The Dexter P. Tiffany Collection is arranged in the following 17 series: County Court Series, Courts Series, Fees Series, County Collector Series, Treasurer Series, Comptroller Series, City Register, County Recorder and County Clerk Series, Elections Series, City and County Employment Series, City and County Institutions Series, Licenses Series, Taxes Series, City and County Engineer Series, Civil War Series, Carondelet Series, Washington County Series, and Miscellaneous Series. Most of these series, in turn, are arranged in several subseries. The County Court Series contains minutes of the proceedings of the court, various petitions to the court from citizens and county officials, writs of habeas corpus, summons, subpoenas, individual court cases, oaths of insolvency, vouchers, and other items. Of particular interest are the vouchers and receipts of Henry Singleton, architect of the county courthouse. The County Court Series is divided into the following subseries: Proceedings, Petitions, Writs, Subpeonas, Other Cases, Oaths of Insolvency, Bonds, Courthouse, Vouchers, and Miscellaneous. The Courts Series contains various records of the circuit, criminal, common pleas, probate, land, law commissioner’s, and supreme courts. Among the records are specific suits and accounts for many of the courts. The Courts Series is divided into the following subseries: Circuit Court, Criminal Court, Common Pleas Court, and Other Courts. The Fees Series contains marshal and justice settlements and court fees imposed by these courts. The Fees Series is divided into the following subseries: Marshal Settlements, Justice of the Peace Settlements, and Court Fees. The County Collector Series contains receipts for fines and license fees. The Treasurer Series contains various receipts and statements and payment requests from the county treasurer. The only documents from the city treasurer in the collection are payroll lists. The Treasurer Series is divided into the following subseries: County Treasurer and Auditor and City Treasurer and Auditor. The Comptroller Series contains vouchers for stationery requests from various county departments that were filed with the comptroller. This series also contains city property returns and contingent fund vouchers filed with the comptroller. The series is divided into the following subseries: Printing and Stationery, City Property Returns, and Contingent Fund Vouchers. The city register, county recorder, and county clerk often overlapped duties and responsibilities. The City Register, County Recorder and County Clerk Series contains records of these offices, including cemetery interment statements by several St. Louis cemeteries. These records, filed with the city register, list the name, age, sex, and disease of the deceased. This series also contains an extensive collection of stray notices dated 1819-1884. These notices were filed with the county clerk for any stray livestock that was “taken up” by someone. The series is divided into the following subseries: City Register, Cemetery Interments, Recorder, County Clerk, and Stray Notices. The records in the Elections Series are sparse and incomplete. This series contains papers relating to the disputed elections between James O. Broadhead and J.H. McLean in 1882 and between James McGrath and George W. Davison in 1884. The City and County Employment Series contains a wide assortment of applications, petitions, bonds, and oaths of office. During the mid-nineteenth century, many positions in St. Louis City and County governments were obtained by petitioning the county court. Letters of application by candidates were filed with the court as well as signed petitions supporting each candidate: Once a position was awarded, the employee was bound to the state of Missouri and/or St. Louis County. The series is divided into the following subseries: Employment Applications, Employment Bonds, and Oaths of Office. The City and County Institutions Series includes records of many St. Louis City and County institutions. Most records are vouchers for purchases and services rendered. These vouchers were usually signed by the auditor, comptroller, and department head. This series also includes petitions to the county court for relief, to be placed on the paupers list, and to be admitted to the insane asylum; coroner’s inquests; and school financial records. The series is divided into the following subseries: Fire Department, Police Department, Water Works, Poor House, Insane Asylum, Hospitals, Coroner, and Schools. Licensing and taxation were major functions of the county court. Billiard tables, auctioneers, grocers, pawnbrokers, merchants, dram shops, peddlers, inns and taverns, ferries, insurance companies, physicians, and attorneys were all licensed. The Licenses Series includes licenses, receipts, bonds, and other papers relating to licensing. The series is divided into the following subseries: Licenses and License Statements. The Taxes Series contains representative documents pertaining to taxation in St. Louis City and County, including tax “books,” petitions to the court regarding taxes, delinquent tax lists, merchant and railroad taxes, and lists of land sold for taxes. The series is divided into the following subseries: Tax Books, Tax Petitions, Taxes Paid, Railroad Taxes, Merchant Taxes, Delinquent Taxes, Land Sold for Taxes, and Other Tax Items. The City and County Engineer Series contains extensive records on the construction of roads in St. Louis City and County, including vouchers for the construction of Bellefontaine, Carondelet, Market, St. Charles Rock, Gravois, and Manchester Roads. This series also contains vouchers for maintenance of county roads and for construction of St. Louis City streets and alleys; records of the Central Plank Road Company; receipts of toll gate keepers; and other records of the engineers office. Most records date from the 1850s to the 1860s. The series is divided into the following subseries: Street and Road Vouchers, Central Plank Road Company, Toll Gates, Sewers, Lighting, Reports and Petitions, and Engineer’s Office. Free Negroes were obligated to post bond and be licensed in the state of Missouri. These bonds entitled them to be licensed to reside in the state provided that they were of “good behavior.” Dred and Harriet Scott were bound to the state of Missouri on May 4, 1858. The Civil War Series includes an extensive collection of these documents as well as other records regarding licensing of African Americans. During the Civil War and shortly thereafter, people in public office or service filed oaths of loyalty with the county court. These signed oaths usually list the name of the person and his or her office(s). This series also includes vouchers for the War Relief Fund (1863-1865), soldier bounties for the 40th Missouri Infantry (Union) and the 41st Missouri Infantry (Union), records of the Sweeney’s Brigade, and reports of the war claim agent. The series is divided into the following subseries: Free Negro Bonds, Oaths of Loyalty, War Relief Fund, Soldier Bounties, Home Guard, and War Claim Agent. Until 1870 Carondelet was a separate municipality. After the city of St. Louis annexed the city of Carondelet, many of their records became the property of the county court. The Carondelet Series contains records of the city council of Carondelet—including petitions, resolutions, and ordinances—and various other records regarding the fire department, schools, roads, and elections. The series is divided into the following subseries: City Council, Elections, Fire Department, Schools, Roads, Land, Bernard Poepping, and Miscellaneous. The Washington County Series contains subpoenas and related documents and stray notices.