Samuel Calvin Papers, 1792-1929

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Samuel Calvin Papers, 1792-1929

http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/calvinsamuel/

Lawyer and political leader, of Hollidaysburg (Blair Co.), Pa. Personal, legal, and business correspondence, legal papers, reports, notices, and other material. The political material relates to Blair Co. and Pennsylvania Whig politics, to Calvin's service as U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1849-1851), patronage, service to constituents, and national problems and issues. The legal papers largely concern collection of clients' debts. Business records and papers relate to a mining concern in Colorado, industrial firms in Pennsylvania; canal, railroad, and road transportation; westward expansion in Iowa and elsewhere, and the price of land in the West.

15.0 Linear Feet; 2761 Items

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Calvin, Samuel, 1811-1890

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Samuel Calvin (1811-1890) was a lawyer, member of the 31st Congress (March 1849-March 1851), and member of the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention of 1873. Calvin was admitted to the bar in 1836; he established his practice at Hollidaysburg, Pa. From the guide to the Samuel Calvin Papers, 1792-1929, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Lawyer, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania representative, 1849-1851. From t...