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John Jacob Astor letter to Ogden Hoffman

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    Edmund Randolph letter to Ogden Hoffman

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    Randolph discusses legal details, and tells Hoffman he will bring him a copy of important information.

    mssHM 19009

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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.

    mssHM 19024

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    John Ellis Wool letter to Ogden Hoffman

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    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.

    mssHM 19006

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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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    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."

    mssHM 19011

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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