976 resultados para Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
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Handwritten one-page undated letter from Thankful Smith to Mary Dunster of Harwick, Mass. The letter is witnessed by Judith Smith, Elisha Parker, and Caleb Gannett. The short letter is playful and provides cryptic details about Smith's life. Though the letter is closed, "I remain your dutiful Parent," the author appears to be Thankful Smith writing to her sister Mary Dunster.
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One undated letter inviting Tudor to dine with Prescott and other friends.
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Five letters in which Perkins comments on the political landscape in the United States, the election of Andrew Jackson as president, Boston architectural and real estate developments, and the Granite Railway and granite quarries in Quincy.
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One letter requesting information on the state of national agriculture, manufacturing, and industry on behalf of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry.
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One letter regarding a meeting of the Anthology Society at Ritchie’s home.
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Two letters regarding MacFarlane’s claims on the Spanish government.
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Transcription of inventories of College silver completed by Harris in 1845 and 1852, as well as an undated list of silver.
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Short one-paragraph letter declining to write "in the paper" of the recent death of President Edward Holyoke, and suggesting Mr. Winthrop as the "most proper person."
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Two-page letter to an unknown recipient discussing the effects of the Revolutionary War on Boston ("at present it's situation is melancholy"). The letter acknowledges the work of the Continental Congress and that its decisions "will be Law to America," and thanks the "munificence of our Friends in the Southern Colonies." In local news, Eliot mentions that Dr. Samuel Langdon will likely be appointed Harvard's next President, and notes the death of Thomas Hollis, a Harvard benefactor.