Letter : ALS, New York, N.Y., to Richard Josiah Hinton, 1900 July 5.

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Letter : ALS, New York, N.Y., to Richard Josiah Hinton, 1900 July 5.

Concerning the publication of letters of A. D. Stevens to Mr. & Mrs. Horace Lindsley, grandparents of the author. Mention of her great-uncle Joshua R. Giddings.

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Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864

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Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln's thinking toward the abolition of slavery. From the description of Account book of his law practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 77657856 Ohio s...

Hinton, Richard J. (Richard Josiah), 1830-1901

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Richard J. Hinton was born on November 26, 1830, in London, England. Hinton crossed the Atlantic in 1851 and took up residence in New York City. While there he learned the printer's trade and soon became a newspaper reporter for several different newspapers in that city, as well as in Boston. As a reporter he opposed the Fugitive Slave Law, became an anti-slavery advocate, and assisted in the organization of the Republican Party. In June 1856 Hinton set out with other free-state emigrants, reach...

Lindsley, Horace.

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Abbott, Amy G.

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Stevens, A. D.

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