Box 6

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Financial papers: London and Philadelphia, Pa.

ADsS. Collection consists mostly of bills sent by Bagshaw & Sons, publishers of Cobbett's Political Register, to Cobbett himself together with Cobbett's own promissory notes to the firm dated London 1807 and 1811. Includes a receipt in Cobbett's hand dated 19 July 1798, Philadelphia, to Mr. Foster "for the sum of five dollars and a half for papers sent him during the late session of Congress."

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Letters: to Clarissa Coburn, Brunswick, Me.

12 ALsS. Detailed letters of Coburn's time spent mining for gold in California, written to his wife back in Brunswick, Maine.

Scope and Contents Letters: Brunswick, Me., to Artemis Coburn, Bath, Me.; North Bridgewater, Mass., to Artemis Coburn, Brunswick, Me.; East Livermore, Me., C. Wellington, to Clarissa Coburn, Brunswick, Me.3 ALsS. In 1846 letter from Clarissa to Artemis she urges him not to work too hard and endanger his health and describes various social events. In 1850 letter Clarissa writes to Artemis from Massachusetts, describing her plans to return home to Maine. In C. Wellington's letter to his sister...

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Letter: to Alexander Stewart, Esq., Dublin

1 ALS. Discusses legal matters.

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Invoices: London to Lyon J. Levy, Philadelphia, Pa.

3 ADsS. Invoices for goods shipped from London to Levy's dry goods store in Philadelphia.

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5 letters, 2 receipts: Richmond, Ind., to Samuel Bettle Jr., 1809-1880, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALsS. Five extremely detailed letters regarding the sale of many Friends Books from Coffin's Richmond Book Store. Receipts included with July 7 and June 18 letters.

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Letter: Richmond, Ind., to Samuel Bettle Jr., 1809-1880

ALS. Coffin inquires about admitting Benjamin Justice to Friends Asylum. Prior attempts to admit Justice have failed due to his parents "violent prejudices against our Society," but the parents are now deceased and Coffin hopes to convince Justice's sister and brother-in-law, and his caretaker, Seth Wilson, to permit him to be admitted to the Asylum.

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Letter: Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, Amherst, Mass.

ALS. Discusses a petition which Mrs. Williams has submitted to the government.

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Certificate: Albany, N.Y., to Gideon Reynolds, Sheriff, Troy, N.Y.

DS. Official confirmation that a notice of the execution of William Miller, attached, was published in the Albany Argus, "the paper published by the Printer to the State." Signed by Philo K. Cole and Frederick W. Cole.

Scope and Contents Letter: London, to Robert Baldwin, LondonALS. Probably in response to a request for submission of his work to London Magazine, Coleridge explains that "for the last year I have been importuned, I might almost say pestered by my best friends to comply with very handsome terms offered me by Mr. Blackwood . . . till he had procured a promise from me that I would send him . . . two sheets as probationary matter." "Mr. Davies' promise in addition to Blackwood's, that there should be...