Lorenzo Sabine Papers, 1821-1870

Title:

Lorenzo Sabine Papers, 1821-1870

Creator:

Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877

Accession / Call Number:

1978.057

Object ID:

M 1978-057

Date:

1821-1870

Physical Description:

4 boxes, approximately 812 items

Scope and Content:

The Lorenzo Sabine Papers, 1821-1870, contain fourteen volumes of materials related to Sabine's business ventures, lectures, and correspondence. Included in the materials are numerous original manuscripts, with his edits, from his lectures and addresses on topics ranging from slavery to women in politics, and from currency to merchants and business. His correspondence spans the entire collection, but is also concentrated in volume six during his time in the 32nd Congress, volume eight with his correspondence during the Civil War, and in volume ten through fourteen where Sabine compiled selected letters alphabetically. Notable correspondents include Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Governor Israel Washburn, Jr.; Governor John A. Andrew; Governor Ichabod Goodwin; Secretary of State William H. Seward; Isaac Ray; John G. Palfrey; Charles R. Train; Tappan Wentworth; John Wingate Thornton; and Charles W. Upham. The collection also contains his appointments to numerous positions from Justice of the Peace to Agent of the Treasury Department, memberships to historical societies and organizations, contracts and business agreements, newspaper articles, reviews on his book The American Loyalist, and business trusts. See finding aid for full list of correspondents.

Subjects:

Historians , American loyalists , Capital punishment , Slavery , Money , Temperance , Fisheries , United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 , United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 , Slavery--United States , Politicians

Locations:

Eastport, ME
Massachusetts
Framingham, MA

People:

Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877 , Ray, Isaac, 1807-1881 , Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 , Washburn, Israel, 1813-1883 , Goodwin, Ichabod, 1794-1882 , Andrew, John Albion, 1818-1867 , Seward, William H., 1801-1872 , Palfrey, John Gorham , Train, Charles R., 1817-1885 , Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 , Peabody, Andrew Preston, 1811-1893 , Dawson, Henry B., 1821-1889

Organizations:

Whig Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. House
United States Military Academy

Credit Line:

Gift of Lorenzo Sabine.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection