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Mitchell Davis Follansbee to Jane Addams, November 9, 1920

Follansbee updates Addams on a lawsuit over a will that includes Hull-House.

Hull-House Law

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, December 20, 1917

Addams asks Schwartz to follow up on a bequest to Hull House by George A. Rollins.

Finances Hull-House

Declaration of appearance to close final accounting and remove final guardianship, September 11, 1915

Addams is removed as the guardian of Orr's estate and put in Orr's name.

Finances

William Napoleon Cronkrite Bill for Service, April 7, 1915

Bill from Cronkrite to Marvin for managing Addams' land issue.

Finances Law Property

William Napoleon Cronkrite to Matthew B. Marvin, April 6, 1915

Cronkrite informs Marvin about Addams land dealings.

Finance Property

Matthew B. Marvin to Jane Addams, April 8, 1915

Marvin acknowledges the receipt of funds to clear a land title.

Finances Property

Charles N. French to Jane Addams, July 19, 1915

French advises Addams to clear up the issue of her guardianship of the estate of William Orr.

Children Finances Requests

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, August 11, 1915

Addams sends Schwartz a letter from Charles French regarding her role as William Orr's guardian.

Courts Requests

Anna Marcet Haldeman to Jane Addams, April 1, 1915

Haldeman updates Addams about her personal will and her mother's will.

Death Family Requests

N. Yarensky to Hull-House Association, January 13, 1914

Huff, Cook & Slottow write in regard to legal documents related to the bequest of Martha S. Hill.

Finances Hull-House

Huff, Cook, and Slottow, to Hull-House Association, January 10, 1914

An attorney requests an affidavit saying that Hull House is a charitable institution, in relation to the bequest of Martha S. Hill.

Finances Hull-House Philanthropy

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 14, 1913

Addams sends Haldeman a deed (not found).

Family Finances

Jane Addams to Ella S. Stewart, March 9, 1912

Addams writes Stewart with details about the Congressional hearings on woman suffrage that the women are attending in Washington on March 13.

Legislation Requests Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, January 14, 1912

Addams sends Haldeman a deed.

Business

Gino C. Speranza to Grace Abbott, March 21, 1911

Speranza thanks Abbott and Jane Addams for their work on behalf of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology in its investigation of the courts.

Courts Crime Enforcement Immigrants Research

Excerpt from the Will of Kate E. Tuley, April 9, 1909

An excerpt from Katherine Tuley's will leaving Hull-House $200 and directing them to invest the funds.

Finances Hull-House

Ashcraft & Ashcraft to Hull-House Association, November 17, 1911

Ashcraft & Ashcraft asks Hull-House Association to sign a voucher for the bequest from Katherine E. Tuley's estate.

Finances Hull-House Requests

James Jackson Forstall to Jane Addams, November 18, 1911

Forstall sends Addams paperwork to claim a bequest of the estate of Katherine Tuley to to Hull House.

Hull-House Philanthropy Requests

Contract between Jane Addams and Macmillan Company, September 11, 1911

The publishing contract between the Macmillan Company and Jane Addams for A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.

Books Finances Publishing

John H. Wigmore to Jane Addams, April 22, 1910

Wigmore congratulates Addams on her role in making an important U.S. Supreme Court decision possible and apologizes for failing as yet to visit her at Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits Legislation Politics Praise