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Nat Stein Papers, 1864-1868
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stein, Nat
- Title
- Nat Stein Papers
- Dates
- 1864-1868 (inclusive)18641865
- Quantity
- 1 box, (.5 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_CAINE MSS 27
- Summary
- Mostly incoming correspondence to Stein when he was stationed in Virginia City, Montana. Significant correspondents include Paul Coburn, W.L. Halsey, H.L. Merriman, and Joseph S. Roberson, and R.S. Thomas. Also includes some invoices, blank contracts, a short history of the Overland Stage Line, and published poetry by Nat and Aaron Stein.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Stein began work as an "Overlander" in 1861. By 1862 the company he was working for, the Central Overland and Pike's peak Express Company, was purchased by stage coach magnate Ben Holladay. Stein soon became an agent in Holladay's company and was transferred to Salt Lake City in 1862. When Holladay's stage company acquired the contract to carry the mail to Montana, Stein was transferred again, this time to Virginia City in the Spring of 1863. Stein stayed in Montana until late October of 1865. At this time he moved back east and eventually ended up working in the banking business in California.
The only form of communication along the Overland Stage line of the early 1860s was written. Notes moved between station and line agents on the Salt Lake City to Virginia City line in a matter of two to four days. These notes were often requests for supplies, animals or queries on passengers. This collection of documents represents this communication system. The main block of material consists primarily of incoming correspondence to Stein when he was stationed in Virginia City. These letters were written from bear River, Fort Hall, Red Rock, Bannack City, Salt Lake City as well as other places. Division agent Paul Coburn and R.S.Thomas also have numerous items in the collection. In addition to the correspondence several pages of invoices, published accounts, and blank contracts dot the collection. The documents were originally collected by Herbert S. Auerbach of Salt Lake City, Utah. The purchase of this collection was made possible with a generous grant from the MARIE-ECCLES CAINE foundation.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection of material represents the work of Overland Stage agent Nat Stein between the years 1864-65.
Because of the age of the items they have been all encapsulated. The collection will be microfilmed to further help preserve the originals.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Nat Stein Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Nat Stein Papers USU_CAINE MSS 27, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:USU_CAINE MSS 27, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Incoming correspondence to Nat stein Overland Stage agent at Virginia City, Montana (3 items)
|
1865 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Item 1: John Allen, (Pleasant Valley?) |
1865 June 25 |
| 1 | 1 | Item 2: John Allen, Horse Prairie Station |
1865 August 7 |
| 1 | 1 | Item 3: John Allen, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 30 |
| 1 | 2 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
undated |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 2 | Item 1: H.A. Bateman, Red Rock |
1865[?] September 10 |
| 1 | 2 | Item 2: William T. Bacon |
1865 September 23 |
| 1 | 3 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 3 | Item 1: A.T. Beach, Bannock City, Idaho Territory |
1865 October 23 |
| 1 | 3 | Item 2: A.T. Beach, Bannock City, Idaho Territory |
1864 November 2 |
| 1 | 3 | Item 3: A.T. Beach, New York, New York
The above letter was accompanied by a statement by L.M. Osterhaus concerning a dispute over cattle.
|
1865 August 25 |
| 1 | 3 | Item 4: L.D. Brown and Son, Salt Lake City, Utah |
1865 August 16 |
| 1 | 4 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 4 | Item 1: B.B. Burchett, Bannack City |
1864 December 25 |
| 1 | 4 | Item 2: B.B. Burchett, Bannack City |
1866 December 30 |
| 1 | 5 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 5 | Item 1: Paul Coburn, Salt Lake City, Utah, |
1865 September 24 |
| 1 | 5 | Item 2: Paul Coburn, Fort Hall |
1864 December 13 |
| 1 | 5 | Item 3: Paul Coburn, Salt Lake City, Utah |
1865 July 9 |
| 1 | 5 | Item 4: Paul Coburn, Bear River |
1865 July 24 |
| 1 | 5 | Item 5: Paul Coburn, Salt Lake City |
1865 September 1 |
| 1 | 5 | Item 6: Paul Coburn, Bear River
A document signed by Paul Coburn and dated July 31, 1865. The content of the note appears to be an order to apprehend a stage coach robber and to kill him.
|
1865 September 23 |
| 1 | 6 | Incoming Correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 6 | Item 1: Richard E. Cooke, Virginia City, Montana |
1865 September 16 |
| 1 | 6 | Item 2: .C. Goodrich, Bannack city |
1865 September 28 |
| 1 | 6 | Item 3: W.C. Goodrich |
Undated |
| 1 | 7 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 7 | Item 1: W.L. Halsey, Salt Lake City |
1864 October 18 |
| 1 | 7 | Item 2: W.L. Halsey, Salt Lake City |
1865 September 4 |
| 1 | 7 | Item 3: W.L. Halsey, Salt Lake City |
1865 September 25 |
| 1 | 7 | 4Item : W.L. Halsey, Salt Lake City |
1865 October 4 |
| 1 | 7a | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
1865 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 7a | Item 1: Ben Holladay, New York City |
1865 September 22 |
| 1 | 8 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
1864-1868 |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 8 | Item 1: J.C. Hughes |
1865 October 16 received |
| 1 | 8 | Item 2: H.A. Jackson, Bannack City |
1864 November 29 |
| 1 | 8 | Item 3: C.W. Kiddie, Fort Hall |
1865 June 11 |
| 1 | 8 | Item 4: George Lumpp |
1865 August 25 |
| 1 | 8 | Item 5: George Lumpp |
1865 September 5 |
| 1 | 9 | Incoming Correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 9 | Item 1: H.N. McDonald, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 30 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 2: Darl McMillion |
Received 1865 June 14 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 3: H.L. Merriman, Horne Station Leaving S.R. |
1868 October 8 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 4: H.L. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 June 7 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 5: H.L. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 June 7 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 6: H.L. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 June 8 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 7: N. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 October 3 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 8: N. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 September, 18 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 9: N. Merriman, Jefferson City |
1865 October 3 |
| 1 | 9 | Item 10: James K. Moon, Bear River Station |
1865 September 1 |
| 1 | 10 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 10 | Item 1: James Ritchie, Helena City |
1865 September 21 |
| 1 | 10 | Item 2: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City |
1864 December 20 |
| 1 | 10 | Item 3: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City |
1865 April 17 |
| 1 | 10 | Item 4: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City |
1865 September 16 |
| 1 | 10 | Item 5: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City |
1865 October 26 |
| 1 | 10a | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 10a | Item 1: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City |
1865 September 4 |
| 1 | 10a | Item 2: Joseph S. Roberson, Salt Lake City
(Included with these letters is a statement of receipts by W.C. Goodrich)
|
1865 September 5 |
| 1 | 11 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 11 | Item 1: JSR, San Francisco |
1875 July 12 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 2: Paul Rogan, Pleasant Valley |
1865 August 27 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 3: Paul Rogan, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 14 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 4: Paul Rogan, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 26 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 5: Paul Rogan, Pleasant Valley |
1865 October 6 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 6: H.S. Rounteu, Helena |
1865 July 31 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 7: H.S. Rounteu, Helena |
1865 August 7 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 8: H.S. Rounteu, Helena |
1865 September 13 |
| 1 | 11 | Item 9: J.E. Russel per N.R. Monachesi |
1865 August 30 |
| 1 | 12 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 12 | Item 1: S. Schayer, Virginia City |
1864 December 24 |
| 1 | 12 | Item 2: C. Smith, Rock Creek |
1865 August 25 |
| 1 | 12 | Item 3: C. Smith, Rock (Creek) |
1865 August 25 |
| 1 | 12 | Item 4: C. Smith, Horse Pretty Station |
1865 October 5 |
| 1 | 13 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 13 | Item 1: T.D. Strait (County Recorder), Jefferson City |
1865 September 2 |
| 1 | 13 | Item 2: David Street, Atchison, Kansas |
1865 September 2 |
| Folder | |||
| 14 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
||
1: R.S. Thomas, Pleasant Valley |
1865 August 26 | ||
2: R.S. Thomas, Bannack City |
1865 September 6 | ||
3: R.S. Thomas, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 8 | ||
4: R.S. Thomas, Pleasant Valley |
1865 September 10 | ||
5: R.S. Thomas |
1865 September 12 | ||
6: R.S. Thomas, Bannack City |
1865 September 20 | ||
7: R.S. Thomas, Bannack City |
1865 October 3 | ||
8: R.S. Thomas |
Undated | ||
| 15 | Incoming correspondence to Nat Stein |
||
1: Artemus Ward, Atchison, Kansas |
1863 March 7 | ||
2: Lawrence White, Blackfoot |
1865 July 11 | ||
| 16 | Outgoing correspondence from Nat Stein |
||
1: Lawrence White, Virginia City |
1865 May 19 | ||
2: Richard Gillespie, Virginia City |
1865 November 14 | ||
3: J.Q. Shirley |
Undated | ||
4: Unaddressed note from Nat Stein |
Undated | ||
| 17 | Correspondence from John Allen
(3 letters)
|
1865 | |
| 18 | Correspondence to agent B.B. Burchett
(3 items)
|
1864-1865 | |
| 19 | Correspondence to R. Gillispie
(2 items)
|
1865 | |
| 20 | Correspondence from W.L. Halsey to John Sharp, Ft. Bridger
(2 items)
|
undated | |
| 21 | Correspondence to R.S. Thomas, Division Agent |
undated | |
1: Dunken, Tom, Rattlesnake |
186[?] March 15 | ||
2: Coburn, Paul, Bear River |
1866 April 3 | ||
3: Coburn, Paul, Salt Lake City |
1866 April 15 | ||
4: Gillespie, R.G., Virginia City |
1866 April 15 | ||
4: Pollinger, E.M., Bannack City |
1866 April 21 | ||
5: Rilbaum, E.B., Pleasant Valley |
1866 April 8 | ||
6: Rogan, Phil, Fort Hall |
1865 September 9 | ||
| 22 | Miscellaneous correspondence
(9 items)
|
undated | |
| 23 | Miscellaneous documents including an 1865 ticket on the Overland Stage from Bannack City to Virginia City |
undated | |
| 24 | Miscellaneous documents including an 1867 document issued to stockholders of the "Butterfield Overland Despatch Company" |
undated | |
| 25 | Meyer Wise affidavit sworn before John Sharp, clerk of Probate, Fort Bridger, Utah
(2 pages)
|
1865 | |
| 26 | George W. Forbes Invoices, Virginia City, Montana |
1864 | |
| 27 | Blank handwritten contracts. Hay contract and Mail route |
undated | |
| 28 | Published poems and articles by Nat Stein and Aaron Stein
(5 items)
|
undated | |
| 29 | Historical information about the Overland Stage Line
Most of this material is a typescript from Root and Connelly The Overland Stage To California. Short article about John J. Valentine
|
undated | |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Coach drivers--Montana--Virginia City--Correspondence
Personal Names
- Stein, Nat--Correspondence
Corporate Names
- Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company
Finding aid/Register created by Clint Pumphrey
2011
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