Letter : Washington, D.C., to Franklin B. Hough, 1879 Jan. 8.

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Letter : Washington, D.C., to Franklin B. Hough, 1879 Jan. 8.

Autograph letter signed.

1 item (1 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7649789

University of Chicago Library

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Hough, Franklin Benjamin, 1822-1885

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Franklin B. Hough was born in Martinsburg, NY in 1822. He studied medicine and practiced in Somerville, NY from 1848 to 1852. He is described as a "pioneer historian of counties in New York State" and an advocate of forest conservation. In 1855 and 1865, he was Superintendent of the State Census for New York and was also involved in the 1875 census. He was one of seven Commissioners of Parks in New York in 1872 and in 1876 he became a Forestry Agent in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. He published...

Davis, David, 1815-1886

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