Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

Letter from J.M. Barrie about press cuttings for one of his plays

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.

Letters, notes, and "An Act for the Relief of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York" with accompanying State Department certification and seal

Morton, James G.

Includes some World War II era letters.

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Letters concerning James (Jimmy) Thornton of Cincinnatus, New York, a pupil at the New York Asylum for Idiots in Syracuse, from Dr. Hervey Wilbur and other staff at the institution to the boy's mother, Mary Thornton (later Mary Wheat).

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916.

Papers of the American poet. Outgoing correspondence of a personal nature; annotated list.

Gould, Jay, 1836-1892.

Papers of the American financier, railroad entrepreneur. Correspondence, among which is a letter to N.Y. Governor John Thompson Hoffman concerning a bill which would amend an Act enabling towns and municipalities to bond in favor of railroad corporations.

Bogert, John A., 1836-

Papers of the Union soldier. Bogert was an officer in the 127th New York Volunteer Infantry, and a lieutenant colonel in the 103rd Colored Infantry. Letters, mostly to his parents in New York City concerning family matters, camp life, the progress of Civil War.

Clark, John A.

Letter from John A. Clark of Syracuse, New York to Reverend W. W. Nind in Lowville, New York, concerning the activities of the local community and church

Brown, John, 1821-1895.

Papers of the farmer and soldier, free soil advocate, son of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859). 13 combination diary/account books (1856-1895), and 3 letters of his father to family members.

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.

Letters (7) of the English dramatist, novelist, bound in a single volume to H.S. Salt concerning a pamphlet entitled "The spirit of punishment" (1910), which Galsworthy was writing for the Humanitarian League on the solitary confinement of prisoners. Also, a single letter (1931 Apr. 25) to Eugene Gantner.

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.

Papers of the American poet. Outgoing correspondence.

Hay, John, 1838-1905.

Papers of the American biographer, historian, journalist, statesman; Ambassador to Great Britain, later Secretary of State under President William McKinley. Bound collection of 35 Hay letters written between 1886 and 1905 to financier and philanthropist Samuel Mather (1851-1931).

Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.

Papers of the American physicist, first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Five outgoing items of correspondence, most of which is in response to requests for the Smithsonian Institution's publications (James A. Dix, Washington Townsend). There are three letters to botanist Charles E. Bessey, one of which defines the Smithsonian's system of exchange of scientific information with regard to natural history specimens.

Watson, Joseph, 1784-1841.

Correspondence to and from Joseph Watson when he was Mayor of Philadelphia.

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Correspondence, speeches, writings, biographical material about the Vermont senator and representative.