Papers, 1849-1900.

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Papers, 1849-1900.

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This collection contains Staples' correspondence and papers, 1849-1900, and includes notes referring to speaking engagements at temperance meetings, the ordering of books for Staples' private music library, and the securing of performers for the annual Worcester Music Festival. There are letters from George Frederick Root (1820-1895) and John Wingate Thornton (1818-1878) concerning old books, and detailed correspondence from Captain Horace James (1818-1875) from New Bern, North Carolina during the Civil War. James had resigned as minister of the Old South Church in Worcester (of which Staples was a leading member) and his letters contain references to upheavals in that church and to his duties as a chaplain in a black regiment, his work against the contraband trade, and later references to James' appointment as Assistant Quartermaster and Superintendent of Negro Affairs. The collection also contains a letter from U.S. Congressman John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883) critical of the presidency of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) and reporting the beginning of a movement to impeach him. There are also several miscellaneous items, c. 1794, which apparently had belonged in the Staples family.

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Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895

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Composer, music educator and president of Root & Sons Music Co., Chicago, Ill. Acquaintance of Abby Hutchinson Patton a famous singer (Hutchinson Family Singers) and song writer of the nineteenth century. Also a campaigner for Abraham Lincoln and member of the Executive Committee of the American Equal Rights Association after the Civil War. From the description of Letter, June 26, 1891. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54354828 Geo...

Thornton, John Wingate, 1818-1878

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John Wingate Thornton (1818-1878), a Boston lawyer, historian and antiquary, was a founder of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society in 1855. He authored several books, including _The Landing at Cape Ann_ (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1854) and _The Pulpit of the American Revolution_ (Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1860), as well as several articles and pamphlets, including _The First Records of Anglo-American Colonization: Their...

James, Horace, 1818-1875

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Horace James (1818-1875) was born in Medford, Mass. He graduated from Yale in 1840, and was installed as pastor of the Old South Church in Worcester, Mass., in 1853. From 1861 to 1864, he was chaplain of the 25th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. In 1864, he was appointed a superintendent of freedmen in North Carolina. James returned to Massachusetts as pastor of a church in Lowell and as an associate editor of the _Congregationalist_. From the description of Correspondence, 1852...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Baldwin, John D. (John Denison), 1809-1883

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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883). From the description of Papers, 1834-1883. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191316986 ...

Staples, Samuel E. (Samuel Elias), 1822-1902

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Samuel Elias Staples (1822-1902) was a merchant in Worcester, Mass., first president of the Worcester County Music Association, and founder and first president of the Worcester Society of Antiquity. Staples wrote articles for scholarly journals (e.g. "Ancient Psalmody and Hymnology of New England"), composed several psalm-tunes, and was active in the temperance movement. From the description of Papers, 1849-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207172678 ...