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Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842. Political papers, 1761-1926.

Title: Political papers, 1761-1926.

Correspondence (1873-1915) by or pertaining to Richard Wayne Parker (1848-1923), U.S. representative from New Jersey, including letters of Robert Gilchrist, Cortlandt Parker, and Henry N. Stevens; letters and other documents (1814-1841), of Samuel L. Southard, governor and U.S. representative from New Jersey, and U.S. secretary of the navy, including correspondence with William Bainbridge and Dr. William Paul Crillon Barton; letters (1860-1874) of John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), U.S. Senator from New Jersey, including two to Gideon Welles; letters (1847-1863) of John R. Thomson (1800-1862), U.S. senator from New Jersey, including two co-authored by William Wright; correspondence and legal documents of Garret D. Wall (1783-1850), U.S. senator from New Jersey (1809-1841); correspondence and other papers (1838-1882), of Thurlow Weed (1797-1882), New York journalist and Whig political leader, including letters from Henry Bergh, Hamilton Fish (1808-1893), William Fullerton, and R. H. Shreve, Clement Laird Vallandingham, and James G. Wilson; and letters (1853-1865) signed by William Wright (1790-1866), U.S. representative and senator from New Jersey and mayor of Newark, N.J., and other Democrats recommending persons for political patronage positions. Also includes account book (1762-1775) kept by Samuel Smith (1720-1776), treasurer of the province of New Jersey; scrapbook (1907-1926) including correspondence, newspaper clippings and printed matter, documenting the career of Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (1869-1948) state legislator, acting governor, and U.S. senator from New Jersey; and miscellaneous papers of George Franklin Fort, governor of New Jersey (1830-1863), James A. Hammill (1877-1941), U.S. representative from Jersey City, N.J. (1865-1920), and John Hart (1713-1779), speaker of New Jersey General Assembly and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1761-1778).

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882. Thurlow Weed papers, 1838-1891.

Title: Thurlow Weed papers, 1838-1891.

This collection consists of incoming correspondence to Thurlow Weed. The correspondence is general in nature, covering both social and political issues. The bulk of the correspondence consists of requests relating to Weed's editorial career, such as personal recommendations, help with social issues, and business agreements from P. Marro, Wiggins, S.H. Wales, Martha Lamb, William Fullerton, Lyman Tremain, Henry Bergh, Charles Sheldon, Pierre Van Wyck, and Clement Laird Vallandingham. There are also three letters from James Grant Wilson, requesting Weed's donation to go towards the erection of a statue dedicated to the poet Fitz-Greene Halleck, The collection also contains letters relating to Weed's political activities from John Townsend, Hamilton Fish, and R.H. Shreve.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

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