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Aiken letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0185

Abstract

Letters to Aiken while a student at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College. Mostly family and personal friends, 1865-1872. The collection also consists of term reports and accounts of Aiken at Andover, as well as some personal letters while a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature, to 1883.

Dates

  • 1865 - 1888

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

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Biographical / Historical

John Adams Aiken was a lawyer, a member of the Massachusetts State Legislature and Chief Justice of the MA [Supreme Court?]

Extent

1.46 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance unknown.

Title
Guide to the Aiken letters
Status
Minimally Processed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Revision Statements

  • 2021-09-29: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750