Letters by and about Abbott Lawrence, 1831-1856.

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Letters by and about Abbott Lawrence, 1831-1856.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122412065

The bulk of the collection is 65 letters, 1831-1854, from Lawrence to Appleton that reflect Lawrence's career as a textile manufacturer and congressman, his interest in the tariff bill, and later his service as U.S. minister to England. Also letters to Appleton from Lawrence family members and others thanking him for his memoir on Lawrence; and a few letters to Appleton containing information about Lawrence, assembled in preparation for the writing of the memoir.

1 box (.5 linear ft.).

Houghton Library

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Lawrence family.

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Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861

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Appleton, a manufacturer, banker, and Massachusetts congressman, was a founder of the city of Lowell, Mass., and helped build up Lawrence, Mass. and Manchester, N.H. He wrote a memoir of Abbott Lawrence, fellow textile manufacturer, founder of Lawrence, Mass., Massachusetts congressman, and diplomat. From the description of Letters by and about Abbott Lawrence, 1831-1856. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122412065 From the guide to the Letters by and about Abbott La...

Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...