Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

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Cushing served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835- 1843, and as special U.S. Envoy to China from 1843-1845. His career also included a term as U.S. Attorney General from 1852-1857.

From the description of Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234342903

U.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer.

From the description of Caleb Cushing papers, circa 1785-1906 (bulk 1820-1878). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980054

Chastain was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia.

From the guide to the Letter to Caleb Cushing, 1854, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

U. S. Attorney General in 1857 during James Buchanan's presidency.

From the description of Judicial appointements, 1857, March 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145430267

Epithet: General; USA Minister to Spain

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x00006e

American statesman.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : "House of Representatives," to Messrs. Gales and Seaton, 1835 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270519999

American lawyer and diplomat.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1839 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531010

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to James Guthrie, 1857 Jan. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530763

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Newburyport, Mass., to Thomas J. Durant, 1877 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525922

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to T.J. Durant, 1871 Aug. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531003

Attorney, politician, diplomat, and U.S. Attorney General Caleb Cushing (1800-1879) was born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, to John Newmarch Cushing and Lydia Dow. After graduating from Harvard University in 1817, he studied and practiced law in Newburyport. In 1824, Cushing married Caroline Elizabeth Wilde. A year later, he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature and the U.S. Congress in 1834. Cushing was appointed as the U.S. Ambassador to China in 1845, was as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, and became an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1852. During the presidency of Franklin Pierce, he served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1854 to 1857. After Cushing’s nomination to Chief Justice of the United States failed, he served as the Minister to Spain from 1874 to 1877.

Source: “Cushing, Caleb.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 5, 2011. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D001016.

From the guide to the Caleb Cushing Letter 2011-207., undated, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin)

Biographical Note

  • 1800, Jan. 17: Born, Salisbury, Essex County, Mass.
  • 1817: Graduated, Harvard University,Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1820 - 1821 : Tutored mathematics, Harvard University,Cambridge, Mass.
  • 1821: Newburyport, Mass. Newburyport Admitted to bar and commenced practice of law, Newburyport, Mass. Edited local newspaper Began contributing to North American Review
  • 1824: Elected representative to Massachusetts general court Married Caroline Elizabeth Wilde (died 1832)
  • 1825: Elected Massachusetts state senator
  • 1829 - 1830 : England England Lac England England Tungland England Cemetery England Number 3 Dam England Ridge England Creek HVDC Quebec-New England - Des Cantons Grounding Electrode England Brothers Number 1 Dam England Branch England Mine New England Park Kampunglandeuh Langland Koringlandskloof Nglandean England Run Veterinary Clinic Springland Longlands Kessingland New England Hall New England Mine France Republic of France Spain Kingdom of Spain Traveled to England,France, and Spain
  • 1834 - 1842 : U.S. United States Massachusetts Massachusetts U.S. representative from Massachusetts,Whig party
  • 1843: Nominated three times as secretary of the treasury but rejected by the Senate
  • 1843 - 1844 : Commissioner to China; negotiated Treaty of Wang Hiya
  • 1846: Great Lakes region Great Lakes Region - 2-digit Hydrologic Unit Code - 04 St. Croix River Traveled to Great Lakes region and along St. Croix River Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court
  • 1847 - 1848 : Brigadier general, Mexican War
  • 1850: Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court
  • 1851: Elected first mayor of Newburyport, Mass.
  • 1852: Appointed associate justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
  • 1853 - 1857 : Attorney general of the United States
  • 1857: Reelected representative to Massachusetts general court
  • 1860: Named permanent president of the National Democratic Convention,Charleston, S.C.
  • 1860: Sent as President James Buchanan's personal representative to Charleston, S.C., to delay passing of ordnance of secession
  • 1865 - 1870 : Counsel for the United States before the British and American Joint Commission to settle claims by the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound companies
  • 1868: Colombia Republic of Colombia Isthmus of Panama Isthmus of Panama Special Minister to Colombia to negotiate a treaty regarding a canal across Isthmus of Panama Appointed agent and counsel by the Mexican government to present claims before the Mexican-American Claims Commission
  • 1871: Appointed counsel for the United States,Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration
  • 1873 - 1877 : Minister to Spain
  • 1879, Jan. 2: Died, Newburyport, Mass.

From the guide to the Caleb Cushing Papers, circa 1785-1906, (bulk 1820-1878), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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referencedIn Paschal, George W. (George Washington), 1812-1878. Motion to expunge paragraphs 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 15 of the bill in the case of Louis Janin vs. Caleb Cushing and Myra Clark Gaines : Washington, D.C., 1874 Feb. 19. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Gaines, Myra Clark, 1805-1885. Myra Clark Gaines letter, 1842-1867. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn George, John H. (John Hatch), 1824-1888. Correspondence, 1840-1873. New Hampshire Historical Society Library
creatorOf Cushing family. Papers, 1695-1893. Massachusetts Historical Society
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creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Papers, 1846-1879. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Vol. LXXVIII (ff. 392). Apr.-Nov. 1875.includes:f. 1-374 passim General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878. f. 7 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence with Sir A.... British Library
creatorOf Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886,. Documents relating to Charles Sumner, ca. 1828-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn Clapp, William Warland, 1826-1891,. Scrapbook : concerning the visit of Chinese ambassadors to Boston : manuscript, 1868. Houghton Library
creatorOf Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908,. Poets of America collection, 1800-1908. University of Michigan
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referencedIn Browning Family Papers, 1824-1917, (bulk 1835-1855) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Vol. LXXVII (ff. 384). Jan.-Mar. 1875.includes:ff. 1, 87 Francis Henry Cowper, Vice-Consul at Trinidad de Cuba: Letters to A. G. Dunlop: 1875. ff. 2.26, 285, 287 General Caleb Cushing, USA Minister to Spain: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1875-1877. ... British Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Papers (in part), 1856 Dec.-1860 Dec. [microform] University of Wyoming, William R. Coe Library
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creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Outlines of the life and public services, civil and military, of William Henry Harrison / by Caleb Cushing. Allen County Public Library, ACPL
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creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letters, 1841-1864. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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creatorOf Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Letter, West Point, New York, to Caleb Cushing, 1860 Aug. 8. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Winkler, Jr., Shadrach Nicholas, 1834-1858. Shadrach Nicholas Winkler, Jr, diary, 1857. Georgia Historical Society
creatorOf Lunt, Henry, 1776-1859. Papers, 1808-1856. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Peter Parker collection, 1823-1947, 1823-1884 Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : Boston, to Joseph Blunt, 1829 Jan. 15. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Vol. LXXXI (ff. 308). Jan.-Mar. 1877.includes:f. 1, 125, 234 General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878. ff. 5, 45, 190 Sir William Smith, lexicographer: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1858-189... British Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Autograph letter signed : Newburyport, Mass., to Thomas J. Durant, 1877 Nov. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905. Papers, 1799-1923 (bulk 1846-1906). Indiana Historical Society Library
referencedIn Haight, John Thomas, 1813-1853. Papers, 1791-1936. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to T.J. Durant, 1871 Aug. 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Universiteit van Amsterdam. Bibliotheek collection, 1711-1868 Library of Congress
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Caleb Cushing receipt, 1772. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Lumpkin, John Henry, 1812-1860. Autograph letter signed : Rome [Ga.], to Caleb Cushing, 1854 Mar. 12. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Batchelder, Jane Reed Smith. Jane Batchelder Autograph Book, 1856-1870. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Gould, Hannah Flagg, 1789-1865. A collection of epitaphs written by Hanah Flagg Gould of Newburyport, Mass. on various friends in their lifetime : transcribed from a copy made by Caleb Cushing of Newburyport, for Miss Mary Townsend of Salem, Massachusetts. New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Sargent, John Osborne, 1811-1891. John O. Sargent papers, 1831-1912; bulk: 1831-1893. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter, 1840 Feb. 24, Washington. United States Military Academy, USMA Library
referencedIn Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883. Jeremiah Sullivan Black Papers, 1813-1894 (inclusive), 1842-1884 (bulk), [microform]. Yale University Library
referencedIn Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Papers, 1820-1968. New Hampshire Historical Society Library
creatorOf Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Letter signed : "War Department, Washington," to Caleb Cushing, 1854 Mar. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Papers, circa 1785-1906 (bulk 1820-1878) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872. Papers, 1805-1896 (bulk 1814-1863) Houghton Library
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creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Papers, circa 1785-1906 (bulk 1820-1878) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835. Papers, 1746-1900 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Bayard, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1796-1868. Papers of the Tayloe family [manuscript], 1756-1893. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Miscellany, 1829-1850. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : Washington, D.C., to unknown person, n.p., 1871 May 25. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Cross, Fred W. The first regiment Massachusetts infantry in the Mexican War : historical sketch / by Fred W. Cross, [19--]. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Whiting Griswold Correspondence, 1843-1874 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891. Houghton Library
referencedIn Lumpkin, Joseph T. Letter : Athens, Ga., to Caleb Cushing, Washington, D.C., [ca. 1853-1857]. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Receipt, 1850 Feb. 28. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Hingham (Mass.). Records, 1637-1931. Library of Congress
creatorOf Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885. Envelope addressed to Caleb Cushing, 1841-1843. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Documents relating to Charles Sumner, 1828-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Photographs of Attorneys General National Archives at College Park
referencedIn W. W. H. Davis papers, 1846-1896, 1846-1864 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Holmes, Edward Jackson, 1846-1884. Journal, 1870-1871. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf United States. Attorney-General. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Philip Barton Key, n.p., 1855 Jan. 9. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Caleb Cushing Letter 2011-207., undated Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letters to Thomas Mayo Brewer and Henry Vose, 1843, 1858. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn National Archives And Records Administration. Ru 60: Department Of Justice.
referencedIn Church, Arthur Briggs. Caleb Cushing's attitude on slavery and abolition : special report 2 in History 13, March 1906. Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848). Company B. Mexican War records, 1846-1848. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Memorandum, 1849 Apr. 25, Newburyport [Mass.] to Benj. H. Che[wer? n.p.]. University of Michigan
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letters : Washington, D.C., 1840-1841. Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
referencedIn Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918. Descriptions and portraits of American government officials, circa 1891-1893. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Caleb Cushing collection [manuscripts], 1843-1964. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Marshall family. Breckinridge-Marshall family : papers, 1755-1869. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1839 Feb. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Guthrie, James, 1792-1869. Letter signed : "Treasury department," to Caleb Cushing, 1855 Nov. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : to Nathaniel Niles by Caleb Cushing, 1847 Jul 20. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Franklin Pierce Papers, 1820-1869 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856. John Collins Warren correspondence, 1812-1856 (inclusive). Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
referencedIn George William Gordon Papers, 1825-1852, [Bulk 1840-1852] New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Chastain, Elijah Webb, 1813-1874. Letter to Caleb Cushing, 1854 May 30. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Dana Linett Collection. 2009 - 2009. Correspondence from the Secretary of War to the Attorney General National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Woolsey family papers, 1750-1969 (bulk 1811-1921) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Smithsonian Archives. Alexander Dallas Bache Papers.
referencedIn Autograph File, C Houghton Library
creatorOf Guthrie, James, 1792-1869. Autograph letter signed : "Treasury Department," to Caleb Cushing, 1855 July 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : to [Miss Bartlet], [not after 1879] Sept. 24. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter, 1829 May 6, Ipswich, L.I., to Daniel Webster, Boston. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn Harvard, Gray Herbarium. Historic Letters.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : n.p., to [Miss Bartlet], n.p., [not after 1879] Sept. 24. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Cross, Fred W. The first regiment Massachusetts infantry in the Mexican War : historical sketch / by Fred W. Cross, [19--] Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Dodge, Allen W. (Allen Washington), 1804-1878. Allen W. Dodge Papers, 1831-1845. Peabody Essex Museum
referencedIn Howe, Letitia T. Letitia T. Howe collection. 1822-1876. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879,. Autograph letter signed from Caleb Cushing, Washington, D.C., to Samuel Greele [manuscript], 1840 July 3. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Jeremiah S. Black Papers, 1813-1904, (bulk 1856-1880) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Alpheus Felch Papers, 1817-1896 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Edward Lee Plumb Papers, 1825-1903, (bulk 1857-1875) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Allen, Mary Rivers. Collection of letters and autographs, 1846-1881 Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letters : Washington, D.C., 1840-1841. Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
referencedIn Drummond, William W. Letter: to Honorable C. Cushing /by William W. Drummond, 1855 Dec 1. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Wheaton, Henry, 1785-1848. Autograph letter signed : New York, to Caleb Cushing, 1827 May 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter, 1836, to Theophilus Parsons. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Curson family papers, 1730-1918 (inclusive), 1770-1850 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXXII (ff. 343). Apr., May, 1877.includes:f. 2 Felix Vejarano y Bulnes, Conde de Nava de Tajo; Spanish politician: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1873, 1877. f. 4 General Caleb Cushing, USA Minister to Spain: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1875-18... British Library
creatorOf Johnson, Alexander Smith, 1817-1878. Alexander Smith Johnson papers, 1864-1878. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883. Augustus C. Dodge and George W. Jones letters, 1853. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Christopher Morgan papers, 1840-1841 Library of Congress
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879,. Caleb Cushing letter to Jefferson Davis : Washington, D.C., 1854 August 22. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Lyman, William. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1809. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983, 1809-1941 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
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referencedIn Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to James Guthrie, 1857 Jan. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Hamilton Fish Papers, 1732-1914, (bulk 1840-1890) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. French spoliation claims papers, 1795-1891. Dartmouth College Library
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creatorOf George William Gordon Papers, 1825-1852, [Bulk 1840-1852] New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Campbell, Lewis D. (Lewis Davis), 1811-1882. Papers 1850-1877. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
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referencedIn George Washington Warren correspondence, 1781-1910 (inclusive), 1846-1882 (bulk). Houghton Library
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referencedIn Henry Bartholomew Cox Collection, 1492-1960, (bulk 1792-1858) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Harvard University. Mathematical theses, 1782-1839 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848). Company B. Mexican War records, 1846-1848. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Letter : Boston, to Joseph Blunt, 1829 Jan. 15. University of Chicago Library
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referencedIn Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lecompte, Samuel Dexter, fl. 1853. Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, Maryland, to Caleb Cushing, 1853 July 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879. Autograph letter signed : "House of Representatives," to Messrs. Gales and Seaton, 1835 Dec. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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referencedIn Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Caleb Cushing Papers.
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correspondedWith Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 person
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correspondedWith Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 person
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associatedWith Gordon, George William, 1801-1877. person
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correspondedWith Gray, Asa person
correspondedWith Greele, Samuel, fl. 1840 person
associatedWith Greeley, Horace. person
correspondedWith Griswold, Whiting, 1814-1874. person
correspondedWith Guthrie, James, 1792-1869 person
associatedWith Gwin, William McKendree, 1805-1885. person
associatedWith Haight, John Thomas, 1813-1853. person
correspondedWith Hamilton, Park, 1808-1893 person
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correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
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associatedWith Howe, Letitia T., person
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associatedWith Hungerford, William S. person
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correspondedWith Kelley, Hall J. family
correspondedWith Kelley, Hall J. (Hall Jackson), 1790-1874 person
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associatedWith Knowlton, James K. person
correspondedWith LeBreton, George W. family
correspondedWith LeBreton, George W. person
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correspondedWith Lee, Jason, family
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correspondedWith Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 person
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correspondedWith Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857 person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
China
United States
Massachusetts
Mexico
Massachusetts
Spain
Spain
California--Benicia
United States
Colombia
Massachusetts
Panama Canal (Panama)
Mexico
Massachusetts
Colombia
Newburyport (Mass.)
United States
Bilbao, Spain
Southwark, Surrey
China
Panama Canal (Panama)
Saint Croix River Valley (Wis. and Minn.)
Newburyport (Mass.)
Wisconsin
Benicia (Calif.)
Panama
United States
Great Britain
Utah
Northwest, Pacific
United States
Newburyport (Mass.)
Great Britain
Subject
Travel
United States
Attorneys general
Canals
Canals
Civil Procedure and Courts
Diplomatic and consular service, American
Explorers
Government, Law and Politics
Land speculation
Land tenure
Land titles
Lawyers
Legislators
Legislators
Letters
Light House Board
Medical colleges
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Oregon
Political parties
Political parties
Politicians
Smithsonian Board Of Regents
Smithsonian Building
Smithsonian Exchange
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Library
Occupation
Army officers
Cabinet officers
Diplomats
Lawyers
Representatives, U.S.
Activity

Person

Birth 1800-01-17

Death 1879-01-02

Americans

English

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