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Samuel McCullough papers
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Barrett, Joseph H. to Samuel Mills Conant - Hill, Alexander
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The correspondence of Joseph H. Barrett and his extended family. The bulk of the collection (354 letters) consists of Barrett's own personal and professional correspondence, both incoming and outgoing. The letters cover Barrett's entire life and career, especially his studies at Middlebury College (class of 1845); teaching at various private schools in Vermont and New Hampshire (1845-1848); his association with the American Whig Review and various New England newspapers (1848-1851); service in the Vermont House of Representatives (1851-1853); his courtship of Harriet Lowell and their marriage; intense religious soul-searching that led him from Congregationalism, to Universalism and finally to the Episcopal Church; reporting on politics for the Cincinnati Gazette (1857-1861), editorship of the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle (1868-1892), and his literary work, particularly his 1888, 1902, and 1904 biographies of Abraham Lincoln. Also included are letters to the editor received by Barrett as the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle and Times. Correspondents include Barrett's wife Harriet, Samuel Mills Conant (1820-1855), a fellow Middlebury alumnus and publisher of the Vermont Union Whig; Park Benjamin (1809-1864), Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), William H. Herndon, Benjamin Labaree (1801-1883), Edward McPherson, (1830-1895), Alfred Bult Mullett (1834-1890), William Frederick Poole (1821-1894), James Reed Spalding (1821-1872), and others.
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Samuel Ten Eyck letter to Origin B. Throop
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In this letter, Samuel Ten Eyck writes to his friend, Origin B. Throop, back home in Schoharie, New York, offering a description of the Mexican port city of Guaymas, Sonora, giving his assessment of Mexican attitudes towards Americans, and describing his experiences in the Fraser River Gold Rush.
mssHM 83104
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1870-1899
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The George A. Gillespie papers consist of letters, documents, and manuscripts related to California politics and Gillespie's family from 1849 to 1899. Included is material on national politics during the same period. Correspondents include John Bidwell, Jacob P. Leese, William S. Johnston, Aaron Augustus Sargent, and James McCord Stilson.
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1849-1869
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The George A. Gillespie papers consist of letters, documents, and manuscripts related to California politics and Gillespie's family from 1849 to 1899. Included is material on national politics during the same period. Correspondents include John Bidwell, Jacob P. Leese, William S. Johnston, Aaron Augustus Sargent, and James McCord Stilson.
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Samuel Brooks Morris papers
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This collection contains the papers of Samuel Brooks Morris (1890-1962), a Southern California civil engineer specializing in water issues. The collection deals primarily with Pasadena and Los Angeles engineering concerns, in addition to some California and national issues, largely related to water reclamation, dams, hydrogeology, water litigation, and a wide range of related technical publications. The material consists of a highly diverse mix of manuscripts and printed materials, including correspondence, maps, notes, charts, fliers, and brochures, often interspersed within each folder. The correspondence is primarily to and from colleagues, but also includes discussion with government officials at all levels. The collection includes a small number of photographs.
mssMorris, Samuel papers
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Samuel Loveman papers
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The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and photographs that pertain to Loveman's friend and colleague, George Sterling (1869-1926). All of the manuscripts and letters in the collection were authored by Sterling and all of the letters were addressed to Samuel Loveman. The collection's photographs are all of George Sterling, and the majority of them date from 1913. Many letters discuss American writers and writing. Individuals discussed specifically within the collection include Ambrose Bierce, Nora May French, James Hopper, and Henry Anderson Lafler
mssHM 46222-46267