Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-02-01
Prospectus Of the History Of Buchanan
County.

Should we meet with sufficient en-
couragement to complete our proposed
History Of Buchanan County, iowa, it
will contain substantially the follow
ing:
A LIST OF THOSE SUBJECT TO POLL
TAX IN BUCHANAN COUNTY, arranged
by Townships, giving name, residence,
business and postoffice address.
To OUR PATRONS, we give name in
large type, residence, business and post
office address, when and where born,
number of acres Of land and probable
value, politics, religion, public Offices
children, or other things of biograph-
ical nature, as the patron may wish, not
to exceed twelve lines.
THE WAR RECORD of Buchanan Co.
In this will be given, from official rec
ords, the names of the men from Blu
chanan County who enlisted in the late
war of the rebellion, date of enlistment,
muster out, or what became of them;
battles participated in, ETC., etc.
A HISTORY OF BUCHANAN Go. will
be compiled by our own corps Of histo-
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best and most authentic sources, and
will embrace the county's early settle
ment and growth, its pioneers, its i'm
provements, it's geological and physical
features, etc, etc. giving an authentic
and reliable history of the county while
the most of it's early settlers are living,
and which will be the authoritative
history to this date for all time to
come
A History OF THE CITIES, towns,
villages, etc, etc, with a sketch of their
business and industries, churches and
schools, societies, associations, etc.
A History OF Iowa and the North
west, in a condensed form, profusely IL
Illustrated with fine cuts It important
scenes and incidents. This feature alone
makes work of great value and inter
est. 1t is compiled very carefully by
one OF our best Historians, and COM
pr1ses, in as few words as possible, facts
in regard to our own State and the great
Northwest that should be known by ev-
cry citizen.
AN ABSTRACT OF LAWS OF Iowa, in
a simple and condensed form, embracing
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes,
Interest, Taxes, Exemptions from For
ced Sale, Deeds and Mortgages, Land
lord and Tenant, Laborer's Lien, Me-
chanic's Lien, Jurisdiction of Courts,
Limitation of Actions, Laws Governing
Married Women, Adop-
ton of Children, Estrays, Marks and
Brands, Millers, Roads, Fences, Pau
pers, Drainage, Surveyors and Surveys,
Church Organization, Definition of Com
mon Terms, and the following Blank
Forms: Notes, Orders, Receipts, Bills
of Purchase, Articles of Agreement,
Clerks Service, Bills of Sale, Bonds,
Chattel Mortgages, Real Estate Mort
cages, Warranty Deed, Lease Of Farm
and Buildings, Lease of House, Re
leases, Landlord and Tenant, Landlords
Tenants Agreement, No
tice to quit, General Form of Will and
Codicil, etc.
THE CONSTITUTION of the United
States and Amendments.
GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS, of
immense value, which include: Popula-
ton of Buchanan County by Townships
total population, native, foreign
and white, in 1860, 1870 and 1875 Sta
tistics of Agriculture in 1875, by town
ships, giving acres of improved land,
value of farms and farming implements,
live stock productions, and Indian corn.
Population Of Iowa by counties, from
1920 to 1873. Area and Railroads in the
United States, by States, in 1870. Prin-
cipal countries in the World, population,
date OF census, square miles, inhabitants
to square mile, their capitals and pop
PORTRAITS of early settlers and prom
inent men.
A MAP OF BUCHANAN COUNTY will
accompany this work, colored by town
ships, and locating timber streams,
railroads, churches, school houses, etc,
etc.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS of great
value and interest.
The work will be in royal octave form
elegantly bound, from 400 to 800 pages,
gotten up in the best possible style, and
will be completed and ready for delivery
during the coming spring. 1t is intend
ed to be of such value and interest that
We will have the almost unanimous
support of the citizens of Buchanan
county. In this immense undertaking
we hope to furnish you with work
that you will consider of inestimable
value; and one upon which your poster
ity will look as most valuable heir
loom. Yours truly,
II. T. KETT & Co.
Chicago, ILL.,, January, 1873.