Series II. Mayor of Salem Papers documents Rantoul's life during his term as Salem's Mayor from 1890-1893. The series contains a large amount of correspondence dealing with Rantoul's professional duties as Mayor, and a folder of politically-themed speeches and writings that he delivered while in the Mayor's office or in the years of his political activity leading up to his election. Included in these speeches are Mayor's Addresses, which document the issues of the day such as water supply, expansion of railways and roads, employment, and crime.