Miscellaneous letter collection, 1805-1943.

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Miscellaneous letter collection, 1805-1943.

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Miscellaneous letters by local residents and relatives on family, business, and political events. Letters from Joseph Ellicott to Doctor Johnson, 1810, about needing a doctor in the Batavia area; J.B. Johnson to Benjamin Willson, 1844, about the murder of the jailed Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, and family news; letters from Richard T. Ely, one in 1875 on the Beecher trial and life in New York City as a student and two in 1919 about his childhood in Fredonia; and Thomas S. Winslow to M.L. Hinman, 1903, about the battle of Santiago and the Battleship Texas. Five letters, 1896-1901, correspondence of John Warren; and letter, ca. 1878, regarding land and life in Dakota.

ca. 30 items.

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6868966

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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Darwin R. Barker Library (Fredonia, N.Y.). Historical Museum.

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Collecting area: Local history of Fredonia, N.Y. and the surrounding area. From the description of Repository description. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155439029 ...

Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Texas (Ship)

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