Benjamin Sherwood correspondence, 1851-1853

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Benjamin Sherwood correspondence, 1851-1853

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This collection contains four letters written by Benjamin Sherwood to his grandson Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick (Cambridge, MA) dated 8/24/1851, 12/20/185, 3/28/1852 and 1/9/1853 and one letter received from Hedrick dated 9/30/1852. Sherwood's letters discuss his emigration from North Carolina via Indiana, Iowa's natural resources, farming activities, and national politics. In the letter of January 9th, 1853 he writes extensively on his views regarding protective tariffs, and states he is a colonizationist with regard to the issue of slavery. Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick--a noted chemist who would eventually be dismissed from the faculty of University of North Carolina for his anti-slavery position--writes of his opposition to protective tariffs in his letter. During the time of the letters Hedrick was working at the office of the "Nautical Almanac" in Cambridge. Letters have been transcribed.

5 letters (1 folder)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8089656

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886

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Professor of chemistry and U.S. Patent Office official. From the description of Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick papers, 1848-1893. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19642975 Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick was born near Salisbury, Davidson County, N.C. After graduation from the University of North Carolina in 1851, he worked for the Nautical Almanac in Cambridge, Mass., 1851-1853. In 1854, he became professor of analytical and agricultural chemistry at UNC. On 11 October 18...

Sherwood, Benjamin 1783-1866.

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Benjamin Sherwood emigrated from North Carolina to the Midwest, eventually settling in Marion County, Iowa in 1844 where he farmed for 20 years in Lincoln Township. From the description of Benjamin Sherwood correspondence, 1851-1853 (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 723256040 ...