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Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Randolph writes of abolitionists and supporters of slavery, and asks that Hoffman "will lend me your aid in procuring the support of the latter." He asks Hoffman to contact Senator Phelps of San Francisco, whom Randolph describes as "a man of influence."
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George Henry Williams letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Williams writes of a Bill that has been introduced to him and that he has forwarded to Hoffman for his opinion. He reports that the Bill "has been favorably received & I hope it will meet with your approval."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters) Stanton letter to Ogden Hoffman
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Stanton writes to Hoffman "in respect to the publication of your decision." He also hopes Hoffman will soon have time for leisure upon finishing current land cases, and away from Washington, D.C.: "I mean in New York which after all next to San Francisco is the only place on the continent for a gentleman of leisure."
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