Collection of autograph letters, 1834-1860.

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Collection of autograph letters, 1834-1860.

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Five brief letters by or to Pennsylvania figures: Horace Greeley to W.A. Laver of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, 1860 Nov. 25; Robert Dale Owen to the editor of the Dispatch, 1860 Nov. 28; James Pollock to William Ayres, 1852 Nov. 16; James Ross to Daniel Nigley, 1834 June 14; William Wilkins to Mr. Seely, a conductor on a Pittsburgh-Philadelphia train, [s.d.].

5 items (5 p.) ; 23 cm. or smaller.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6836505

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune, among the great newspapers of its time. Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York, and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a landslide. Greeley was born to a poor family in Amherst, New ...

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

Ross, James, 1762-1847

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Attorney for George Washington's estates in western Pennsylvania, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. As one of the federal commissioners appointed to negotiate a settlement to the Whiskey Rebellion he was largely responsible for its peaceful conclusion. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas Hamilton, Greensburg, Pa., 1795 Jan. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580981 James Ross was a lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served a...

Pollock, James, 1810-1890

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Jurist, public official, governor of and U.S. representative from Pennsylvania. From the description of Letters of James Pollock, 1844-1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449972 Born in Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1810, James Pollock graduated from the College of New Jersey at Princeton in 1831. He was admitted to the county bar in 1833 and a year later opened a law office in his hometown. From 1835-1837 he served as a deputy Attorney-General for Northumberland County. In 18...

Seely, Frank H.

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Laver, W. A. (William Adolphus), 1866-1940

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Wilkins, William, 1799-1865.

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