Samuel Hopkins papers, (bulk 1744-1756)

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  Samuel Cooper papers

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  This collection contains the letters, manuscripts (including sermons, 4 diaries, and 1 poem), and documents. Includes 195 sermons by William Cooper and Samuel Cooper, 1718-1783 (strongest for the period 1740-1759) and correspondence, covering international politics in relation to the American colonies (1769-1783), French officers in North America (1778-1783), and the Cooper family affairs (1759-1798). Some pieces are in French. Among the correspondents are John Adams (3 pieces), Charles Hector d'Estaing (3 pieces), Benjamin Franklin (5 pieces), Gideon Hawley (2 pieces), Anne César de la Luzerne (6 pieces), Charles Gravier de Vergennes (2 pieces). There are two letters (1771, Feb. 25 and 1776, Jan. 8) from Gideon Hawley describing his life among the Indians. There are 177 pieces of Samuel Cooper and 43 pieces of William Cooper. The John Adams items include two autograph letters signed to Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, 1779 February 16 and 27 (CO 7, CO 13) and one letterpress copy of a letter to Benjamin Franklin, 1783 September 13 (CO 36), not in Adams' hand. Some notable items include: Cooper, Samuel. Letter to the Corporation of Harvard, declining the presidency of the college. [February 10, 1774] Hawley, Gideon. Two letters to Dr. Cooper, describing his life among the Indians. February 25, 1771 and January 8, 1776 Lee, Arthur. Letter to Dr. Cooper, regarding the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line. Jan. 18, 1781 Lovell, James. Letter discussing the neutrality of Russia and Denmark and the possible action of Holland; also, Virginia's relinquishment of [UNK]to western territory. February 1, 1781 The diaries cover the periods 1764 January 1 - 1765 February 2; 1769 October 22 - December 31; 1775 April 18 - September 23; and 1775 April 19 - May 17, 1776. The 1769 diary was published in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 55 (1901), pp. 145-149, and the 1775-1776 diary was published in The American Historical Review, vol. 6 (Jan. 1901), pp. 301-341.

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  Samuel Ryan Curtis papers : Addenda, (bulk 1860-1890)

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  Miscellaneous letters and correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly letters addressed to him, documenting his political, and military career. The collection includes: letters and newspapers clippings related to 1860 presidential elections and Curtis' own campaign, including the tallies for various Iowa counties; correspondence related to his removal from the Dept. of Missouri in 1863, including a lengthy letter from Jacob Brinkerhoff to his brother Henry B. Curtis, describing his meeting with Abraham Lincoln regarding the case (1863, Nov. 11), and letters to Curtis from his friends and colleagues.

  mssHM 66420-66484

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  Samuel Roper papers

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  The collection consists of various letters and documents. The letters discuss the Battle of Vicksburg, the Chattanooga Campaign, and Sherman's victory march to Washington D. C., along with family affairs. There are a few documents relating to Roper's military activities including his appointment as Captain signed by Richard Yates, governor of Illinois. There is also a receipt given to Roper for turning in 137 Confederate prisoners.

  mssHM 31913-31980

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  Samuel Roper papers

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  The collection consists of various letters and documents. The letters discuss the Battle of Vicksburg, the Chattanooga Campaign, and Sherman's victory march to Washington D. C., along with family affairs. There are a few documents relating to Roper's military activities including his appointment as Captain signed by Richard Yates, governor of Illinois. There is also a receipt given to Roper for turning in 137 Confederate prisoners.

  mssHM 31913-31980

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  Samuel F. Gay correspondence

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  Correspondence between Samuel F. Gay and his father Jabez J. R. Gay (born 1809). Samuel F. Gay's letters were chiefly written while in camps in Washington, D.C., Downsville, Maryland, Warrenton, and Brandy Station, Virginia, with several letters describing the battles of Williamsburg, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and the Peninsular and Rapidan campaigns. The letters depict various aspects of life as a Union soldier including officers, Confederate prisoners, payments, rations, reviews and drills, diseases, and medical care. Also present is information on movements of the troops and discussion of war and political news. Jabez R. Gay's letters contain news from home, discussion of political issues of the day, such as slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation and the nature and course of the war. Also included are letters from Edwin C. Bragg to Jabez J. R. and Samuel F. Gay, including an account of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862. There are also individual letters that concern other family members and Gay's post-war life. Ephemera includes a clipping from the New York Herald, 1862, containing an article on the battle of Fredericksburg, and a printed sheet containing: A poem composed by a pious woman, soon after the taking of Cape-Breton, the first time : upon Christian love and peace. joined with united fervent prayer, / Composed by Mrs. Deborah Field, 1745, printed by N. Coverly, Boston, between 1805 and 1824.

  mssHM 47984-48000

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  James Nowland papers, (bulk 1848-1885)

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  Personal correspondence of James Nowland, chiefly letters written by him to his father and sisters back in England and his wife Helen Augusta Parker Nowland. The letters detail his life in Maine and New Brunswick and recount his Civil War experience. Also included is a copy of the General Order No. 1 issued by Winfield Scott as the commander of the army in Mexico (1847, Jan. 15), and a few family documents

  mssHM 26961-27030