Papers, 1828-1869.

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Papers, 1828-1869.

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Correspondence, printed questionnaires, photographs, etc. providing biographical information about politicians from Maine for inclusion in Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress. Lanman appears to have sent out a circular in 1858 asking for basic biographical information to which members of Congress or their friends or relatives replied. His Dictionary was published in various editions between 1859 and 1869. The collection also contains a letter dated Oct. 1, 1828, to Samuel L. Southard, Secretary of the Navy, from John Anderson, congressman from Maine; and a letter dated Dec. 5, 1828, to Southard from Joseph Ferdinand Wingate, congressman from Maine. Both letters concern appointments of midshipmen. Another letter, dated Sept. 9, 1846, is from John Fairfield, U.S. Senator from Maine, to P.C. Johnson and concerns the appointment of Johnson's son as a midshipman.

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