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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alonzo B. Cornell papers

 Collection
Identifier: 773
Abstract

Correspondence, journal, accounts, clippings, notes, leaflets, blotters, and scrapbooks relating largely to Cornell's political activities and reflecting his interest in governmental problems and other acitivities.

Dates: 1830-1904.

Edwin B. Morgan papers

 Collection
Identifier: 550
Abstract

Papers concerned principally with elections in the 25th Congressional District of New York (Cayuga County) in 1850; Morgan's platform included high protectionism, free soil, and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law; he was defeated by Thomas Y. How, the Loco-Foco candidate.

Dates: 1840-1888.

Francis E. Spinner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 167
Scope and content Letters dealing with the New York State Supreme Court of Herkimer County, including bills of judgment, letters of discharge, orders of transportation, and inventories of Supreme Court furnishings; an account book for Spinner when he was sheriff of Herkimer County; also letters of a military content dealing with the 5th Brigade of the New York State Militia, including bills from Aylesworth and Holmes of Utica; also, letters dealing with construction and personnel matters of the New York State...
Dates: 1802-1875.

Josiah Emery autobiography

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938172]
Identifier: 731
Scope and content Describes his early religious experiences and his Arminian leanings; his days at Dartmouth College; his study of medicine and his involvement in a grave robbery of a cadaver and the subsequent trial; his student days at Union College; his activities as a lawyer, district attorney, newspaper publisher, and politician in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania; his interest in the Corning and Blossburg Railroad, and land speculation. In 1837, Horace Greeley approached Emery with the offer of a literary...
Dates: 1801-1891.

Justin S. Morrill papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1146
Abstract

Correspondence, drafts of speeches, pamphlets and other printed material, mainly relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the status of freed blacks, the tariff and international trade, passage of the Land Grant College Act, and other public questions.

Dates: 1814-1937, 1982.

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Account books 1
African Americans. 1
Arminianism. 1
Aurora (N.Y.) -- History. 1
Autobiographies (literary genre) 1