Abbott family Civil War letters, 1856-1864.

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Abbott family Civil War letters, 1856-1864.

Letters from three brothers of the Abbott family, sent to members of their family primarily during the American Civil War.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383367

Houghton Library

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Abbott, Fletcher Morton, 1843-,

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Abbott, Samuel Appleton Browne 1846-

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Palfrey, Francis Winthrop, 1831-1889

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An officer in the Federal Army during the Civil War, and from 1872, a register of Bankruptcy in Boston. Author of "Antietam and Fredericksburg" and "Memoirs of William Francis Bartlett." From the description of F. W. Palfrey letter to unidentified recipients [manuscript], May 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 228070066 American historian. ...

Perry, George, 1953-....

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Russell, H. S.

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Abbott, Josiah Gardner, 1814-1891

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Browne, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1835-1891

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Browne was a 1854 graduate of Harvard Law School, a member of the Massachusetts bar and a reporter of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. From the description of Letter to Mason W. Tappan, 1859. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338944 ...

Abbott family.

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Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814-1891) was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, was graduated at Harvard in 1832, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and received an LL.D. from Williams College in 1862. Abbott served in the Massachusetts legislature as state senator, was a delegate-at-large to every national Democratic convention, and was a judge of the superior court of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He also served as a representative to the U.S. Congress and was an overseer of Harvard Unive...

Holmes, Oliver

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Abbott, Josiah Gardner, 1814-1891

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Grafton St. Loe Abbott.

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Abbott, Henry Livermore, 1842-1864

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Henry Livermore Abbott, the third of eleven children, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on January 21, 1842, the son of Josiah Gardner Abbott, a successful lawyer and judge. In 1876, Josiah Gardner Abbott was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He was a prominent member of the Democratic Party. Henry's mother, Caroline, was the daughter of U.S. Congressman Edward St. Loe Livermore. Both of Henry's parents were descended from officers who served in the Continental Army during t...

Wise, William G.

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Sherman, Lois S.

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Fletcher Morton Abbott

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Fred Shattuck

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Caroline Mary Livermore Abbott

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Abbott, Caroline Livermore, ca. 1816-1887

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Brown, S. A.

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Antoinette

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Soldiers' Aid Association

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Ropes, Henry.

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Abbott, Edward Gardner, 1840-1862,

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Caroline Livermore Abbott

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Elizabeth Livermore

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Paul, D. W.

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Arthur St. Loe Abbott.

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Bartlett, William Frank.

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Francis, James, Jr., 1976-

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Edward Gardner Abbott

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