Papers, 1834-1946 (bulk 1852-1898).

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Papers, 1834-1946 (bulk 1852-1898).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39224315

Collection consists largely of correspondence between family members, friends, and business associates spanning three generations as well as some Civil War and early Reconstruction letters relating to Hopkins's activities in New Orleans. Correspondents include Hopkins's daughter, Elizabeth; her husband Alfred Lawrence Aiken, a prominent banker in Boston; the Gadsden family of Charleston, S.C.; and the Peck family, relatives of Hopkins's wife, Lizzie. An information folder chronologically lists a portion of the collection. Also included are a few legal papers, financial papers, addresses and writings, pictures, and a miscellaneous folder that includes some genealogy. Subjects mentioned in the letters include travel in the U.S. and Europe, marriage and family life, illness, Williams College, Yale College, politics, law, "bloodletting with leeches," Civil War activities, and The Worcester Continentals.

1657 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7412410

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Hopkins family.

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Hopkins, William Swinton Bennett, b. 1836.

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Colonel in the 31st Mass. Volunteers during the Civil War and prominent Mass. attorney and politician. His father was Erastus Hopkins, noted Mass. clergyman. From the description of Papers, 1834-1946 (bulk 1852-1898). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39224315 ...

Peck family.

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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...

Aiken, Alfred Lawrence, 1870-1946

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Gadsden family.

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