Correspondence with John Chipman Gray [typescript], 1862-1865.

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Correspondence with John Chipman Gray [typescript], 1862-1865.

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Typewritten copy of correspondence between John Chipman Gray, a soldier in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, and John Codman Ropes, a Boston lawyer, during the Civil War, 12 Oct. 1862- 27 June 1865. Correspondence describes Gray's experiences in the Army serving under Gen. George Henry Gordon, including a promotion to major and his appointment as a Judge Advocate, in various locations as Maryland Heights, Folly Island and Hilton Head (S.C.); Ropes experiences and observations as a Boston lawyer; and their discussions regarding the status of the war and the current political climate in the United States. Also includes letters by Gray to his mother Sarah Russell Gardner Gray, father Horace Gray, sister Elizabeth Gray, and brother Horace Gray.

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Gray, Horace, 1800-1873

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864)

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Ropes, John Codman, 1836-1899

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John Codman Ropes (1836-1899), co-founded eminent Boston law firm, Ropes & Gray, in 1865, with John Chipman Gray. Co-author (with John Chipman Gray) of War Letters 1862-1865. Samuel Sidney McClure (1857-1949) editor, published McClure's Magazine in 1903, launched muckraking era. From the description of Letters to S.S. McClure, 1892 September 29, 1894 November 17, 1895 January 23, February 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 58750001 ...

Gordon, George H. (George Henry), 1825?-1886

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American army officer. From the description of Letter signed : Folly Island, SC, to Major General H.W. Halleck, 1863 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269597316 ...

Gray, Horace, 1828-1902

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Charles P. Lyman, 1891 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 753969918 Gray graduated from Harvard College (1845) and Harvard Law School (1849), and served as reporter of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1854-1861) and was appointed as a justice in 1864. In 1881 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Letters, 1858-1897. (Harvard Law School Libr...

Gray, Elizabeth Dodson, 1929-

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Gray, John Chipman, 1839-1915

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Gray (Harvard A.B. 1859; LL.B. 1861) was a legal scholar, founder (with classmate John C. Ropes) of the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, and a professor of law at the Harvard Law School. His wife was Anna Lyman Mason. From the description of Correspondence, 1800-1932. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81162043 Gray (Harvard A.B. 1859; LL.B. 1861) ) was a legal scholar, founder (with classmate John C. Ropes) of the Boston law firm Ropes & Gray, and a professor of...

Gray, Sarah Russell Gardner.

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