Papers, 1865-1929.

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Papers, 1865-1929.

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Correspondence series covers a wide range of topics including political and legal affairs, rabbinical activities, speaking engagements, travels, and family. Legal series includes court records and depositions from civil actions in which Browne was involved including lengthy and detailed depositions from Browne and other witnesses connected to his slander suit against a New Orleans newspaper in the early 1880s, a deposition from Browne connected to his work with the Louis Berkowitz case in 1919, and court records from the Browne vs. Forward Association civil suit, 1917; together with his application for the New York Bar, deeds, and a marriage certificate. Writings series includes newspaper clippings about Browne, miscellaneous pamphlets, and page proofs of an article, "Jews of the South," which describes Browne's work with the Adolph Reich murder case; together with pages from a book by and about Browne, published ca. 1888, with his handwritten notations and comments in the margin. Other materials include a handwritten book of poems by Browne (1868-1869) and handwritten notes, information, and clippings pertaining to Browne's service as a pallbearer at President Grant's funeral. Correspondents include Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, Isaac M. Wise, John Sherman, Louis Marshall, and Jacob Schiff.

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

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Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio to Charles Robert Sherman and his wife, Mary Hoyt Sherman, the eighth of their 11 children. John Sherman's grandfather, Taylor Sherman, a Connecticut lawyer and judge, first visited Ohio in the early nineteenth century, gaining title to several parcels of land before returning to Connecticut. After Taylor's death in 1815, his son Charles, newly married to Mary Hoyt, moved the family west to Ohio. Several other Sherman relatives soon followed, and Charles becam...

Browne, Edward B. M.

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Rabbi, physician, and lawyer; b. 1845; d. 1929. From the description of Papers, 1865-1929. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70922426 ...

New York State Bar Association

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Forward Association

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Wise, Isaac Mayer, 1819-1900

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Rabbi and pioneer of the Reform Jewish movement in America, of Cincinnati, Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1850-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960628 ...

Reich, Adolph, active 1885-1889

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...

Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920

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Banker; m. Theresa Loeb; member of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; director of Central Trust Co., Western Union Telegraph Co., and Wells Fargo; president of Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids; founded Jewish Theological Seminary and Semitic Museum, Harvard Univ.). From the description of Jacob Henry Schiff papers, 1900-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 436305005 Jewish-American banker and philanthropist. From the description of Correspondence ; 1914-1920 [microform]. ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Marshall, Louis, 1856-1929

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American Jewish communal leader, lawyer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1900-1929]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122516821 Lawyer, civic and communal leader, civil rights advocate, labor union meditator, and philanthropist, of New York, N.Y. From the description of Papers, 1891-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925069 Prominent Jewish-American lawyer and philanthropist. From the description of Correspondence, 1916-1929 [microform...

Berkowitz, Louis

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