Correspondence, 1815-1864.

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Correspondence, 1815-1864.

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Correspondence of Ebenezer Hunt, physician of Danvers, Mass. Includes correspondence between Hunt and his brother John about national politics, especially the activities of Henry Clay; letters from Isaac N. Roberts of the 28th Mass. Regiment reporting on the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, medical care, secessionist women, free and enlisted Blacks, and his lack of faith in North Carolina's military governor Edward Stanley, or his commanding officer John G. Foster; letters from Hunt to his children giving accounts of his activities as assistant surgeon with the 8th Mass. Regiment and intemperance in the Army; and a letter from Lewis Tappan and T.B. Hudson soliciting funds to support John G. Whittier and Henry B. Stanton as anti-slavery agents in Washington, D.C. Among other correspondents are Benjamin Crowninshield, Sally Cheever, and Thomas Cheever.

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Cheever, Sally.

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Stanley, Edward, 1810-1872.

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Hunt, John M.

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Hudson, T. B.

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Crowninshield, Benjamin William, 1772-1851.

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Hunt, Ebenezer, 1799-1874

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Cheever, Thomas

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Merchant and antislavery leader. From the description of The papers of Lewis Tappan [microform], 1809-1903. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852969 Abolitionist from New York State; assisted the Amistad slaves; among the founders of the American Missionary Association in 1846, which began more than 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest, and after the American Civil War, founded numerous schools and colleges to aid in the educatio...

Roberts, Isaac N., 1833-1863.

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