Box OS0014
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from William A. Howard to Attorney General Ebenezer Hoar, 1870 February 7
File — Box: OS0014, Folder: 4268.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains a seven-page letter by Republican congressman William A. Howard written in 1870 to Ebenezer Hoar, then US attorney general, defending politician Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) against suggestions of disloyalty for his conduct while he was serving in the cabinet of President James Buchanan in 1860-1861. The letter refers to correspondence between Hoar and former US secretary of state Jeremiah S. Black, in which Black responded to certain remarks Hoar made to the US Supreme...
Dates:
1870 February 7
Letter to Harrison O. Briggs, Julian Allen, and William H. Baldwin, 1865 January 13
File — Box: OS0014, Folder: 4269.01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains four letters and one other document regarding a mission organized by citizens of Boston to deliver relief supplies to the occupied city of Savannah, Georgia, in January 1865. The items include a five-page copy of a letter sent to R. D. Arnold, mayor of Savannah, on behalf of thirty Boston citizens, explaining the relationship between the two “Sister cities on the Atlantic.” There is also a two-page copy of a letter from committee members William Gray, E. R. Mudge, John...
Dates:
1865 January 13
Letter from R. D. Arnold to William H. Baldwin, 1865 February 8
File — Box: OS0014, Folder: 4269.02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains four letters and one other document regarding a mission organized by citizens of Boston to deliver relief supplies to the occupied city of Savannah, Georgia, in January 1865. The items include a five-page copy of a letter sent to R. D. Arnold, mayor of Savannah, on behalf of thirty Boston citizens, explaining the relationship between the two “Sister cities on the Atlantic.” There is also a two-page copy of a letter from committee members William Gray, E. R. Mudge, John...
Dates:
1865 February 8