Miscellaneous correspondence, 1752-1868.

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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1752-1868.

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Letters and petitions (1864-1864) to Montgomery Blair, U.S. postmaster general, on behalf of David Cass, of Caldwell, N.J.; together with letters of Anne Hart, Hopewell, N.J. (1804-1811), to Rev. John Stanford, New York, N.Y.; Joseph C. Howell (1839-1847); and Samuel C. Swartz, munitions manufacturer, of New York, N.Y. (1857-1865), to his wife, Clara A. Wheeler Swartz, in Plainfield, N.J., including letters concerning slavery in Richmond, Va. (1858), and the New York draft riots (1863).

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Swartz, Clara A. Wheeler

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Hart, Anne, active 1804-1811

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Mrs. Anne Hart, who wrote the letters in this collection, was the widowed wife of Reverend Oliver Hart of Hopewell, New Jersey. She resided in Burlington, New Jersey when these letters were written. Reverend John Stanford, the son of William and Mary Stanford, was born in Wandsworth, England on October 20, 1754. He was ordained in England in 1781 and moved to the United States five years later. In the United States, he worked as a pastor in the First Baptist Church of Pr...

Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...

Howell, Joseph C.

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Stanford, John, 1754-1834

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Clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1820 July 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122687795 Baptist clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1794 June 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122434248 Baptist minister and social reformer, New York City. From the description of Papers, 1768-1862. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58776006 From the description of Papers, 1794-1834. (New York University, Grou...

Cass, David, active 1864-1865

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Swartz, Samuel C., -1865

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