William Buell Sprague papers, 1796-1867 [microform].

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William Buell Sprague papers, 1796-1867 [microform].

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Papers related to William Buell Sprague (1795-1876). Among the papers are letters of recommendation from noted European ministers William Wilberforce and Caesar Malan. The papers also include documents related to Massachusetts educator and politician Edward Everett, including a revised version of Evertt's 1856 discourse, "The Uses of Astonomy." Only one item relates to Sprague's autograph collection: an album containing the signatures of all United States Senators in 1841.

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