William Schouler papers, 1840-1872 | WorldCat.org
Papers of editor and historian William Schouler related principally to his activities as editor of the "Lowell Courier" and "Boston Daily Atlas." Schouler was a Whig and Republican Party activist in local politics, 1840-1860, and adjutant-general of Massachusetts, 1860-1866. Included are materials on the Loco-Foco Party, the annexation of Texas, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, and the formation of the Republican Party, as well as Schouler's travel journal from 1846, kept on a four-month tour through England, Scotland, Ireland, and northern France. Among his correspondents are Salmon P. Chase, John Davis, Joshua R. Giddings, William H. Seward, Charles Sumner, Thurlow Weed, Henry Wilson, and Robert C. Winthrop. The collection also contains a small number of miscellaneous speeches, newspaper articles and lectures prepared by Schouler