Jay A. Hubbell Scrapbooks, 1872-1884.

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Jay A. Hubbell Scrapbooks, 1872-1884.

Scrapbooks, 1872-1884, documenting the early political career of Jay Abel Hubbell, a native of Avon, Michigan and Houghton's first U.S. Representative in Congress. Includes newspaper clippings from numerous papers as well as other publications.

0.35 cubic feet; 1 manuscript box (letter size)

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Hubbell, Jay A. (Jay Abel), 1829-1900

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