Box 2: Correspondence, 1857-1866
Correspondence, 1857
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Text)
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a printed circular dated 7 December 1857, "A Constitutional Paper Currency, Redeemable in Specie, on demand, beyond the possibility of Failure."
Correspondence, 1858-1859
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Text)
Correspondence, 1860-1861
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Text)
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a printed letter dated 13 September 1860, from the New York State Republican Convention designating John A. King as a member of the Electoral College for the presidential election of 1860.
Correspondence, 1862
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Text)
Scope and Contents Note
Contains a printed circular, dated November-December 1862, encouraging the disuse of "ardent spirits" to promote "the health, the virtue and the happiness of the community." Endorsed by presidents Madison, Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore, Polk, Pierce, Buchanan, and Lincoln.
Correspondence, 1863-1864
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Text)
Correspondence, 1865-1866
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Text)
Undated material, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Text)
Newspaper clippings, 1840s-1860s and undated
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Text)
Arrangement Note
Grouped by decade of publication.