Matthews, James Newton, 1852-1910
Variant namesMatthews grew up just outside Mason, Illinois, where his father was a doctor and the family had a farm. The first student to enroll at the future University of Illinois, Matthews was a newspaper editor and then became a country doctor in Mason. Matthews also published two volumes of poetry.
From the description of Diary, August 14, 1866-July 24, 1867. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 458602934
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| referencedIn | Edgar Wilson Nye ["Bill Nye"] Collection, 1870-1900 | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | James Whitcomb Riley Papers, 1883-1915 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | James Whitcomb Riley Collection, 1883-1908 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Nye, Bill, 1850-1896. Papers of Bill Nye [manuscript], 1870-1900, bulk 1870-1895. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | James N. Matthews Papers, 1868-1872, 1966-1968 | University of Illinois Archives | |
| creatorOf | Matthews, James Newton, 1852-1910. Diary, August 14, 1866-July 24, 1867. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library |
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| correspondedWith | Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916. | person |
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