Manuscripts

John Ellis Wool letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Description: Wood inquires about his "conduct and bearing toward civil officers" in a case recently presided over by Hoffman in a U.S. District Court case in San Francisco. The case appears to be concerned with a potential breach of international neutrality laws.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1854, May 22.
Call number: mssHM 19006
Creator: Wool, John Ellis (1784-1869)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Grabhorn Collection.
Dimensions: 27 cm :

John Lowell letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Letter from John Lowell in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to Ogden Hoffman. In the letter Lowell gives his recommendation of a local lawyer, and offers him in writing an introduction to Hoffman.

mssHM 19024

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John Ellis Wool letter to James Buchanan

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In this letter to President Buchanan, John E. Wool conveys his support for General Joel Palmer, calling him "honest and faithful in the discharge of all his duties." Wool goes on to say that Palmer carried out "to the fullest extent the humane policy of the Government so liberally manifested towards the Indians" in Oregon, and recommends that Palmer be reinstated to his former position of Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

mssHM 19367

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Noah Haynes Swayne letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Letter from Noah Haynes Swayne to Odgen Hoffman, sent from Washington, D.C. Swayne thanks Hoffman for sending him a letter and pamphlet, and remarks on "the Roland case."

mssHM 19023

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John Jacob Astor letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Astor writes of the removal of John Charles Frémont from his post in the California. He also tells Hoffman: "Since we parted on the steamboat dock a year ago last July, what strange times have come upon us, it sometimes seems to me like a dream," and gives updates on friends and family.

mssHM 19012

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William Henry Seward letter to Ogden Hoffman

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In this letter to Judge Hoffman, Seward writes of a pending civil case in California involving the consul of the kingdom of Hanover, a man named Otto Frank: "The present is not a fit time to entertain unnecessary and speculative questions of privilege in regard to either diplomatic or consular representatives of foreign Powers." However, he points out that "there can be no fit time for abating the necessary national authority, when its exercise is absolutely necessary." Seward then gives Hoffman advice on how to proceed, based on the pending actions of Otto Frank.

mssHM 19015

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Matthew P. Deady letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Writing to California judge Ogden Hoffman, Deady agrees with Hoffman's "case (salvage)" and remarks on the President's veto of the "pauper pension bill."

mssHM 19026

John Ellis Wool letter to Ogden Hoffman

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