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Research materials relating to the book "Mary Suratt: An American Tragedy" by Elizabeth Trindal (1996).

Collection-level Scope and Content Note This collection includes 8 letters to and from Aaron Homer Byington from 1844 to 1899. The majority of these are typed letters signed by John Addison Porter to Byington. The letters cover a broad range of topics including Washington Cabinet appointments, Connecticut Senatorial races, consular salaries, significant newspapers, the Republican Party, the Spanish-American War, and Byington's son, George. Also included in the collection is an autograph signed letter from Aaron Homer Byington to...

Collection-level scope and contents note The Ives family papers comprise correspondence by relatives of Rev. Levi Silliman Ives. In addition, the collection includes correspondence by Joseph Moss Ives, the brother of the renowned composer, Charles Edward Ives, and by the former's son, Walter Bigelow Ives. Levi Silliman Ives and Joseph Moss Ives were both descendants of William Ives who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, from London in 1635, and was one of the original settlers of Quinnipiac (New Haven), Connecticut, in...

Introduction The Margaret Bearden Papers contain correspondence and audio tapes relating to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, including 3 boxes, encompassing 4.5 linear feet: 1 box of correspondence and 2 boxes of tapes. The correspondence is between Mrs. Bearden and a variety of fellow Lincoln assassination researchers and writers, including Otto Eisenschiml, David Rankin Barbee, Colonel Julian E. Raymond, Dr. Richard Mudd, et alia. The tapes are, for the most part, recordings of lectures...

Collection-level Scope and Content Note The collection contains correspondence and documents relating to the Hamlin family of Waterford, Maine. Spanning a period of over one hundred years, the correspondence provides insight into the daily life of a middle-class, nineteenth-century family. Much of the correspondence focuses on the professional and personal relationships of the children of Hannibal and Susan Hamlin: Susan, Cyrus, Hannibal and Rebecca. In addition to local and national politics, other topics of the...

Scope and Contents The John D. Crimmins papers consist of the personal correspondence sent to Mr. Crimmins between the years 1877-1910 together with some miscellaneous papers. The subject of the correspondence is related largely to his charitable activities. Of interest are letters from James Cardinal Gibbons and Patrick Cardinal Ryan. Also included in his correspondence file are four letters from U.S. Civil War General and Democratic presidential candidate Winfield Scott Hancock. Among his miscellaneous...