United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Portfolio of antislavery letters
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065340147]
Identifier: 6416
Scope and content
Manuscript and printed letters written by and to British and American abolitionists, including clippings of printed letters from Harriet Martineau to the National Anti-slavery standard and other newspapers. Subjects include the controversy between Martineau and the Standard, and Martineau's attitude to the approach of the Civil War. Correspondents include Harriet Martineau, Sarah Pugh, Auguste Langet, Maria Weston Chapman, and Maria's daughter Anne Chapman. Also included is a letter from...
Dates:
1859-1946,-1859-1861 (bulk)
Willard Fiske Letters to George Allen
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 13-1-280
Scope and content
Typescript copies of letters of Daniel Willard Fiske to George Allen. The letters are almost entirely concerned with the game of chess - e.g. a chess journal, contemporary chess players (notably Paul Morphy), famous chess players from the past, history of chess, chess bibliography, etc. Fiske also comments on other matters including Know-Nothingism (June 21, 1857), the Fiske genealogy, and his interest in Icelandic history and culture. The collection includes both Allen's and Fiske's chess...
Dates:
1856-1859.