Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1861.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1861.

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Letter of 28 May 1861, written in Paris, from William A. Hovey of Boston to the Rev. Henry A. Miles, who was then in Florence. Hovey mentions that while in Paris with his mother he has been following the news of increasing hostilities at home in America; he adds, "I have been very anxious to go home & enlist, and were it not that mother wished to stay here, should do so immediately." He also mentions Massachusetts governer John A. Andrew and the latter's opinion of abolitionist John Brown.

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Hovey, William Alfred (1841-1906).

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Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

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Lawyer, founder of Free Soil Party in Massachusetts, governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1866. From the description of ALS, 1861 Oct. 19, New York, N.Y., to an unknown correspondent. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122524861 Prominent anti-slavery lawyer and Civil War governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers, 1772-1895, [microform]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 25618330 Andrew was Governor of Massachusetts ...

Miles, Henry A. (Henry Adolphus), 1809-1895

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Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...