Found 2 collections related to Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869

Letters and documents of Amos Kendall, American lawyer, journalist, politician, and Postmaster General during the Jackson and Van Buren administrations. Early letters relate to business ventures and debts; letters dating from the 1830s concern Kendall's political activities as a member of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet," as well as his journalistic interests, with recipients including Virgil Maxcy and John McLean. Several letters relate to Kendall's investment in, and activities on behalf of, Samuel Morse's telegraph system. Other documents present in the collection were generated during Kendall's service as Postmaster General, and relate to the operations and management of the United States Postal Service less

Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) was a lawyer, businessman and United States Congressman from Maine, 1833-1839. Smith assisted Samuel F.B. Morse in introducing the electric telegraph. Collection consists of Smith's correspondence with Amos Kendall, Ezra Cornell, Eliphalet Case, J.J. Speed, Jr., and others, but not including Morse, relating primarily to political matters. Some letters deal with the introduction of the electric telegraph. less