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Whiting Griswold correspondence, 1843-1874 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

  • ️Griswold, Whiting, 1814-1874.
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Collection Summary

TitleWhiting Griswold correspondence, 1843-1874
Span Dates1843-1874
ID No.MSS58131
CreatorGriswold, Whiting, 1814-1874
Extent210 items
Extent1 container
Extent.2 linear feet
Language Collection material in English
LocationManuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid PermalinkCite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020
LCCN PermalinkLC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79058131
SummaryLawyer and politician. Letters to Griswold from various prominent figures relating to such topics as the Whig, Free Soil, and American parties, the Democratic Party, his legal practice, Massachusetts politics, patronage, the Hoosac Tunnel, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Civil War, and the 1853 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.