Letters from New York State public figures

Collection — manuscript box: 2 - folder 1

Identifier: 285m

Scope and content

Routine letters: from John C. Spencer to Weare C. Little, written in Albany (New York), April 17, 1845, asking Little to ask the publisher to supply some pages missing from Spencer's copy of Peters' Digest of Cases in the Courts of the United States; from Amos Hall to Nathaniel Gorham in Canandaigua, June 30, 1793, about looking over a piece of land owned by Captain Taft; from Daniel S. Dickinson to W. B. Donlon (?), Albany, March 24, 1862, complying with Donlon's request for an autograph; and from Edwin D. Morgan to George N. (?) Gordon, written in New York, December 17, 1858, also apparently supplying an autograph.

Dates

1793-1862.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855. (Person)
Hall, Amos, 1761-1827. (Person)
Dickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens), 1800-1866. (Person)
Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883. (Person)
Little, Weare Coffin, 1806-1885. (Person)
Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796. (Person)
Gordon, George N., active 1858. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

John Canfield Spencer was an American lawyer, politician, judge, and Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of President John Tyler. Weare Coffin Little was a lawbook publisher and bookseller in Albany, New York. Amos Hall was a major general on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812. Daniel S. Dickinson was a U.S. Senator from New York from 1844-1851. Edwin D. Morgan served as Adjutant General of New York, Governor of New York, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.