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William Stanton correspondence, (bulk 1841-1871)

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Description: Personal and political correspondence of William Stanton, chiefly letters addressed to him. Correspondents include Benjamin Stanton, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Benjamin Franklin Wade, Edwin Lamson Stanton, Rutherford Hayes, and others. There are also a few pieces of correspondence between Benjamin Stanton and other family members, and a small group of letters of Brian Hellen, a Quaker of Beaufort, (N.C.), discussing a dispute over family inheritance, which included enslaved persons.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1815-1907.
Call number: mssHM 37001-37046
Creator: Stanton, William(Opens in new tab)
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Correspondence relating to a book entitled Our ancestors the Stantons by William Henry Stanton

Manuscripts

These letters concern the volume in the Huntington Library's General Collection: CS71.S81. The first letter is written by William Stanton from Pasadena, California to William A. Stanton living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In this autograph letter signed, William Stanton inquires about the publication of two Stanton families. The reply letter from William A. Stanton dated February 17, 1902, confirms the existence of the publication, which was produced by Munsell's Sons in Albany, New York in 1891. The last letter is written by Herbert T. Meakin from Los Angeles, California to Mrs. Oliver S. Picher (Emily Irish Picher), living in Hubbard Woods, Illinois. In this autograph letter signed, Meakin provides background information about the Stanton book. He offers the book to Mrs. Picher because she is William Stanton's daughter.

mssHM 81547

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William Rathbone correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of 33 items from 1760 to 1809, it consists largely of a series of letters written from 1800 to 1807 by William Rathbone to Abraham Shackleton. The letters concern items of general Quaker interest, including Quaker principles and doctrine, and particularly the controversial publication of Rathbone's "A Narrative of Events...in Ireland..." The collection also includes a small number of manuscripts, notes, and one volume.

mssHM 80363-80395

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William Rathbone correspondence

Manuscripts

A collection of 33 items from 1760 to 1821, it consists largely of a series of letters written from 1800 to 1807 by William Rathbone to Abraham Shackleton. The letters concern items of general Quaker interest, including Quaker principles and doctrine, and particularly the controversial publication of Rathbone's "A Narrative of Events...in Ireland..." The collection also includes a small number of manuscripts, notes, and one volume.

HM 80363-80394

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Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters) Stanton letter to Ogden Hoffman

Manuscripts

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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Itinerary of a journey to and through Arizona in the winter of 1871-2

Manuscripts

This typed copy of Stanton's diary covers his trip to and through Arizona. He left San Francisco December 4, 1871, sailed south, rouded the tip of Baja California and arrived in Fort Yuma two weeks later where he transferred to a steamboat and sailed up the Colorado River. The expedition ends in March 1872 with Stanton and his men finally arriving in Los Angeles.

mssHM 70393

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Private letter books of T.H. Stanton, paymaster general, U.S.A

Manuscripts

Five letter books kept by Thaddeus Stanton while he served as paymaster general of the United States (1895-1899). The volumes include both handwritten and typed letters, signed by Stanton, most of which are labeled "unofficial" or "personal." The majority of the letters were written by Stanton to various military officers and friends, and the personal correspondence includes letters mentioning his time in the "far West," advice for obtaining supplies and elk hunting in Wyoming, and inquiries about family members and friends. The majority of the correspondence consists of letters of thanks for congratulations on his appointment as paymaster general, recommendations for other army officers and their families for government positions, and letters of introduction for various acquaintances (including Alice Underwood Hunt, the widow of former Colorado governor Alexander Hunt). Other correspondence focuses on the Spanish-American War ("I am looking for people to go to the Philippine Islands," he wrote in May 1898) and Stanton's plans to retire in 1899.

mssHM 75700-75704

William Stanton correspondence, (bulk 1841-1871)

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