Force, M. F.  1824-1899. <br/><br/>
M.F. Force letter, 1852. 

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<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> ALS (13 February 1852; Shady Hill, Cambridge, Mass.) to Force from Charles Eliot Norton providing details of his and others' opinions of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill.  Norton also mentions Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's resignation of his professorship at Harvard University and the possibility of Samuel Eliot replacing him, and reviews Julia Ward Howe's book of poetry titled, Passion Flowers (1854). 
<br/><br/><br/>U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and historian. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 98006387  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898. <br/>Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. <br/>Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. <br/>Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Harvard University--Faculty.<br/>United States. Kansas-Nebraska Act. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American poetry.<br/>Missouri compromise.<br/>Slavery--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Army officers.<br/>Historians.<br/>Lawyers.