Samuel Lawrence reminiscences

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{"value"=>"MssCol 1701", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"1701", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Samuel Lawrence reminiscences"}

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{"value"=>"1875", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1875"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Prominent Massachusetts merchant Samuel Lawrence wrote these reminiscences of his childhood and early life in Groton and Boston while in Stockbridge in March 1875. The reminiscences cover the years 1803-1844 and mention James Madison, Noah Webster, the Marquis de Lafayette, Samuel Morse, Henry Clay, Rufus Choate, John Brown, a visit of Charles Dickens' and his wife to the Lawrence home, John James Audubon, the Agazzis, the War of 1812, disputes about nullification, and other matters. The reminiscences also include accounts of the early days of the Republic, heard from Lawrence's father, a soldier of the Revolution, and others"}

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1875

date_inclusive_end

1875

origination

{"value"=>"Lawrence, Samuel, 1801-1880", "type"=>"persname"}

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1875

prefercite

{"value"=>"Samuel Lawrence reminiscences, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

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.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1875

date_end

1875

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