Papers II, 1830-1864.

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Papers II, 1830-1864.

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A small collection of the Richards family of Cummington, Quincy, and Braintree, Mass. including a few letters between Charles Clapp and Lysander Richards and a letter from William L. Garrison to Clapp rejecting his application to work on the Liberator. Also, the diary of Louisa C. Richards kept from 12 June - 17 Aug. 1859 in Quincy, Mass. and on a summer vacation to Claremont, N.H.; the diary of Charles N. Richards (27 Oct. - 9 Nov. 1864) noting his baptism in Washington and a trip by train to Quincy, Mass. where he hoped, but was denied the opportunity, to vote for Abraham Lincoln; and copies of a few letters from Nehemiah Richards to his son Lysander (in Louisa Richards's diary).

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

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Anti-slavery advocate. From the description of Circular and letter, 1848 Jan. 21, Boston, to Rev. Mr. Russell, South Hingham. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 231311718 Abolitionist and reformer William Lloyd Garrison was founder of the Boston abolitionist paper, The Liberator, and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. From the description of Papers, 1835-1873 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007257 Abolitionist and lectur...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Richards, Nehemiah.

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Clapp, Charles, 1811-1849

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Richards, Charles Nehemiah.

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Richards, Lysander.

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Richards family.

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Richards, Louisa C., b. 1837.

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