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John C. Spencer and Rufus King letters

Collection — manuscript box: 2 - folder 1

Identifier: 256m

Scope and content

Letter from Spencer to Ethan B. Allen, written at Canandaigua, January 12, 1825, concerning the case of Spalding vs. Santoro [?] and Townsend. Also, letter from Rufus King to Thurlow Weed, written at Albany, New York, December 20, 1843, concerning the prospects for repeal of the Bankrupt Act and current local news in Albany and Oneida.

Dates

1825-1843.

Creator

Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855. (Person)
King, Rufus, 1814-1876. (Person)
Allen, Ethan B., active 1825. (Person)
Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

John Canfield Spencer was an American lawyer, politician, judge and United States Cabinet secretary in the administration of President John Tyler. Rufus King was a newspaper editor, educator, U.S. diplomat, and a Union brigadier general in the Civil War.