Papers of Charles Carleton Coffin [manuscript], 1881-1893.

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Papers of Charles Carleton Coffin [manuscript], 1881-1893.

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The collection contains a quotation "In that lone farm house . . ." and four letters requesting a change of date for his lecture so President Garfield and Secretary Windom can attend; explaining that information on Martin Luther is in the Harvard Library; agreeing to write an article on the Battle of Trenton; responding to a request for an article; and mentioning the bravery of a Sergeant J??? in the Revolutionary War. The correspondents are Prof. Mowry, Thomas Whittman, and Samuel Sidney McClure.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Harvard college library

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The Harvard College Library used ledgers to record the loans of books from the library's collection during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The presence of what appear to be call-slips from 1823 to 1826 and the lack of ledgers for this period is unaccounted for in the literature cited in the bibliography. Late in the nineteenth century, librarians recognized that the ledger system could not provide the flexibility needed to control large collections. At the Harvard College L...

Whittman, Thomas.

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Noble, Glenn A.

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Mowry, Professor.

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Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

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James Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. After embarking on an academic career, he joined the Ohio volunteer infantry regiment, and in 1863 was appointed Major General in the same regiment. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1880, when he was elected President. His inauguration took place on March 4, 1881, but his term of office was unfortunately brought to an abrupt end with his assassination by C...

Windom, William, 1827-1891

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U.S. senator and representative from Minnesota, U.S. secretary of the treasury, and lawyer. From the description of William Windom correspondence, 1865-1873. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981400 William Windom was born in Belmont County, Ohio, on May 10, 1827, the son of Hezekiah and Mercy Spencer Windom. In 1837 the family moved to Knox County, Ohio, where Windom was admitted to the bar in 1850. He commenced practice in Mount Vernon, Ohio and was elected Kno...

McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Journalist, writer of books for boys. From the description of S.S. McClure check to James Barnes, 1898 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53795304 American publisher. From the description of Letter to Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1892 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51846140 ...

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896

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American novelist and historian. From the description of "Abraham Lincoln's Early Years" : one page only of the fifth part, signed [n.p.] : autograph manuscript, [ca. 1892]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899933 American author and lecturer. From the description of Papers of Charles Carleton Coffin [manuscript], 1881-1893. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814490 Charles Carleton Coffin, 1823-1896, was born in Boscawen, NH. He became a ...