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- Creator
- Mackintire, Eliab Parker, 1797-1864
- Call number
- MssCol 1829
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Eliab Parker Mackintire letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Eliab Parker Mackintire (1797-1864) was a Massachusetts state legislator. Collection consists of Mackintire's letters, mostly from Boston and Charlestown, Mass., to his son-in-law and daughter, Rev. and Mrs. William Salter, of Burlington, Iowa. Topics include church affairs, business and economic conditions, the Mexican War, education, politics, travel on the Great Lakes, railroad building in the West, discovery of gold in California, and Mackintire's career as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Salter family, 1934Key terms
Names
- Mackintire, Eliab Parker, 1797-1864
- Salter, William, 1821-1910
- Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
Subjects
- Education -- Massachusetts
- Gold mines and mining -- California
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Railroads -- West (U.S.)
Places
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Description and travel
- Massachusetts -- Commerce
- Massachusetts -- Economic conditions
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
- Massachusetts -- Religious life and customs
- Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328