hou00987 Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943, recipient. Frederick Jesup Stimson letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924 (MS Am 1681): Guide. 05/31/2002 Pacific Data Conversion Corp. 11/07/2013 Loaded into OASIS 10/29/2002 Laura Reiner June 8, 2006 hou00987 converted by Harvard University Library OIS from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2006-06-08). MS Am 1681 Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943, recipient. Frederick Jesup Stimson letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Last update on 2012 November 8 Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University f MS Am 1681 Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943, recipient. Frederic Jesup Stimson letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924. 1 volume (.08 linear ft.) Collection materials are in English. Letters to the American legal author Frederic Jesup Stimson.

45M-652, 45M-653, and 45M-654. Gift of Mrs. Frederic J. StimsonDedham, Massachusetts; received: ca. 1943.

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

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Frederic Jesup Stimson letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924 (MS Am 1681). Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Stimson was assistant attorney-general of Massachusetts (1884-1885) and wrote many novels about and reference works on the law.

Contains letters written to Frederic Stimpson by Mark Anthony de Wolfe Howe, Sumner Wells, Barrett Wendell, Percival Lowell, and letters from A. Lawrence Lowell, written to Stimpson while he was Ambassador to the Argentine Republic in Buenos Aires. Letters discuss politics in the United States in the early part of the 20th century, including presidents Wilson and Harding, and their presidential campaigns, and politics abroad, particularly in Russia and Germany. Also discussed are women's suffrage, and critiques of articles written by Stimson. A. Lawrence Lowell discussed in his letters employment at Harvard, and the death of relatives and colleagues.

(1) - (2) Howe, Mark Antony De Wolfe, 1864- 2 A.LL.s.(M. A. DeW. Howe) to [Frederic J.] Stimson; [v.p.] 28 Sep and 7 Oct 1924.

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(3) - (4) Lowell, Percival, 1855-1916. 2 A.LL.s. to Frederic J. Stimson; [v.p.] Nov. 15 1915 and Jan. 25 1916.

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(5) - (20) Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, 1856-1943. Letters to Frederic J. Stimson; [v.p.] 1916-1939.

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(21) - (28) Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. 8 A.LL.s.(variously) to Frederic J. Stimson; Boston, 1 Jan 1914-1915 14 May.

One with envelope.

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(29) Welles, Sumner, 1892- A.L.s. (Sumner Welles) to [Frederic J. Stimson]; Carlsbad, 9 Sep [19-?] folder ([4]p.)

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