Papers related to the Hooker memorial tablet controversy, 1903-1905.

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Papers related to the Hooker memorial tablet controversy, 1903-1905.

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Papers related to the controversy regarding the Joseph Hooker equestrian statue and memorial tablet at the Massachusetts State House, 1903-1905. Includes correspondence addressed to Samuel A. Green, member of the Hooker Brigade Tablet Committee from Committee chair Isaac P. Gragg; invitations to the statue and tablet unveiling; newspaper clippings about the response from veterans; and flyers from the Hooker's Old Brigade Committee. Also includes two publications from the Hooker Brigade Committee entitled, The Hooker Veterans are Only Asking for What is Right, and Roster of the Petitioners.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Gragg, Isaac P. (Isaac Paul)

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Hooker Brigade Tablet Committee (Boston, Mass.)

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Hooker Brigade

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Green, Samuel A. (Samuel Abbott), 1830-1918

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U.S. physician and historian. From the description of Letter, 1868, Feb. 18 : Boston, to Henry B. Dawson. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35089797 ...

Hooker's Old Brigade Committee.

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Hooker Brigade Committee (Boston, Mass.)

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