Force, M. F. (Manning Ferguson) 1824-1899 creator mixed material monographic eng 1 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). Open to research. U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and historian. Collection material in English. Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Eliot, Samuel 1821-1898 Howe, Julia Ward 1819-1910 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882 Norton, Charles Eliot 1827-1908 Correspondence Harvard University Faculty United States. American poetry Missouri compromise Slavery United States United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1815-1861 Army officers Historians Lawyers mm 98006387 Open to research. DLC 980129 20260227111726.0 mm 98006387