Letter to Daniel Webster [manuscript], 1823 April 26.
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These maps were compiled over a period of years by Chancellor Kent, a well-known American jurist who was a dominant state supreme court judge in New York throughout the Federalist era. The extensive manuscript annotations are in his hand. These notes are often dated, some as early as the 1820s and others as late as 1840. It is unclear what prompted Kent to assemble this volume, but a possible reason was his interest in missionary activities, often referred to in the notes, which display an intim...
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American journalist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mr. Olcott, 1823 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133562 Nathaniel H. Carter was born 1787 Sept. 17 in Concord, N.H., and died 1830 Jan. 2 in Marseilles, France. He was an author and a teacher in Portland, Me., and Salisbury, N.H. In about 1818(?) he moved to New York, where he became editor of the Albany Register, which later became the New York Stateman and then the States...
