Papers of Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1817-1861 (inclusive).

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Papers of Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1817-1861 (inclusive).

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Includes personal correspondence, 1817-1861; personal financial records, 1825-1858; articles and addresses, ca. 1824-1861, concerning mainly politics; scrapbook with clippings; and typescript of biographical sketch of Eliot by Mary E. Guild. Major correspondent is William H. Eliot.

ca. 2 linear ft.

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8187549

Harvard University Archives.

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