James Fowler Simmons papers
by James Fowler Simmons
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Correspondence, memoranda, business and legal records, account books, photographs, printed matter, and other papers relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises, Rhode Island and national politics, and economic and social conditions in Rhode Island. Subjects include bounty laws, the Bank of the United States, Thomas Wilson Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James K. Polk, the Whig Party, slavery, tariff, and the annexation of Texas. Includes correspondence with Simmons's son, Walter C. Simmons and other family members. Other correspondents include Lawrence F. Abbott; Abbott & Bliss; Henry B. Anthony; Hervey Armington; Zenas R. Bliss; Leslie Combs; H.G. Cranston; Robert Bennie Cranston; Asbury Dickins; Edward J. Eno; Fearing & Hall; Elbridge Gerry; William C. Gibbs; William Hunter; Charles Jackson; George W. Jackson; Thomas A. Jenckes; Nehemiah Rice Knight; Liverman & Cushing; Samuel Finley Breese Morse; Charles Potter; Richard K. Randolph; Nathan S. Ruggles; Nathan Sargent; Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge; Tiffany, Ward & Co.; Joseph L. Tillinghast; Amasa Walker; and William A. Watson.
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Politics and government, Dorr Rebellion, 1842, Bounties, Elections, Yarn, Slavery, Cotton manufacture, Annexation to the United States, Economic conditions, Whig Party (U.S.), Economic policy, Fearing & Hall, History, Correspondence, Abbott & Bliss, Presidents, Liverman & Cushing, Bank of the United States (1816-1836), Election, Social conditions, Tiffany, Ward & Company, Tariff, Textile industryPeople
Nathan Sargent (1794-1875), Nathan S. Ruggles, Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Lawrence F. Abbott (1859-1933), Leslie Combs (1793-1881), William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), Hervey Armington (1793-1868), William A. Watson, Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (1795-1864), Elbridge Gerry (1791-1883), H. G. Cranston, Charles Jackson (1775-1855), Amasa Walker (1799-1875), Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), George W. Jackson (1803 or 4-1860), Charles Potter, Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Asbury Dickins (1780-1861), Robert Bennie Cranston (1791-1873), Simmons family, William Hunter (1774-1849), Zenas R. Bliss (1835-1900), Richard K. Randolph (1781-1849), Nehemiah Rice Knight (1780-1854), Joseph L. Tillinghast (1791-1844), Edward J. Eno, William C. Gibbs (1789-1871), Walter C. Simmons, James K. Polk (1795-1849)Places
United States, Texas, Rhode IslandTimes
1775-1865, 1860, 19th century, 1783-1865Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Open to research.
Purchase, 1940-1942.
Gift, Whitman Bailey, 1948.
Manufacturer, political leader, and U.S. senator from Rhode Island.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
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