Papers, 1860-1920 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Collection contains a number of letters, some from his mother, Sarah Jane, his aunt, a number of colleagues and politicians, Professor Edward Winslow Hall, and from his brothers-in-law, Clarence and Eugene Hale. The collection reveals a great deal about politics in Maine and politics on the national level from 1868 to 1883. Topics include a Hannibal Hamlin and Jame G. Blaine. Comments about these men and a number of other Maine politicians appear in the letters to Gifford, particularly from Eugene Hale, John Lynch, and William P. Whitehouse, during political campaigns in that state. Letters both praised and criticized Gifford for his public oppositions. Two letters from Lucy Stone reveal Gifford's support of women's suffrage. Three letters have lithographs of Colby University. Glimpses of the demands of life in the U.S. Consular Service are given in some letters. Also included is an anonymous essay entitled "A New Currency."