Box 4301.001

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters sent to Marquis de Lafayette Lane (1825-1872), also known as M. D. L., a lawyer and judge from Maine who served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, from 1862-1867. Most of the letters were written to Lane from his friend George Cowie, an officer in the US Treasury. Eleven letters are from his friend Robert S. Chew, a State Department clerk. There are also two letters to Lane from Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter, one from Commodore James Alden of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters sent to Marquis de Lafayette Lane (1825-1872), also known as M. D. L., a lawyer and judge from Maine who served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, from 1862-1867. Most of the letters were written to Lane from his friend George Cowie, an officer in the US Treasury. Eleven letters are from his friend Robert S. Chew, a State Department clerk. There are also two letters to Lane from Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter, one from Commodore James Alden of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters sent to Marquis de Lafayette Lane (1825-1872), also known as M. D. L., a lawyer and judge from Maine who served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, from 1862-1867. Most of the letters were written to Lane from his friend George Cowie, an officer in the US Treasury. Eleven letters are from his friend Robert S. Chew, a State Department clerk. There are also two letters to Lane from Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter, one from Commodore James Alden of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters sent to Marquis de Lafayette Lane (1825-1872), also known as M. D. L., a lawyer and judge from Maine who served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, from 1862-1867. Most of the letters were written to Lane from his friend George Cowie, an officer in the US Treasury. Eleven letters are from his friend Robert S. Chew, a State Department clerk. There are also two letters to Lane from Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter, one from Commodore James Alden of the...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters sent to Marquis de Lafayette Lane (1825-1872), also known as M. D. L., a lawyer and judge from Maine who served as US consul to Veracruz, Mexico, from 1862-1867. Most of the letters were written to Lane from his friend George Cowie, an officer in the US Treasury. Eleven letters are from his friend Robert S. Chew, a State Department clerk. There are also two letters to Lane from Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter, one from Commodore James Alden of the...