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1. Millard Fillmore papers, 1839-1925

   35 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. President, vice president, and representative, lawyer, and educator. Chiefly correspondence of Fillmore relating to slavery; the Compromise of 1850; the Fugitive Slave Law (1850), John Brown's Raid, 1859, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.; the Whig Party; and congressional politics. Includes several letters of and an obituary notice for Fillmore's daughter, Mary Abigail Fillmore, as well as a detailed index to volumes 1-44 of the Millard Fillmore papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, Buffalo, N.Y.

2. Edward Shaw papers, 1847-1867

   980 items. 9 containers. 3.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Patent Office clerk. Chiefly letters from Shaw's family, friends, and acquaintances documenting daily life of women in antebellum New England, Shaw's financial investments, and letters relating to Shaw's work as a patent clerk.

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