Hew Ainslie : papers, 1834-1902.

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Hew Ainslie : papers, 1834-1902.

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Papers of Hew Ainslie and his son, industrialist James Wellstood Ainslie. Papers of Hew Ainslie include letters from relatives in Scotland, 1834-1846; letters, 1864-1877, from his friends, writer and editor James Grant Wilson, and bookseller Archibald G. Wilson of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., relating personal and literary news; letters, 1870-1878, from Scotland praising Ainslie's poems; letters from Thomas C. Latto, Sara D. Vandervoort, Benson H. Lossing, Daniel Ricketson, and Archibald G. Constable, 1868-1876, relating literary news and expressing their high regard for Ainslie; and two drafts of letters by Hew Ainslie to Daniel Ricketson and J.G. Colson. James W. Ainslie's papers include three letters, 1892, from George Donaldson relating to Hew Ainslie; and an obituary notice. Other papers include a memorial to Louisville educator Reuben Post Halleck, and an 1813 letter written by David Prentice from Philadelphia relating conditions in that area due to the War of 1812 and his work making engines for steamboats. Also, included are two letters concerning the assassination of Kentucky governor William Goebel. One calls for funds to mount a press campaign to overthrow the Goebel Law. The other calls for a speedy preliminary examination for all those arrested following the assassination and requests money for their defense.

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Ricketson, Daniel, 1813-1898

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Ricketson was a friend to Emerson, Thoreau and other Concord Transcendentalists. From the description of Correspondence to Miss Kenyon, 1879. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 183653388 ...

Ainslie, Hew, 1792-1878

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Scottish-American poet of Louisville, Kentucky. From the description of Letters and poems, 1869-1870. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46679069 From the description of Hew Ainslie : papers, 1834-1902. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46679068 ...

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Goebel, William, 1856-1900

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Kentucky lawyer, politician and governor. From the description of William Goebel Assassination : records, 1900. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49234335 From the description of William Goebel assassination records, 1900. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49234334 ...

Latto, Thomas C.

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Colson, J. G.

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Prentice, David

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Halleck, Reuben Post, 1859-1936

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Wilson, Archibald G.

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Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914

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Founder of Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. From the description of Letters, 1853 Nov.-1908 Feb. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172709192 American author and editor. From the description of Letters received, 1878 Feb. 25-1902 Mar. 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33937785 Scottish-born newspaperman, author, and editor, who served in the Union army during the Civil War, and then settled in New York City. F...

Donaldson, George E.

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Vandervoort, Sara D.

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