Samuel Calvin papers, 1792-1929; (bulk 1838-1883).

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Samuel Calvin papers, 1792-1929; (bulk 1838-1883).

Personal, legal, and business correspondence, legal papers, reports, notices, and other material. The political material relates to Blair Co. and Pennsylvania Whig politics, to Calvin's service as U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1849-1851), patronage, service to constituents, and national problems and issues. The legal papers largely concern collection of clients' debts. Business records and papers relate to a mining concern in Colorado, industrial firms in Pennsylvania; canal, railroad, and road transportation; westward expansion in Iowa and elsewhere, and the price of land in the West.

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Whig Party (Pa.)

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Calvin, Samuel, 1811-1890

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Samuel Calvin (1811-1890) was a lawyer, member of the 31st Congress (March 1849-March 1851), and member of the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention of 1873. Calvin was admitted to the bar in 1836; he established his practice at Hollidaysburg, Pa. From the guide to the Samuel Calvin Papers, 1792-1929, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Lawyer, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania representative, 1849-1851. From t...