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[05] Alice French / Octave Thanet, Letter, Literature
[05] Alice French / Octave Thanet, Letter, Literature
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A typewritten letter from Alice French. This letter was written in Davenport, Iowa on April 17, 1897 and is a response to a letter written by Miss Halstead. French discusses articles about her, books published by her, and her current works within the letter.
[10] John A. Kasson, Politics, John A. Kasson
[10] John A. Kasson, Politics, John A. Kasson
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A letter from Mr. John A. Kasson to Colonel Wm Moore written in Des Moines, Iowa on June 2, 1866. In the letter, Kasson discusses his upcoming campaign for representative of Iowa’s 5th congressional district in the US House of Representatives, in which he lost the nomination to Grenville Dodge.
[12] Jonathan Wetherbee Parker, Letter Transportation
[12] Jonathan Wetherbee Parker, Letter Transportation
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
No abstract provided.
[04] Charles Dunham, Letter, Journalism, Politics
[04] Charles Dunham, Letter, Journalism, Politics
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
No abstract provided.
[06] Hamlin Garland, Letter, Literature
[06] Hamlin Garland, Letter, Literature
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
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[01] William B. Allison, Letter, Politics, William B. Allison
[01] William B. Allison, Letter, Politics, William B. Allison
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
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[08] James Harlan, Letter, Agriculture, And War, James Harlan
[08] James Harlan, Letter, Agriculture, And War, James Harlan
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A letter of inquiry to Charles Sumner about the production of flax-cotton in place of regular cotton and selling it to Massachusetts and New England mills.
[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes
[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
This is a letter from Elizabeth Grimes, wife of James Grimes, she’s sending it in response to recently learning about the death of another friend. In this letter, she is saying kind words about her virtuous late friend, religion, and sheds light on the process of mourning in the Victorian era of America. Additionally, there is some information about the state of the government at the time as the letter is written just 15 days before the secession of South Carolina from the Union and 4 months before the beginning of the civil war.
[11] Charles Mason, Land And Law, Charles Mason
[11] Charles Mason, Land And Law, Charles Mason
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A letter from Charles Mason to Caleb H. Booth requesting a survey of Kanesville for an attempt to secure the 1st Congressional District seat for William Thompson.
[02] William J. A. Bradford (1797-1858), Letter About Politics & Crime, William John Alden Bradford
[02] William J. A. Bradford (1797-1858), Letter About Politics & Crime, William John Alden Bradford
Spring 2022 Iowa Documents Class Projects
A letter from William Bradford to Jonathan W. Parker about the Iowa statehood convention of 1840 and his time in Dubuque; as well as the occurrence of the Bellevue War.