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2 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854.
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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Edmund Burke papers, 1821-1881
400 items. 5 containers. 1.0 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lawyer, newspaper editor, and U.S. representative. Correspondence, drafts of newspaper editorials, speeches, committee reports, resolutions, commissions, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Burke's career as a newspaper editor in New Hampshire and as a congressman.