Papers of James Morrison MacKaye, 1862-1953.

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

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Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998 Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon...

MacKaye, James Morrison, 1805-1888

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Businessman and public official. From the description of Papers of James Morrison MacKaye, 1862-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78618770 ...

Gloucester, James N.

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Wilson, William Jerome, 1884-

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Freedman was the term given to slaves who became free through the Confiscation Act of 1862 and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Freed slaves became refugees and government camps were set up to minister to them. From the description of Report : to the American Freemen's Inquiry Commission : manuscript, 1863. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612791137 ...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

United States. American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission

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The American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission was established during the Civil War, after the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation, to determine the condition of free slaves. The men appointed as Commissioners were: Samuel Gridley Howe, James McKaye (1805-1888), and Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877). Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) was a doctor, educatior and activist. Along with his wife, Julia Ward Howe, he was a strong and vocal opponnent of slavery. From th...