Papers of James Lawson, 1821-1878.

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Papers of James Lawson, 1821-1878.

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The collection contains a commonplace book of miscellaneous writings by Lawson, correspondence, and miscellaneous family papers including legal and financial papers and correspondence. Correspondence includes twelve letters from Scottish author and publisher John Mennons concerning his interest in American literature and his desire to bring it to the British public in his "Literary Coronal." He is especially interested in the works of Fitz-Greene Halleck, James Gordon Brooks, James Gates Percival, and Washington Irving. He discusses the exchange of books and newspapers with Lawson, and mentions the coronation and travels of George IV, a duel involving London Magazine editor John Scott, and business and political crises. Family correspondence includes eleven letters from Edward and Lawson Sandford to their mother Mrs. Thomas S. Sandford. Lawson describes his experiences in California aboard the "McArthur" and the Haggin system of irrigation in Bakersfield. A letter from Jon W.C. Alexander to James Lawson, 1878 July 22, discusses financial matters. The collection also contains a stock certificate of the New York Gas Regulator Company, 1853; a deed of sale for Lawson's house, 1863; and four checks signed by him.

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