Correspondence of John Fanning Watson, 1805-1845.

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Correspondence of John Fanning Watson, 1805-1845.

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Personal correspondence John Fanning Watson, chiefly letters addressed to him. Correspondents include members of the Adams, Barron, Fanning, Watson, and other prominent Pennsylvania and New York families. Included are letters from the children of Azel Backus, a Congregational clergyman and first president of Hamilton College, Edmund Fanning (1769-1841), and James Barron (1768-1851).

165 pieces.2 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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