Papers, 1839-1897.

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Papers, 1839-1897.

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This collection consists of correspondence, articles, addresses, essays, notes, and documents. The correspondence includes letters, for the period 1852 to 1889, to and from John Ordronaux (1830-1908), of New York City, and letters and newsclippings, for the period 1887 to 1889, from Alfred Russell (1830-1906), of Detroit, Mich., as well as photographs of Mrs. Russell and her two daughters. There is also miscellaneous correspondence for the period 1864 to 1889. The documents in this collection include papers, for the period 1853 to 1866, concerning Cogswell's legal career; applications for membership into the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution by Mary Louisa Trumbull Cogswell Roberts, c. 1897; and biographical information on Cogswell, as well as information on 6 Massachusetts Avenue in Worcester (the former courthouse and Trumbull Mansion). In 1871, Cogswell compiled five notebooks of "Testimony taken before the [Congressional] Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States." This material concerns the activities of the Ku Klux Klan by citing specific cases and victims in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, although there are references to the origin, causes, and political significance of the Klan. There are also notes that serve as an index to the five notebooks with some related material. The addresses, articles, and essays include "A Bundle of Old Letters" (n.d.); "Which was the greater general, Napoleon or Wellington?" (n.d.); "The Relation of the Sexes" (1869); "The Woman's Movement, historically considered" (1869); "Timothy Ruggles" (1879?); "Did Mr. Webster preface the 7th of March [1850] Speech with bad faith and personal deception?" (1882); "Hints towards the history of the 7th of March [1850] Speech" (1882?); and "Senator Hoar's Antecedents" (1889). There is also a manuscript entitled "Diary of a New Hampshire Parson" and what appears to be drafts of introductions to and transcriptions of the diary (1786-1787 and 1789) of Rev. Stephen Peabody (1741-1819), who served as minister to the First Congregational Church in Atkinson, N.H., from 1772 to 1819. There are portions of the Salem Gazette for 24 April 1885 with references to Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and Rufus Choate (1799-1859). There are also notes on Choate, two drafts of an essay entitled "Ipswich, a cradle of famous. Rufus Choate, its most gifted son," and an essay "Choate and Chebacco." The collection also contains newspapers articles that appeared in the Boston Sunday Herald. The first, entitled "Daniel Webster's Desk. What a Search Among Its Pigeon Holes Revealed" (two copies), appeared in the 15 January 1882 issue. The second, entitled "Daniel Webster's Desk. Another Batch of the Statemen's Correspondence" (three copies), appeared in the 29 January 1882 issue. One of the octavo volumes is a scrapbook that contains articles clipped from a variety of newspapers regarding the "Southern Question," c. 1876.

1 box.5 v. ; octavo.1 folder (8 items) ; oversize.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859

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Peabody, Stephen, 1741-1819

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Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908

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Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795

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