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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm89078964
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 papers of Samuel Hooper, merchant and U.S. representative, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1989. Additional correspondence was purchased in 2005.
The papers of Samuel Hooper were arranged and described in 1995. The collection was expanded and revised in 2007.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Hooper is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Samuel Hooper 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, Samuel Hooper Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Samuel Hooper span the years 1829-1874 and consist of correspondence, lists of securities, ledger sheets, financial statements, and receipts. The papers chiefly relate to Hooper's investments and his import business in Boston, Massachusetts, his service in the Massachusetts legislature, 1851-1853, 1858, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1861-1874. Included are financial and legal correspondence, letters of introduction, inquiries about government appointments and commissions, and requests for government documents and copies of speeches. Major correspondents include his father, John Hooper, his brother, Robert William Hooper, and business associates William Appleton, S. T. Dana, and Lemuel Shaw.
An addition to the papers consists of letters from George Morey discussing national political affairs relating to the Civil War.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.