11 April 1882

Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Holbrook

Brooks, an influential American Episcopal bishop, informs Holbrook "I have received your note of kind appreciation & acknowledgement of my small help at St. Paul's during Lent. I am sure you will believe that it was a great pleasure to come & that I enjoyed my visits very much." Written on stationery with "233 Clarendon Street. Boston" printed in top right corner. Brooks is author of the song "O Little Town of Bethlehem."

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1897/03/22

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Warner re: contribution to Bimetallic Union

Written on personal stationery. Concerns splitting royalties to benefit the Union.

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25 November 1854

Burlingame, Anson, 1820-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H.E. Seclye

Burlingame, a future Massachusetts State Representative, discusses opportunities to lecture in front of an association led by H.E. Seclye. Informs Seclye that he is making arrangements to visit lyceums in New York.

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26 October 1865

Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Preston King

Chandler, a Republican Senator from Michigan, discusses a large warehousing firm with King, Collector of Customs of the Port of New York. States that T. F. Driggs of Michigan is a partner in the warehousing firm.

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19 June 1805

Cheves, Langdon, 1776-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Pickens

Introduces a friend, John Parker, Esquire who is visiting South Carolina for health reasons. Asks Pickens to please extend a welcome to Parker. With floral doodle in pencil on page three.

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2 December 1905

Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peyton F. Miller

Thanks Miller for his "A group of great lawyers of Columbia County, New York," published 1904, DeVinne Press. Written on stationery of 60 Wall Street.

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4 April 1855

Denver, James William, 1817-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James C. Dobbin

California State Representative Denver recommends Singleton Vaughn, Jr., to Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, for a vacant position in the Annapolis, Maryland Naval Academy. States that Vaughn's family "is very respectable but poor, which will induce [Vaughn] to make greater exertions to build up his own fortunes." Also signed by Milton S. [Sathauer?] who includes a brief recommendation for Vaughn.

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1827/06/11

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messrs. Gales & Seaton re: a speech

Asking Gales & Seaton to include his speech. With a postscript on page 2.

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1848/12/02

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Millard Fillmore re: information on state prisons

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1842/05/11

Frelinghuysen, Theodore, fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander M. Carter (et al.) re: declining a speaking invitation

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2 October 1890

Fuller, Melville Weston, 1833-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George F. Edmunds

Discusses scheduling court cases. Written on stationery of the 5th Avenue Hotel.

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14 April 1845

Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis E. Parker, Anson Burlingame, and A. Peniston

Greenleaf, a Harvard University professor, declines a dinner invitation from committee members of the Dane Law School (possibly another name given to Harvard's Law School). States that "a meeting of the Law School in Boston will be a surrender of its distinctive character as an association of literary men." Suggests using the new rooms in Dane Hall for the proposed meeting.

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14 December 1779

Lawrence, John, ?-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jeremiah Wadsworth

Complains of his "situation" in the army, and hopes Wadsworth can help him resolve it. Does not specify his exact complaint, but knows Wadsworth has friends in Congress, and hopes they can assist him in rectifying his problem. Lawrence is possibly seeking congressional confirmation of his rank in office.

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3 September 1830

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Livingston, a Senator from Louisiana, discusses a bill he is preparing.

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9 February 1790

Maclay, William, 1737-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Nicholson

Senator Maclay informs Nicholson, Comptroller-General of Pennsylvania, of actions in Congress. Mentions resolutions and debates initiated by Thomas Scott, James Jackson, and John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. States that he will forward more information as Congress proceeds, in hopes that Nicholson may "watch over the interests of Pennsylvania."

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1814/03/08

McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839

Letter signed

Title: to John Armstrong

Writes to Secretary of War Armstrong to inform him that since he has not received orders and has finished as a witness in the trial of General William Hull, he will travel to Ohio. McArthur was then a brigadier general. Hull had bloodlessly surrendered Fort Detroit in August, 1812, during the War of 1812, and was charged with cowardice and treason.

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13 April 1860

O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Luther R. Marsh

Suggests giving a dinner to bring together two acquaintances to discuss a matter previously mentioned between O'Conor and Marsh. O'Conor wishes Marsh to speak with this Boston friend before making a final decision.

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30 September 1839

Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Ashmun

Otis, a former Massachusetts Congressman, declines an invitation from Massachusetts State Senator Ashmun, a member of the committee making arrangements for the Western Railroad Festival. Declares that the opening of the Western Railroad "is destined to have a more decisive and permanent bearing upon the prosperity of Massachusetts than all the measures of public improvement that have been adopted from its first settlement."

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6 September 1827

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to E. F. Chamber

States that he will not remove any deputy already appointed unless public interest requires it. Asks Chamber to inform the deputy in question that his commission will be continued.

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4 March 1870

Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D. Miller

Letter of introduction of R.C. Root as Secretary of the Lebanon Springs (New York) Railroad Company to edit Miller's certificates on the consolidation agreement between Root's company and the B&R Railroad Company.

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28 July 1950

Warren, Earl, 1891-1974

Typed letter signed

Title: to William H. Blenko

Thanks Blenko for a vase he gave him at the Governors' Conference in White Sulphur Springs. Signed as Governor of California. Addressed to Blenko at the Blenko Glass Company in Milton, West Virginia. A typed note with biographical information on Warren is pasted to the bottom of the letter.

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16 November 1875

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William S. Robinson

Writes that he has reviewed Robinson's manual of parliamentary procedure, titled Warrington's Manual, and praises it as useful, practical, and convenient.

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1750-1884

Header Record

Title: American statesmen and public servants: 47 letters & docs [decimalized]

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22 May 1848

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Jay

Calls Jay's attention to eulogies written on the death of Adams' father, John Quincy Adams. Notes that Americans are closely watching Europe, where "Change is now the rule and stability the exception." Jay was in London.

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7 November 1796

Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dwight Foster

Both Ames and Foster were U.S. Congressmen from Massachusetts. Mentions details of taking his family to Springfield and then to New York. Says Connecticut Congressman Chauncey Goodrich and his wife might join them and that they would "make a company that, for the number, would be inferior to no tea set in Philade." Asks if he wants to join them. Says he is leaving on Thursday and will be in Springfield on Saturday.

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