Papers, 1783-1884.

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Papers, 1783-1884.

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Papers, primarily letters received, by Emory Washburn, lawyer and politician of Leicester and Worcester, Mass., serving as governor from 1854-55 and a member of the Mass. General Court for several terms. The bulk of the collection is correspondence relating to his legal career and individual cases, the state and national Whig Party of which he was a member, letters received as governor providing advice and recommendations for political appointments, invitations and requests for him to speak. Also included are papers related to the settlement of the family estate in Calais, Vt. (1783-1847); his student papers from Williams College (1815-17); the minutes of a Williams alumni meeting (1845); and letters exchanged between Washburn and his family while he and his wife were travelling in Europe (1870). Correspondents include Peleg W. Chandler, Rufus Choate, Abbott Lawrence, Levi Lincoln, George Morey, and several family members including Minnie Washburn (his daughter) and Nehemiah Giles.

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Massachusetts. Governor (1854-1855 : Washburn)

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Whig Party (Mass.)

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Chandler, Peleg W. (Peleg Whitman), 1816-1889

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Boston lawyer and politican. From the description of Letters received, 1866-1874. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 39273758 Lawyer, Journalist, and legislator, of Massachusetts; Boston city solicitor (1846-1853); served in Massachusetts House of Representatives (1844-1846, 1862-1863); and on Governor's Council (1850); b. in New Gloucester, Me. From the description of Correspondence, 1845-1880. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 5...

Morey, George

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Washburn family.

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Giles, Nehemiah.

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Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859

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Choate practiced law Essex County, Mass. (1822-1834) and Boston (1834-1850) and served in the United States Senate (1841-1845). From the description of Papers, 1829-1869. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337959 Choate was an American lawyer and politician, U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1841-1845. From the description of Rufus Choate letter : to Joseph B. Boyer, [18--]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937076 ...

Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868

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Lawyer and U.S. representative and governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Papers of Levi Lincoln, 1807-1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015073 ...

Williams College

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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Washburn, Minnie.

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Washburn was the daughter of Emory Washburn, governor of Massachusetts from 1854-1855. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007529 ...

Washburn, Emory, 1800-1877

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Governor of Massachusetts, writer and law teacher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Worcester, Mass., to Junius S. Morgan, 1841 Nov. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659722 Washburn was a judge on the Massachusetts Court of Common Pleas (1844-1847), Governor of Massachusetts (1854-1855), and professor at Harvard Law School (1856-1876). From the description of Letters, 1850, 1866. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234779790 ...

Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...