Papers, 1815-1892.

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Papers, 1815-1892.

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Collection consists of papers of Abbott Lawrence, Sr., and his wife, Harriette Story Lawrence, papers of Abbott Lawrence, Jr., and his wife, Katharine Bigelow Lawrence, and transcripts of letters and diaries of Amos Adams Lawrence. Letters to Abbot Lawrence, Sr. and his wife are from friends and family and are primarily social in nature. Included is a handwritten speech on the subject of relations between the United States and Great Britain to be delivered to an English audience, likely in Lawrence's role as U.S. ambassador. Letters to Abbott Lawrence, Jr. include letters to Lawrence as a boy from members of his family keeping him up to date on matters at home, and later from friends and business associates, including his brother, Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, with whom he was very close, and from his lawyer, Francis Peabody (one concerning Lawrence's plan to sue the town of Nahant in a property dispute). Transcripts of Amos A. Lawrence's letters and journals document his early years to mid-life and his growth from conservative Whig to activist abolitionist. Included in the series is information on the Kansas Free State movement, the settlement of Lawrence, Kansas, and Lawrence's family and personal life (including letters from his father regarding Lawrence's school troubles), and public and business life. The series includes material not represented in William Lawrence's Life of Amos A. Lawrence (Boston, 1888).

3 boxes ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Lawrence, Katharine Bigelow, 1793-1860.

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

Lawrence family.

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1828-1893

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Lawrence, Harriette Story.

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Lawrence, Timothy Bigelow, -1869

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Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886

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Amos Adams Lawrence was a Boston merchant, textile manufacturer, and philanthropist. From the description of Amos Adams Lawrence Papers, 1857-1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387678 Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Letter of Amos Adams Lawrence, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014885 ...

Peabody, Francis, 1854-1938

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