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Papers, 1794-1901, bulk: 1831-1877.

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Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of Boston lawyer George Bemis. Building his reputation in part through his assistance to the prosecution in the trial of Harvard professor John W. Webster for the murder of George Parkman, Bemis later became an authority in international law. He assisted the U.S. government in pursuing the Alabama Claims against Great Britain after the Civil War. Bemis's early correspondence is mainly with his Harvard classmates Ebenezer R. Hoar and Frederick Eustis; with Harvard professors, including President Josiah Quincy; and with his siblings Seth, Jonathan W., and Sarah Bemis. Later correspondents include Charles Sumner, Charles F. Adams, William H. Seward, and F.W. Sargent. Other materials include 10 volumes of diaries Bemis kept from 1836 to 1865, a journal of a trip to Europe kept by Jonathan W. Bemis (1853-54), part of a bound draft and hand-corrected proof of George Bemis's Report of the Case of John W. Webster, and Bemis's will.

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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Harvard University

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Eustis, Frederick, d. 1871.

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Parkman, George, 1790-1849

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Boston physician and murder victim. From the description of Letters received, ca. 1826-1847. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14445201 ...

Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895

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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, a 1839 graduate of Harvard Law School, was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (1849-1855), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1859-1869), served as U.S. Attorney General (1869-1870) and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-1875). From the description of Letters to Joseph Willard and Henry Vose, 1840-1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339043 American jurist. From the de...

Alabama (Ship : 1846-1860)

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Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

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Massachusetts lawyer and U.S. Senator, 1851-1874. He was an ardent abolitionist who attacked the south in his "crime against Kansas" speech in 1856. Two days later he was assaulted in the Senate, receiving injuries that took him years to recover from. From the description of Letters, 1858-1869. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768315 Born in Boston, Mass., the U.S. statesman Charles Sumner studied law at Harvard and practiced law in his native ci...

Webster, John White, 1793-1850

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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...

Bemis, Seth.

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Sargent, F. W. (Fitzwilliam), 1820-1889

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Medical doctor, father of John Singer Sargent; Philadelphia, Pa. Married Mary Singer Newbold and moved to Italy in 1854. Son, John, born in 1856. From the description of F.W. Sargent papers, 1861-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515042 ...

Bemis, Jonathan W.

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Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864

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Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; United States and Massaschusetts legislator; and, President of Harvard University. From the description of Josiah Quincy letter, portrait and autograph, 1839-1889. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 63118297 President of Harvard. From the description of Autograph note signed : [Cambridge, Mass.], addressed to the Rev. John Pierpont, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616000 From the description of Autograph note ...

Bemis, George, 1816-1878

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