Autographs of United States statesmen, [ca. 1800-1950].

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Autographs of United States statesmen, [ca. 1800-1950].

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A group of clipped signatures (81) and letters, notes and documents, chiefly of American politicians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially of Connecticut governors, Senators, and Congressmen. Topics touched upon include Alice Fletcher's comments on Indian reservations and severalty; B. F. Butler's opinions on private vs. government banks; Wing Yung's explanation of Chinese customs of mourning.

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923

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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist who studied and documented Native American culture. She credited Frederic Ward Putnam for stimulating her interest in Native American culture. From 1881, Fletcher was involved with the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, an Indian boarding school with a primary objective of assimilating Native American children and youth into Euro-American culture. In 1881, Fletcher traveled to live with and ...

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858

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American lawyer and politician; Attorney General. From the description of Letter signed : New York, to A.J. Bleecker, 1840 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132632 American lawyer and politician; Atty. General. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to C.H. Waddell, 1840 July 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, 1845 Ma...

Yung, Wing, 1828-1912

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First Chinese student to graduate from Yale University (1854); served in Imperial Customs Translating Department, Shanghai; worked under the Viceroy Tsang Kwoh Fan, 1863-1865; involved with education in China and in sending Chinese students to the U.S.; held various posts in the Chinese government until 1902, when he moved permanently to the U.S. From the description of Yung Wing papers, 1848-2001 (inclusive), 1848-1910 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122562677 From t...