American statesmen & public servants: 40 letters & docs [decimalized]

to Freeman H. Morse

States that he has not heard anything since giving his opinion as Attorney General about the government purchase of land from the Chirigni Improvement Co. Expresses concern about the value of the property and the soundness of the title. Remarks...

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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...

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to Mr. Warner re: contribution to Bimetallic Union

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

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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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to R. S. Garnett

Asks for a copy of a letter to Andrew Jackson, as well as a contract. Dated 12 February without a year, but probably written before 1825 as Secretary of War. Recipient's name is difficult to fully read.

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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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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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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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to Thomas Lord

Discusses a case with Lord, a Boston lawyer.

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to LaFayette T. Foster re: pardon for E. B. Snell.

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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...

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to W. J. Bruce

Thanks him for sending a copy of a book. States he will reimburse him for the cost. Edmunds has struck "Senate Chamber" from the stationery.

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to Messrs. Gales & Seaton re: a speech

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

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to Millard Fillmore re: information on state prisons

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to Hon. C. Morris re: copy of congressional journals and documents

Forsyth writes that the journals intended for Marietta College would be forwarded.

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

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to George F. Edmunds

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

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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...

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to Charles Summer

Hale, a New Hampshire State Senator and noted abolitionist, introduces Mr. Vanderbilt (possibly William Vanderbilt, son of Cornelius) of New York City to Summer, a noted abolitionist. States that Vanderbilt will soon visit Washington, D.C.

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to unknown

Hoar, a United States Representative from Massachusetts, discusses a political election with an unknown recipient. States "I do not know the votes in my district ... My opponent's name is George F. Verry. I do not think that anybody knows his...

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