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Roscoe Conkling letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Description: Conkling hopes that his recent judicial nomination was "quite clear in its expression as well as in its existence." He is also surprised that Hoffman was not nominated.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1869, December 18.
Call number: mssHM 19022
Creator: Conkling, Roscoe (1829-1888)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Grabhorn Collection, January 1945.
Dimensions: 20 cm :
Associated people: Hoffman, Ogden, (1822-1891,)

Henry William Herbert letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Herbert introduces his friend and colleague Adam Cridland, who is traveling to California with the hopes of establishing himself among the medical profession there. Should Hoffman find a suitable assignment for Cridland, Herbert would "esteem a great personal favor."

mssHM 19005

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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."

mssHM 19008

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James Guthrie letter to Ogden Hoffman

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Guthrie encloses a letter from the acting Consul at Havana, William H. Robertson, and writes to Hoffman concerning its contents.

mssHM 19007

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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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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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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."

mssHM 19021

Roscoe Conkling letter to Ogden Hoffman

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