Manuscripts

Annie G. Dudley Davis diary

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Description: The diary kept by Annie G. Dudley in Washington documents political and social life in Washington, D.C. in 1861-68, including accounts of the Civil War news, sessions of House of Representatives and Senate, hospitals, and assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861, January 1-1868, March 24.
Call number: mssHM 58019
Creator: Davis Annie G. Dudley (1834-1928)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from R. M. Smythe & Co., Inc., October 30, 1997.
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Frederick G. Niles diaries

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In these four diaries, Niles details his life through a variety of jobs and journeys. Before his adventures west, Niles talks about his religious beliefs, his Sunday school teaching, his daily life and his aspirations for the future. As he heads West to the Kansas Territory, Niles describes the prospectors and emigrants he meets along the way. He discusses the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians he sees, the Mexican cattle drivers, and the landscape he encounters in his travels. In April 1865, Niles writes about the assassination and funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Niles' diaries also include detailed budgets and personal financial information as he struggled to make money. In the diary that deals with his sea voyage home, Niles includes details about daily life on the ship and the places he visited along the way.

mssHM 70278-70281

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John Adam Kasson letter to Thomas Haines Dudley

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Letter from John Adam Kasson to Thomas Haines Dudley, sent on Committee of Ways and Means letterhead from the House of Representatives. Kasson is responding to suggestions from Dudley on a speech to "Western farmers." Kasson notes that he will keep Dudley's points in mind but "could not cover the whole ground in one speech," and that his "chief object was to dissipate the fallacy that duties add so much forever to the cost." Also included is a brief note of receipt from Kasson to an unknown recipient, dated Des Moines 1866.

mssHM 29243

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Frank Elijah Dudley collages : with signatures, illustrations, poems, and canceled stamps

Manuscripts

The folder contains two typewritten collages, a typewritten List of Recipients & Signers (1 p.), and a typewritten letter from Dudley to Curator Huntington Library, May 2, 1940 (1 p.). The collages were created in memory of Mark Twain, John Muir, Mr. Huntington and other Americans.

mssHM 83575

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DUDLEY, Thomas Haines & Edward. [Correspondence re. Dudley's legal practice]

Manuscripts

The collection primarily contains correspondence and documents of Thomas Haines Dudley. Dudley's personal and political correspondence, including 22 volumes of diplomatic correspondence, reflect his entire political career. Also present are 1 volume of copies of Confederate correspondence, documents (including 8 account books and 2 volumes of memoranda), 6 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous pamphlets, photographs, and other printed material. Subjects include Whig and Republican politics; local, state, and national elections and conventions, including the 1860 Republican National Convention; political affairs in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including information on Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company; the politics and government in the New England states, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are covered to a somewhat lesser extent. There are some items relating to the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Items also document affairs of the American consulate in Liverpool, especially pertaining to Confederate shipbuilding and blockade running, British claims against the United States after the war and efforts to confiscate Confederate property in England, and routine consular matters. This portion of the collection includes photographs and drawings of Confederate ships. Dudley's legal practice and personal affairs, including his interest in political economy, are reflected in his correspondence with Henry Charles Carey. Presidential items in this collection include Chester A. Arthur letter to Thomas Haines Dudley, 1872 February 1 (DU 87); Ulysses S. Grant letter to Thomas Haines Dudley, 1866 March 9 (DU 1820); Andrew Johnson letter to Thomas Haines Dudley, 1865 December 24 (DU 2434).

DU 4584

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DUDLEY, Thomas Haines. [Correspondence re. Dudley's legal practice & other business matters]

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DU 4585

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Thomas Haines Dudley papers

Manuscripts

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