1, Folder 30	Transferral Recommendation to Regular Army from Volunteers	1862 Apr 27, 1862 Apr 29
Box 1, Folder 31	Travel ledger and Diary (of the killing of "Freed Negroes by white men")	1867

Series 2. Personal
This series contains family correspondence; letters of character reference; copies of mortgage deeds to the Perry Estate in Bristol, Rhode Island; correspondence and miscellaneous material relating to the settlement of Raymond Perry’s estate in Bristol; and two account book/diaries, 1874-1900 and 1875-1877.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 32	Account Book and Diary	1974-1900
Box 2, Folder 33	Account Book and Diary	1875-1877
Box 2, Folder 34	Composition on Labor	1852
Box 2, Folder 35	Correspondence: Mott, M.F.	1878 Mar 8, 1878 Apr 29, undated
Box 2, Folder 36	Correspondence: Perry, Ellen [wife]	1869 Nov 4, 1890
Box 2, Folder 37	Correspondence: Perry, James DeWolf [brother]	1899 May 20, 1902 Apr 26, undated
Box 2, Folder 38	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Bills	1902 Sep 1, undated
Box 2, Folder 39	Estate of Raymond Perry -- correspondence.	1904 Jun 11-1904 Aug 8
Box 2, Folder 40	Estate of Raymond Perry correspondence.: Perry, William with Perry, James DeWolf	1903 May 20-1905 Aug 30, undated
Box 2, Folder 41	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Indenture between Seth Paul and heirs of Raymond Perry establishing boundary lines for adjoining prope	1880 Dec 6
Box 2, Folder 42	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Indenture of lease -- Land and House in Bristol, R.I.: Perry, James DeWolf and Perry, Calbraith to Perry, William	1903 May 25
Box 2, Folder 43	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Letter: Perry, William to Reynolds, John P., Probate Judge	undated
Box 2, Folder 44	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Letters: Manchester, C.H., Administrator to Perry, William	1905 Apr 5-1908 Sep 28
Box 2, Folder 45	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Memos copies: re: Agreement between brothers about Bristol property	undated
Box 2, Folder 46	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Miscellaneous	undated
Box 2, Folder 47	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Notes: Perry, William	undated
Box 2, Folder 48	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Power of Attorney of James DeWolf Perry [copy]	1904 Jun 9
Box 2, Folder 49	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Promissory note :[Raymond Perry?] to Julia S. Perry	1877 Aug 17
Box 2, Folder 50	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Sanitarium care of Raymond Perry	1899 Sep 1/1904 Jan 15
Box 2, Folder 51	Estate of Raymond Perry -- Will leaving Silver Creek Property to William Perry	1901 Sep 6
Box 2, Folder 52	Letter, Outgoing, Grant, U.S., Pres. of U.S. [draft]	1869
Box 2, Folder 53	Letter, Hope [?]	undated
Box 2, Folder 54	Letter, Outgoing, Hubbard, Rupert, Tradesman National Bank, Phila.	1901 Sep 30
Box 2, Folder 55	Letter, Incoming, Perry, Calbraith [brother]	undated
Box 2, Folder 56	Letter, Outgoing, Perry, James DeWolf and Perry, Julia S. [parents]	1970 Jun 1
Box 2, Folder 57	Letter, Incoming, Perry, William [brother]	undated
Box 2, Folder 58	Letter, Outgoing, Pierce, Dr.R.V. (contains biographical information)	undated
Box 2, Folder 59	Letter recommending employment of Raymond Perry in U.S. Post Office	1869 Oct 19
Box 2, Folder 60	Letters, Incoming, Misc.	1867-1902, undated
Box 3, Folder 61	Letters of Character Reference	1877 Nov 28, undated
Box 3, Folder 62	Morris, Owen, pardon by Governor of New York, letter dealing with case	1867
Box 3, Folder 63	Mortgage Deed; Perry, Raymond H. to Perry, Julia S. [mother]	1877 Aug 17
Box 3, Folder 64	Mortgage Deed; Perry, Raymond H. to Perry, James DeWolf	1899 Aug 31
Box 3, Folder 65	Newport Marine Society, Certificate of Membership	1814 Apr 5
Box 3, Folder 66	Newspaper Clippings, Misc.	1877-1889, undated
Box 3, Folder 67	Notes- misc. reminders	undated
Box 3, Folder 68	Obituary -- copy	1903 Mar 24
Box 3, Folder 69	Perry, Ellen M., Last Will and Testament	1898 Jul 20
Box 3, Folder 70	Perry, Ellen M., Probate Decree of Will [copy]	1901 Jul 25
Box 3, Folder 71	Receipts	1895, 1902, undated
Box 3, Folder 72	The Soldier of The Great Republic Correspondence	1903 Mar 27, 1903 Mar 28, undated

Series 3. Santa Domingo
This series contains material dating largely 1869-1870, including letters from Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State during the U.S. Grant Administration; letters from M.M. Gautier, Minister of Foreign Relations, Santa Domingo; a letter from William Cazneau; a requisition of extradition of Raymond Perry to Texas; a transcript of Perry's testimony to the U.S. Senate (1870) concerning the events surrounding the proposed annexation of Santa Domingo to the United States as a territory; a bound volume containing Perry's handwritten copies of correspondence and other material directly relating to the annexation of Santa Domingo; and newspaper clippings relating the events of Santa Domingo and annexation.

Container	Description	Date
Box 4, Folder 73	Capture of Salnave deposition	1869
Box 4, Folder 74	Commission by U.S. Grant as U.S. Commercial Agent to Santa Domingo [copy]	1869 Nov 6
Box 4, Folder 75	Expense Account, Abstract	1870
Box 4, Folder 76	Letter, Incoming, Cazneau, William	1870 May 4
Box 4, Folder 77	Letter, Incoming, Garrida, Pedro With Translation	1870 May 9
Box 4, Folder 78	Letter, Incoming, Unidentified, 2nd. Assist, Sec. of State	1870 Jun 9
Box 4, Folder 79	Letters, Incoming, Davis, J.G.B., Assist. Sec. of State	1869 Oct 20, 1870 Mar 3, 1870 Mar 31
Box 4, Folder 80	Letters, Incoming, Fish, Hamilton, U.S. Secretary of State	1869 Nov 6, 1870 May 3
Box 4, Folder 81	Letters, Incoming, Gautier, M.M., Minister of Foreign Relations, Santa Domingo, Some Translations	1869 Nov 16
Box 4, Folder 82	Letter, Outgoing, to the Prevaricator Conversation with Del Monte re: Annexation of Santa Domingo and Principals involved	1870 Jun 7
Box 4, Folder 83	Newspaper Articles	1899 Jul 10, 1899 Aug 7
Box 4, Folder 84	Newspaper Clipping	undated
Box 4, Folder 85	Order for Prisoners	1869 Nov 16
Box 4, Folder 86	Pay Records, U.S. Commercial Agent	1869 Nov 30, 1870 Mar 22, 1870 May
Box 4, Folder 87	Petition to Santa Domingan Senate for hotel construction	1970 Jan 12
Box 4, Folder 88	Proclamation Indemnifying all Property Taken for Military Purposes within the Military Zone	1863 Dec 7
Box 4, Folder 89	Record Book -- handwritten copies of correspondence and related material re: annexation of Santa Domingo, also newspaper clippings (see oversize)	1869-1870
Box 4, Folder 90	Requisition of Extradition of R.H.P. from Rhode Island to Texas [certified true copy]	1875 Nov 24
Box 4, Folder 91	Statement by R.H.P. to the U.S. Senate, relating events from 1861 until the time of appointment as U.S. Commercial Agent	1870 Jun 12
Box 4, Folder 92	Testimony re: Santa Domingo and Davis Hatch before U.S. Senate [printed copy]	1870 Jun 9
Box 4, Folder 93	Unidentified Document in Spanish (authorization document or order to appear? for Pedro Benites generated by the commerce department, Republic of Santa Domingo?)	1870?

Series 4. Research Materials
The materials in this series are mostly copies or transcriptions of documents that can be found in Series I-III, cross-referenced with the original documents. One notable exception to this is the copy of the report of the select committee appointed to investigate the memorial of Davis Hatch (1870), which is not included any where else in the collection. The series also contains miscellaneous research notes and photocopies from books, some of which are in the Rhode Island collection. Their call numbers are included.

Container	Description	Date
Box 5, Folder 73	Account Book and Diary [transcription of some pages, see box 2, folder 32)	1974-1900
Box 5, Folder 74	Babcock, Orville E. -- biographical note by Charles Ramsdell Lingley in [source?] p. 460	undated
Box 5, Folder 75	Biographical notes from Mount Hope: A New England Chronicle by George Howe, p.253-255 (see R.I. Coll F89 B8 H84)	1959
Box 5, Folder 76	Biographical notes from The Perrys of Rhode Island and Tales of Silver Creek by Rev. Calbraith Perry, p. 95-99 and 2 illustrations (see R.I. Coll CS71 P462 1913)	1913
Box 5, Folder 77	Chronological File -- transcriptions of letters and documents from Record Book and Series II and III arranged chronologically	1867 Aug 7-1900 Sep 9
Box 5, Folder 78	Civil War Newspaper articles -- research notes	undated
Box 5, Folder 79	Correspondence -- personal [transcriptions of letters] (see box 2, folders 35-37, 45, 50-52, 54, 56)	1869-1904
Box 5, Folder 80	Correspondence -- Santa Domingo [transcriptions of letters] (see box 4, folders 79-82)	1869-1870
Box 5, Folder 81	Fabens, Joseph Warren -- biographical notes in The National Cyclopedia, p. 178 undated. 82 Hatch Committee Report Dispatch #12 [transcription of page from Testimony] (see box 4, folder 92]	undated
Box 5, Folder 82	Hatch Committee Report Dispatch #12 [transcription of page from Testimony] (see box 4, folder 92]	1870 Mar 12
Box 5, Folder 83	History of Battery B by John H. Rhodes, contents and index (see R.I. Coll E528.8 1stB)	1894
Box 5, Folder 84	Military career -- research notes	undated
Box 5, Folder 85	Newspaper articles in Record Book [transcriptions] (see oversize)	1870
Box 5, Folder 86	Newspaper clippings [copies] (see box 3, folder 67)	undated
Box 5, Folder 87	Record Book [transcription] (see oversize)	1869-1870
Box 5, Folder 88	Remembrances [transcription] (see box 1 folder 25)	undated
Box 5, Folder 89	Report of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the memorial of Davis Hatch [copy]	1870 Jun 25
Box 5, Folder 90	Testimony re: Santa Domingo and Davis Hatch before U.S. Senate [copy] (see box 4, folder 92)	1870 Feb 24
Box 5, Folder 91	Travel Ledger and Diary [transcription] (see box 1, folder 31)	1867

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Raymond Henry Jones Perry Papers (Mss. Gr. 4)

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