William Barron Calhoun papers 1810-1844

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William Barron Calhoun papers 1810-1844

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Approximately seventy letters of the Calhoun family of Boston, over half written by or to William B. Calhoun while he was a student at Yale College (1810-1814). Topics discussed include family affairs, Calhoun's experiences at Yale College and the War of 1812. Later family letters are written from various parts of New England and one is from a brother describing his travels in Turkey in 1838. Few of the letters reflect Calhoun's political career in the state legislature of Massachusetts (1825-1835) or as a congressman (1835-1843).

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Calhoun, William B. (William Barron), 1795-1865

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts. From the description of Letter of William B. Calhoun, 1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452500 Born on December 29, 1795, in Boston, Massachusetts, William Barron Calhoun graduated from Yale College in 1814. He studied law after graduation and eventually opened his own office in Springfield, Massachusetts. He quickly realized that he was not meant to argue the law, but to create it, and was elected to the state legislature on nume...