Amos Adams Lawrence papers, 1857-1859 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This collection contains five reels of microfilm consisting of Amos Lawrence's personal and business correspondence, legal papers, accounts, political tickets, newspaper clippings and other papers related to Lawrence's business, political, educational, and charitable interests. Subjects include New England Emigrant Aid Company; slavery; politics and education in Kansas, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts; New England manufacturing, the tariff; and national politics. Correspondents include George S. Boutwell, John Brown, Edward Cooke, Henry J. Gardner, Charles Hale, Edward E. Hale, Henry Lee, Robert M. Mason, S.C. Pomeroy, Charles and Sara T.D. Robinson, George Sumner, and Henry Wilson