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Manuscripts
Martin Van Buren, Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York, letter to Miss Silvester :
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Is sending seeds and writings to her and her mother.
mssHM 39926
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Van Buren writes primarily about the fallout over the presidential election of 1800, which elected Thomas Jefferson president and Aaron Burr vice president. He discusses Aaron Burr and newspaper editor James Cheetham, who had publicized claims that Burr had conspired to win the presidency. Also mentions the current fever epidemic in New York, presumably yellow fever.
mssHM 22944
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Letter to the New York State Comptroller regarding the possible stock takeover of "our Bank," presumably the New York State Bank.
mssHM 23019
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Van Buren requests Hawthorne arrange for him a shipment of Scotch oatmeal from Liverpool, England (Hawthorne served as U.S. consul at Liverpool during the Franklin Pierce administration).
mssHM 43230
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Letter from Van Buren as secretary of state to the governor of Mississippi seeking information on incorporated colleges in his state. Printed circular letter, filled in and signed.
mssHM 4695
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Intense letter about gynecology and women's medical issues, possibly including abortion, from a Miss Dodge in New York City to a Mr. Maltbie. Dodge's letter concerns her friend (Maltbie's female cousin) who is "in a state of despondency & distress". It appears that this cousin, Miss Boynton, is the victim of an inept obstetrician. Miss Dodge appeals to Maltbie to get proper medical car for Boynton. In a post-postscript, the letter contains a reference to gynecologist Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919), co-founder of the Women's Hospital of New York.
mssHM 82989