Howe, Letitia T. creator collector. mixed material monographic eng 140 1 0.2 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. Open to research. 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 mm 79084018 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050.3 Open to research. DLC 970428 20260227111657.0 mm 79084018