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Thomas J. Beall letter to H.R. Wagner

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    Thomas J. Hood letter, Walnut Ridge, Ark

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    The letter signed "W.G.C.", deals with the elections to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1849), the letter of Henry Clay to Richard Pindell (1849) and projects of gradual emancipation of slaves, anti-slavery movement in Kentucky, news of the California Gold Rush and the author's Arkansas plantation

    mssHM 58075

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    Thomas Starr King letter to J.H. Bragdon

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    King informs Bragdon that he has no available Tuesdays between November and March, so he must decline Bragdon's request. Letter is pasted to backing sheet with photograph of King and an unidentified woman. Also included with letter is a one-page printed clipping containing a short biography of King.

    mssHM 29245

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    Thomas Hart Benton letter to "sir"

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    Benton writes of the capture of Colonel John Frémont, and how this has pacified California, allowing "an American to walk from one end of the province to the other without guards, and without insult or injury." Includes newspaper clipping of article in which the newly appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, John Hughes, is described as believing he would have influence with the people of Mexico amidst the current crisis.

    mssHM 23151