03961cpcaa2200649 4500 mm 79084018 DLC 20260227111657.0 cr ||||||||||| 970428|||||||||||| eng mm 79084018 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Howe, Letitia T., collector. Letitia T. Howe collection, 1822-1876 (bulk 1840-1865). 140 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. Open to research. Collection organized in an Abraham Lincoln file and a Caleb Cushing file. The Lincoln file contains correspondence (1861-1865), copy of a promissory note endorsed by Lincoln, and lithographic portrait of Lincoln during his presidency. The correspondence includes letters to Lincoln primarily requesting government posts or military promotions, letters of John Hay on Lincoln's behalf, and letters and documents mentioning Lincoln. The Cushing file contains letters written by Cushing and several letters addressed to Cushing (1822-1876), draft of a legal opinion by Cushing, and photographic portrait of Cushing from the 1850s. The correspondence pertains to legal, political, and business matters throughout Cushing's career. Correspondents include A.D. Bache, George William Childs, Rufus Choate, John Randolph Clay, Jefferson Davis, W.W.H. Davis, Asbury Dickins, Simon Greenleaf, Robert McClelland, James Morss, Benjamin Perley Poor, Samuel E. Sewall, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, Richard Smith Spofford, Charles Sumner, B.B. Thatcher, A.P. Upshur, and T.B. Wakeman. In part, positive photocopies. [S.l.]. Collector. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050 Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 Correspondence. Childs, George William, 1829-1894 Correspondence. Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859 Correspondence. Clay, John Randolph, 1808-1885 Correspondence. Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879 Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Correspondence. Davis, W. W. H. (William Watts Hart), 1820-1910 Correspondence. Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 Correspondence. Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853 Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Correspondence. McClelland, Robert, 1807-1880 Correspondence. Morss, James Correspondence. Poor, Benjamin Perley Correspondence. Sewall, Samuel E. (Samuel Edmund), 1799-1888 Correspondence. Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 Correspondence. Spofford, Richard Smith, -1888 Correspondence. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Correspondence. Thatcher, B. B. (Benjamin Bussey), 1809-1840 Correspondence. Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844 Correspondence. Wakeman, T. B. (Thaddeus B.) Correspondence. United States Politics and government 19th century. United States Politics and government 1861-1865. Massachusetts Politics and government. Collectors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050.3 42355 42355