Appleton, Nathan

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Nathan Appleton Scrapbook
Detail of scrapbook cover (Box 1)
1867-1898

An album containing clippings of the serial publication "Harry Ashton's Ramblings," with a handwritten preface, penciled editing notes, photographs, and letters from publishers. The story was published in the Boston Globe in 1873 and concerns the fictional travels of Harry Ashton in...

Location: MC 1998.4

Subject: Literary Pursuits, Travel and Tourism

Format: Letters/Correspondence, Scrapbooks

Time Period: 1860-1879, 1880-1899

Collection Inventory: PDF icon mc1998.04.pdf

Letter from James Buchanan to Asbury Dickins
Letter from James Buchanan to Asbury Dickins
March 16, 1848

Secretary of State James Buchanan writes Asbury Dickins, Secretary of the United States Senate, and requests access to several letters held by the Senate. "To enable [President James K. Polk] to answer the call of the House [of Representatives]," Buchanan asks that a Mr. Appleton be allowed "to...

Location: MC 1998.10, B2, F18

Subject: Politics and Government

Format: Letters/Correspondence

Time Period: 1840-1859
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