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Papers, 1695-1893.

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Papers of the Cushing family, including deeds to land in Scituate and Pembroke, Mass.; a diary kept by Harvard student Thomas Cushing in 1833-34; a weather diary for 1806 kept by the Rev. Jacob Cushing of Waltham, Mass., interleaved with Nathanael Low's "Astronomical diary or almanack ... "; correspondence of U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Caleb Cushing; and correspondence and notes of Charles W. Tuttle for his memorial to Caleb Cushing, which appeared in Vol. XVII of the Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings. Caleb Cushing's correspondents include George Bancroft, Theophilus Parsons, Robert C. Winthrop, John Gorham Palfrey, and Edward Everett. Much of the writing concerns national politics, particularly the Whig Party and Daniel Webster. Included is some correspondence of Thomas Cushing, including letters from his classmate Joseph Sargent.

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Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

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Parsons, Theophilus, 1797-1882

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Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Cushing family.

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Cushing, Thomas, 1814-1895

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Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857. From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903 U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer. From the description of Caleb Cushin...

Sargent, Joseph, ca.1812-1888.

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Cushing, Jacob, 1730-1809

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Congregational clergyman, of Waltham, Middlesex Co., Mass. From the description of Papers of Jacob Cushing, 1749-1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064178 Jacob Cushing (1730-1809) was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1748, where he received a Benjamin Browne Scholarship and served as Scholar of the House. He was ordained at Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1752. He was a moderator of the Cambridge Association and during the Revolutionary...