Papers, 1796-1843.

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Haswell family. Papers, 1796-1843.

Papers, 1796-1843.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207142632

In this collection there is one oversize slipcase containing eleven letters. All of these letters are written by Anthony Haswell and pertain both to business and personal affairs. The personal letters are written to his second wife, Betsey Rice Haswell ( -1815) and daughter, Susannah Haswell Clark (1795- ). The folio slipcase contains the manuscript of a play titled "The Battle of Bennington," and two poems written by Anthony Haswell. One octavo slipcase contains five leaves of a journal written in 1796. It was kept by Anthony Haswell while traveling from Bennington, Vt., to New York and records travel and business transactions. There are three bound octavo volumes containing the writings of Nathan Baldwin Haswell. The first contains lyrics for three songs written for the Fourth of July, 1840. The remaining two volumes contain speeches written by Nathan Baldwin Haswell while a member of the House of Representatives. One speech, "In Defense of his Right to his Seat in the Vermont Legislature," (1836) discusses voting eligibility and the rights of college students and scholars to vote. Further comment was added to this speech in 1838 and 1843. Bound into this volume is a printed booklet "Directory and Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, for October session, 1836." Notations have been made by Haswell recording the votes of other legislators. Separately bound is an 1836 speech on the issue of slavery.

4 v. ; octavo.1 v. ; folio.1 v. ; elephant folio.

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