Manuscripts

Millard Fillmore et al, Buffalo, New York, letter to Governor John Thompson Hoffman :

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Description: Fillmore and other citizens of Buffalo, New York recommending the appointment of Robert H. Best as a commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Police in Buffalo, in case of vacancy. Signed by 20 individuals.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1870 January.
Call number: mssHM 39933
Creator: Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of June 1974. Removed from De Alva Stanwood Alexander, A Political History of the State of New York (New York : H. Holt and company, 1906-1909), 111170, volume 2, part 1.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to Charles Henry Hart :

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Fillmore replies to Hart that he did not receive the copy of the Memoirs of President Lincoln sent by him.

mssHM 25296

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Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, New York, letter to General James Grant Wilson, New York :

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Thanking Wilson for the copy of Halleck's Poems. Fillmore praises the poems and corrects Fitz-Greene Halleck's misidentification of Seneca chief Red Jacket as Tuscarora, provides information about his history.

mssHM 23277

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Millard Fillmore, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel Webster :

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Letter to Secretary of State Webster recommending Samuel Haight for the office of Consul at Matanzas, Cuba.

mssHM 8191

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Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., letter to Sarah J. Buell Hale, Philadelphia :

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Regarding Hale's campaign for a national day of thanksgiving. Fillmore expresses the opinion that Congress would not find it an appropriate subject for legislation and that he does not think it should be an executive action but should be left to state governors.

mssHM 20515

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R.C. Overton letter to John W. Barriger, III, Arthur H. Cole, William J. Cunningham, et al

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This typewritten letter written by Richard C. Overton is addressed to 22 individuals at various institutions. Overton writes, "Gentlemen: After the annual dinner of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association at Lexington, Kentucky, on May 7, several of us who are particularly interested in railroad research gathered together informally. Our purpose was to discuss (1) available material, (2) subjects that are significant both historically and currently in the railroad field, and (3) the best means of putting adequately trained men in contact with accessible material." He follows with a list of names and addresses of those present at that informal meeting.

mssHM 83624

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John Reynold et al passes from the governors of Georgia, South Carolina and New York to a French Neutral, Jacques Morrice (Jacques Maurice Vigneau) and his family, contemporary copy

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The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.

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Millard Fillmore et al, Buffalo, New York, letter to Governor John Thompson Hoffman :

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