Papers, 1821-1914.

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Papers, 1821-1914.

Personal and professional correspondence of librarian and trustee of the Watkinson Library in Hartford, Conn.; includes his research notes and writings on Native American languages, the settling of Connecticut and colonial New England. Correspondents include William Buckingham, Samuel Clemens, Franklin Dexter, George Moore, Charles Sedgwick, John Sibley and Gideon Welles.

6 v., 8 boxes ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm. or smaller.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892

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Sibley, John Langdon, 1804-1885

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Sedgwick, C. B. (Charles Baldwin), 1815-1883

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American lawyer and Congressman. From the description of Autograph letter signed, incomplete at the beginning : [n.p.], to an unidentified official, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662699 American lawyer; Congressman from New York. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Ashfield, Massachusetts and Syracuse, to [John W.] Field, 1872 Aug. 28-1872 23 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664207 Charles Baldwin Sedgwic...

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...