Letters of Charles Augustus Davis [manuscript] 1839-45.

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Letters of Charles Augustus Davis [manuscript] 1839-45.

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Davis writes about the New York City elections of 1839, John Alsop King and the chartering of the Life Boat Association, the reaction of European readers to some of his sketches, a New York reception for President Tyler, finances and money circulation in New York in 1843, reminiscences about the War of 1812 and the Troy Invincibles, and an offer to visit West Point on examination day. Correspondents incude Hugh Swinton Legare, Henkle W.S. Macy, Samuel Bulkeley Ruggles, and William Henry Seward.

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Legaré, Hugh Swinton 1797?-1843

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Davis, Charles Augustus, 1795-1867

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