Papers of Charles Henry Ray, 1826-1904 (bulk 1838-1870)

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Papers of Charles Henry Ray, 1826-1904 (bulk 1838-1870)

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Professional, political, and personal correspondence and papers of Charles Henry Ray, chiefly letters addressed to him. Included are letters discussing his studies of medicine in New York, whaling voyage in 1841-1843 onboard of a New Bedford whaler Newton, early medical practice in Illinois, contemporary politics, including the Republican party, Lincoln presidency and the Civil War, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Evening Post, family news, and business affairs, including his involvement in the trade with the South during the Civil War.

437 pieces, also photographs and ephemera.3 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Ray, Julia Annah Clark, 1840-1913.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Fairchild, Tench S.

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Ray, Jane Yates Per Lee, . 1861.

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Hastings, S. Clinton (Serranus Clinton), 1814-1893

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After leaving New York, S. Clinton Hastings studied law in Iowa and served as a chief justice and member of the U.S. House of Representives. He later became the first chief justice of Calif., 1850-1852. In 1878, he founded and endowed the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. From the description of S. Clinton Hastings letter : Norwich, N.Y., to Charles Anthony, Gouverneur, N.Y. : ALS, 1835 Aug. 31. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48726747 ...

Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887

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A native of Maine, Washburne became a Galena, Illinois lawyer and served in the U. S. House of Representatives from Illinois (1853-1869). A supporter of both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, he was American minister to France (1869-1877). From the description of Letter, 1854, 1857, and 1877. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 443060766 From the description of Letters, 1849-1872, nd. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 226...

Fenton, William M. (William Matthew), 1808-1871.

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Grimes, James W. (James Wilson)

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Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...

Ray, Levi, 1796-1850

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Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899

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American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to J.M. dalzell, 1881 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636685 Journalist & major stockholder/director of the Chicago Tribune. Active participant in the formation of a "compact" Republican party and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln's. From the description of Joseph Medill letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1893 Sep 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 317...

Hammond, O.T., fl. 1838.

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Smith, H. M. (Henry Martyn), 1828-1894

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Hempstead, Charles S., 1794-1874

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Sons of Temperance of North America

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White, Horace, 1834-1916

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Journalist and economist. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : to [Horton?], 1886 May 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805830 Journalist and editor for Chicago Tribune (1857-1874) and New York Evening Post (1881-1903). Author of several books including a biography of Lyman Trumbull. From the description of Letters, November 1863, July 30, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 145746010 From the desc...

Equal Rights Party (N.Y.)

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Newton (Bark)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by John R. Sawyer, on voyage from 20 June 1841-10 Oct. 1843 to the Madagascar, Coast of New Holland, and Hatteras whaling grounds; owner-agent: Isaiah Burgess; built at Marshfield, Mass., 1828. From the description of Logbook, 1841 June 25-1843 Oct. 5. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70977046 ...

Grimes, James W. (James Wilson), 1816-1872

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American lawyer, legislator, governor of Iowa. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Burlington, Iowa, to William W. Belknap, 1871 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498820 Grimes was member of the Iowa Territorial Legislature (1838-1839, 1843-1844); governor of Iowa (1854-1858) and U.S. senator from Iowa (1859-1869). He was born and educated in New Hampshire. After school, he began his law practice in Burlington, Iowa, part of the Black Hawk Purchase ter...

Ray, Charles Henry

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Charles Henry Ray (1821-1870), physician, abolitionist politician, and journalist, editor and owner of the Chicago Tribune in 1855-1863. His father, Levi Ray (1796-1850), a skilled mechanic and businessman from Norwich, N.Y., was a staunch Jacksonian Democrat and active in the Loco Foco faction of the Democratic party. He attended the Norwich Union Seminary headed by Rev. O.T. Hammond. In 1837-1838, he studied medicine under Thompson Meade of Poolville, N.Y. In 1838, he became a surgeon's mate a...

Hubbard, Harvey, .fl. 1847

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...