Letters, 1855-1871.

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Letters, 1855-1871.

Letters to Clawson relating to local New Jersey politics in Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties (1855-1860), personal matters and finance, and estates of Harriet R. Dowden, black resident of Woodstown, and Clawson's brother, a Philadelphia, Pa., judge. Includes letter (1869) from a relative in Chester, S.C., detailing financial hardships following the Civil War.

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Clawson, Isaiah Dunn, 1822-1879

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Physician, of Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey; attended Delaware College (Newark, N.J.) and Lafayette College; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1840; received medical degree from University of Pennsylvania, 1843; served in New Jersey Assembly, 1854, and U.S. House of Representatives, 1855-1859. From the description of Correspondence, 1855-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122616651 Physician, state legislator, and U.S. representativ...

Dowden, Harriet R.

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