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. H[orace] Greeley ALS to O[bad]iah A. Bowe; Albany, New York., 1838 February 12
3 pages
Box 18, Small Collections, Folder 12
Greeley went for a walk in the morning and read all the newspapers he could "get a hold of, and most select of the steamboat and study house bills." Staying at the Eagle Tavern, as are various members of the legislature: "most of the choice spirits of Whiggery." "There is a great head of political steam on at present, and Currency and the Presidency, Clay and Small Bills, are the ruling topics." Disagreement between the Houses regarding the Small Bill law. "You ought to have heard the smashing debate of Thursday, which I have partially sketched for the Whig. Culver, Hudson and Derick Sibley walked into them like steamboats, and the way Willis Hull travelled over your friend Abijah was sinful. By the way, Bije is a very empty-headed demagogue, though he manages to make a great deal of noise. He is always trying to kick up a quarrel with the majority and the Speaker … " The Jeffersonian will be out Wednesday. Details (editing minutia) respecting the publication.
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. [Horatio S. Noyes?] ALS to "California Friends.", 1862 November 27
4 pages
Box 13, Small Collections, Folder 17
"A poetical epistle to California friends." Poetic reflections on the Civil War, friendship, and Thanksgiving Day.
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