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1. Henry Walker correspondence, 1861-1864

   75 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Union soldier. Chiefly correspondence between Henry Walker, a Union soldier who served in the 117th Regiment, New York State Volunteers, during the Civil War, and his family in Forest Port, Oneida County, New York.

2. James Fowler Simmons papers, 1771-1939

   21,000 items. 58 containers. 19 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Manufacturer, political leader, and United States senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence, family letters, memoranda, legal documents, account books, photographs, and printed matter relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises and to public matters, including the tariff, Thomas Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as president, and social, economic, and political conditions in Rhode Island.

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