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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79084018
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The collection of Letitia T. Howe, autograph collector, was given to the Library of Congress by Howe in increments from 1970 to 1995.
The collection was processed in 1997 and the finding aid revised in 2007.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Letitia T. Howe is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Letitia T. Howe are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Letitia T. Howe Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Letitia T. Howe Collection consists of autographs and documents which span the years 1822-1876 with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1840-1865. The documents are organized as an Abraham Lincoln file and a Caleb Cushing file.
The Abraham Lincoln file contains correspondence dated 1861-1865, a copy of a promissory note, and an undated lithographic portrait of Lincoln at the time of his presidency. The correspondence includes letters written to Lincoln, copies of a few letters written by John Hay on Lincoln's behalf, and letters and documents that mention Lincoln. Most of the letters written to Lincoln concern applications for government posts or military promotions. The file includes one petition for a presidential pardon. The promissory note was signed by Thomas Cantrall in 1852 and endorsed by Lincoln when payments were received, 1854-1858.
The Caleb Cushing file contains letters dated 1822-1876, an edited proof of an opinion by Cushing as attorney general in the Franklin Pierce administration, and a full-length photographic portrait of Cushing from the 1850s. All but three of the letters are from Cushing; letters to him are from Carter Hendee, 1831, Nathaniel P. Banks, 1853, and Charles Sumner, 1854. The correspondence spans the length of Cushing's career and mostly concerns legal, political, and business matters. Some early correspondence is of a more personal nature, and other letters concern Cushing's literary endeavors. Among the recipients of Cushing's letters are A. D. Bache, George William Childs, Rufus Choate, John Randolph Clay, Jefferson Davis, W.W.H. Davis, Asbury Dickins, Simon Greenleaf, Robert McClelland, James Morss, Benjamin Perley Poor, Samuel E. Sewall, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, Richard Smith Spofford, Charles Sumner, B. B. Thatcher, A. P. Upshur, and T. B. Wakeman.
This collection is arranged alphabetically within Abraham Lincoln and Caleb Cushing files.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79084018