Papers, 1837-1870, 1837, 1848-1865, 1870.

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Papers, 1837-1870, 1837, 1848-1865, 1870.

The papers include incoming correspondence and miscellaneous bills and receipts. The letters pertain to his law practice, Republican politics, and family matters.

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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

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Simon Cameron was born in Maytown, Pennsylvania in 1799, to Charles Cameron (d. January 16, 1814) and his wife Martha McLaughlin (d. abt. November 10, 1830). Cameron was the third of five sons; and had three younger sisters. One story claimed that Cameron was orphaned at nine, and later apprenticed to a printer, Andrew Kennedy, editor of the Northumberland Gazette before entering the field of journalism. If Cameron were apprenticed to Kennedy at age nine (~1808) for a then-standard period of ...

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894.

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Governor of Pennsylvania. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to Attorney General Hoar, 1869 May 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527031 Andrew Gregg Curtin was the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War. From the description of A.G. Curtin letter to James T. Hale, 1855 March 29. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49839092 ...

Johnston, William F., 1808-1872

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Pennsylvania state senator. At the time of Governor Shunk's death William Freame Johnston was presiding officer of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Under the provisions of the constitution he became the chief executive of the state. Waiving this opportunity to step into the office of governor, he at once issued a proclamation for the election of a governor and was himself chosen. He was born in 1808 in Greensburg of Scotch-Irish parentage and was admitted to the bar when t...

Calvin, Samuel, 1811-1890

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Samuel Calvin (1811-1890) was a lawyer, member of the 31st Congress (March 1849-March 1851), and member of the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention of 1873. Calvin was admitted to the bar in 1836; he established his practice at Hollidaysburg, Pa. From the guide to the Samuel Calvin Papers, 1792-1929, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Lawyer, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania representative, 1849-1851. From t...