Letterbooks of Hiram Barney, 1861-1877.

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Letterbooks of Hiram Barney, 1861-1877.

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Two letterbooks containing Barney's business and private letters written between 1861 and 1877. Correspondents include Capt. James H. Barker of Keokuk, Iowa, D.W. Kilbourne, Horatio Seymour, H. J. Reid, Elijah G. Barney, George Harrington, Erastus Corning, and others. The first letterbook (HM 70911) covers the period from July 20, 186 to Jan. 23, 1871. The second letterbook is a letterpress book (Henry Anstice & Co., Stationers) that contains letters written between Feb. 5, 1871, Feb. 5 and Apr. 27, 1877. Also included is a copy of the 1861 Tariff (Mar. 13, 1861), with pasted Circular Instructions to Collectors and other Officers of the Customs (Mar. 21, 1861) and with notes by Hiram Barney and notes and reports from various customs officers (1861) (HM 70910). The group also contains a carte-de-visite photograph of Hiram Barney (Brady's National Photographc Portrait Galleries), inscribed to Mrs. Buell and books from Barney's library, including the following: Bruce, Hamilton. The warehouse manual, and general custom house guide .. (New York, 1862) and The Charter and Constitution of the Athenaeum Association, with a list of the Members. (New York, 1864). Also included are photocopies of letters addressed to Maginel Wright Barney (1922), documents related to Barney's estate, and miscellaneous items concerning Barney's son Hiram Barney, Jr.

3 letterbooks; also photographs, printed materials, and ephemera.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

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