Hoffman-McLane letters 1839-1877 1847-1877 Hoffman-McLane letters

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Hoffman-McLane letters 1839-1877 1847-1877 Hoffman-McLane letters

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This collection is comprised of 53 letters addressed to Sophie Hoffman McLane, her daughter, Sophie, and her husband, Louis. Sophie received 12 letters from female friends between 1839 and 1849; her husband Louis received 3 letters in 1866; and her daughter Sophie received 9 letters from family members between 1871 and 1876. The collection also contains 29 undated letters addressed to either Sophie Hoffman McLane or her daughter of the same name, primarily from the elder Sophie's mother, E. Hoffman, and from female friends in Baltimore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia. Most letters concern the social and family lives of women in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware during the mid-19th century. One item is a set of "True Lovers Knots (in grass & in ribbon)."

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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McLane family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g9mz0 (family)

Louis McLane, the son of Louis McLane and Catherine Mary Milligan, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 20, 1819. After attending St. Mary's College and Newark College, he served as an officer in the United States Navy between 1835 and 1850. He then lived in California, where he entered the steamship business, and later served as a manager for Wells, Fargo & Company in San Francisco. Around 1866, he moved to New York City, and, in 1868, he moved to Baltimore, Maryland. M...

McLane, Kate M.

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McLane, Sophie Latimer Hoffman.

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McLane, Catherine.

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McLane, Sophie.

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Milligan, Kate L.

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Robeson, Mary A.

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Hoffman, E.

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McLane Louis 1786-1857

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Member of Congress, 1817-1827, and U.S. Senator, 1827-1829, minister to England; secretary of the treasury, 1831; secretary of state, 1833; and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. From the description of Papers, 1830-1838. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19902833 Secretary of Treasury and State under President Jackson. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Hezekiah Niles, [no year] Mar. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...