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E. H. Owen letter
Collection — Box: 64
Identifier: MS-SC1128
Scope and Contents
Letter to Gideon Welles re: General Fremont's emancipation proclamation and the possibility of his resignation due to Lincoln's dissatisfaction with the proclamation and him. Feels public response would be very unfavorable to his resignation and that enlistment numbers would drop.
Dates:
Created: September 20, 1861
Found in:
Manuscript Collection
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-BC37
Scope and Contents
1840-1848: (Box 1) 29 items. Letters deal with local politics in Waltham, Massachusetts, where Banks was four times an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature, 1844-1849. Letters refer to speaking engagements, temperance, Democratic Party politics, and affairs of the Boston Custom House, where Banks gained an appointment in 1843. There is a dated letter from lawyer and reformer Robert Rantoul.
1854-1857: (Box 1), 98 items. Many of the letters refer to the controversy over the...
Dates:
Created: 1840-1896; Other: Date acquired: 06/00/1939
Found in:
Manuscript Collection