Papers, 1819,1972.

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Papers, 1819,1972.

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Papers, 1819, 1972 (mostly copies) include: a letter from Lanman, Georgetown, D.C., to Horatio King, First Assist. Postmaster Gen., Washington, D.C., asking when King became a member of the President's cabinet, 1858; family monologue (typed, 9 p. copy), genealogy of Thomas Lanman family with memories of Charles Lanman, undated; biographical essay on Charles Lanman by editor of Block Island Mid Ocean (typed, 4 p. copy), undated; Skyrsla um boekur paer sem gefnar hafa verid stiptisbokasafninu a Islanid, i minnigu pjodhatidar islands, 1874 (list of books in a Reykjavik (Iceland) Library, including some by Charles Lanman, compiled by E. Pordarson). There are copies of Lanman's correspondence with Lee & Shepard, Boston, and others, concerning publication of his articles, elections, personal affairs, his career with the federal government, and charges against him, a copy of his autobiography, obituary notes, sermon for his mother's funeral, and copies of two drawings by Lanman, from originals in the National Archives, the American Antiquarian Society, and Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. The Clarke Historical Library also has copies of his other records housed at the New York Historical Society and New York Public Library available on microfilm, Micro. Mss. F24 and F25a. A copy of Lanman's biography is also included.

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Lanman family.

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United States. National Archives and Records Service

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Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895

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Charles Lanman, writer, journalist and amateur painter, was born in Monroe, Michigan, June 15, 1819. He spent much of his career working as a journalist in Monroe and Cincinnati, Ohio. He moved to Washington DC in 1848 and worked as a librarian in various branches of government, including the War Department, the Copyrights Division of the Department of State, the executive library of President Fillmore, and the Interior Department. He wrote several books in his career on topics of travel and wil...

American Antiquarian Society

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The American Antiquarian Society was founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1812, largely through the efforts of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The Society's original stated purpose was to "encourage the collection and preservation of the Antiquities of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art and Nature [that] have a tendency to enlarge the sphere of human knowledge." AAS from its inception attempted to be national in its collecting and its membership, which is by election....

Yale University.

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King, Horatio C.

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Union army officer, 1862-1865, and New York City attorney. From the description of Letterbooks, 1862 Sept.-1868 Nov. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759159 Military man and politician. King moved to Brooklyn in 1865 and served on the Brooklyn Board of Education. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1840]-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451560 Biographical Note ...