TY  - GEN
AU  - Howe,Letitia T.
TI  - Letitia T. Howe collection,
KW  - Bache, A. D.
KW  - Childs, George William,
KW  - Choate, Rufus,
KW  - Clay, John Randolph,
KW  - Cushing, Caleb,
KW  - Davis, Jefferson,
KW  - Davis, W. W. H.
KW  - Dickins, Asbury,
KW  - Greenleaf, Simon,
KW  - Hay, John,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - McClelland, Robert,
KW  - Morss, James
KW  - Poor, Benjamin Perley
KW  - Sewall, Samuel E.
KW  - Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott,
KW  - Spofford, Richard Smith,
KW  - Sumner, Charles,
KW  - Thatcher, B. B.
KW  - Upshur, A. P.
KW  - Wakeman, T. B.
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Collectors
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; In part, positive photocopies; [S.l.]
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007050.3
ER  -