Walter H. Cummings, collector
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Autograph Book
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The autograph book of Walter Cummings contains autographs and correspondences of prominent figures in the social and political life of the United States during 1872-1873. Signers and corresponders are as follows:
Selected Names
Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915, Civic leader,
historian.
Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe, 1807-1873, Zoologist.
Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820-1906, Reformer.
Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890, Financier.
Babcock, Orville E., 1835-1884, Engineer, soldier.
Babet, Hiram H.
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894. Governor of Mass.
Barnum, Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891. Creator of `The greatest show on earth'.
Bartles, Benjamin F.
Beecher, Mrs. H. [Eunice White (Bullard)], 1813-1897. Author.
Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890. Secretary of War.
Belmont, August, 1816-1890, Banker, diplomat.
Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888. Humanitarian.
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Statesman.
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896. Publisher, editor.
Brown, Benjamin Gratz, 1826-1885. Governor of Missouri.
Brown, Olympia, 1835-1926. Feminist.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. Poet, editor.
Callyer, Robert.
Casserly, William Chapin.
Edwin Hubbell, 1814-.
Chase, Salmon Portland, 1808-1873. Cabinet officer.
Church, S.E.
Claflin, Emmie C.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne: Mark Twain, 1835-1910.
Colfax, Grhaym.
Conkling, Roscoe, 1823-1888. Senator.
Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905. Financier.
Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883. Manufacturer.
Corcoran, Willaim Wilson, 1798-1888. Banker.
Cornell, Ezra 1807-1874. Financier.
Cox, Jacob Dolson 1828-1900. Gov. of Ohio, Sec. of the Interior.
Creswell, John Angel James, 1828-1891. Postmaster general
Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. Author.
Cushman, Charlotte [Saunders] 1816-1876. Actress.
Dana, Charles Anderson, 1819-1897. Newspaper editor.
Davis, David, 1815-1886. Jurist.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. President of the Confederacy
Davis, Mary Evelyn Moore, 1852-1909. Author.
Dawes, Henry Laurens, 1816-1903. Senator.
Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896. Sec. of the Interior, Congressman from Ohio (?)
Dickinson, Anna B.
Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879. Governor of New York.
Douglass, Frederick, 1817? - 1895. Abolitionist, journalist.
Duncan, Blanton.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Essayist, poet.
Farman, Elbert Eli, 1831-1911. Jurist diplomat.
Field, Kate [Mary Katherine Kemmle] 1838-1896. Journalist, author.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Thirteenth president.
Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893. Statesman.
Fiske, Severance (?.)
Fletcher, Matilda. Author.
Fletcher, S.J.. Pastor Church of the [UNK].
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879.
Geary, John White, 1819-1873. Gov. of Penn., Terr. Gov. of Kansas
Gould, Jay, 1836-1892. Financier.
Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912.
Grant, I.R. (?).
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872. Editor.
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. Author, Unitarian minister
Hall, Abraham Oakey, 1826-1898. Journalist.
Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891. Vice President, U.S. Senator.
Hartranft, John Frederick, 1820-1889. Politician, soldier.
Havemeyer, William Frederick, 1804-1874. Mayor of N.Y.
Hawley, Hoseph Rosewell, 1826-1905. Editor, senator, soldier.
Hayes, William Shakespeare, 1837-1907. Ballad writer, composer.
Henderstone, A (?)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. Reformer, soldier, author.
Hilton, Theodore (?).
Hoffman, John Thompson, 1828-1888. Mayor and Governor of N.Y.
Holland, Josiah Gilbert, 1819-1881. Author.
Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907. Reformer, women's rights advocate.
Kellogg, Clara Louise, 1842-1916. Dramatic soprano.
Kernan, Francis, 1816-1892. Lawyer, Dem. politician.
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson, 1836-1881, Soldier, diplomat (?).
Locke, David Ross [Petroleum V. Nasby] 1833-1888. Political satirist.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Poet.
Longstreet, James, 1821-1882. Soldier.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884. Inventor, manufacturer.
McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885, Soldier.
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872. Soldier, victor at Gettysburg.
Meiggs, Henry, 1811-1877. Builder of South American Railroads.
Morgan, Edwin Denison, 1811-1883. Governor of New York.
Morgan, Midy.
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916. Confederate ranger.
Mott, Lucretia Coffin, 1793-1880. Reformer, preacher, Society of Friends.
Muller, D.H.
Nelson, Samuel, 1792-1873. Jurist.
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902. Cartoonist.
O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884. Lawyer.
Parton, James, 1822-1891. Biographer.
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart [Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] 1844-1911.
Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892. Lawyer, Attorney general.
Pomeroy, Marcus Mills, 1833-1896. Newspaper ed. and publisher.
Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891. Naval officer.
Pringle, Benjamin, 1807-1887. Rep. of New York.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912. Journalist diplomat.
Richardson, Willaim Adams, 1821-1896. Secretary of the Treasury.
Robertson, George, 1790-1874. Congressman from Kentucky (?).
Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887. Poet (?).
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. Minister to Spain.
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Statesman.
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886. Governor of N.Y.
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891. Union general.
Simpson, Matthew, 1811-1884. Bishop (?).
Sinclair, Samuel, Financier(?).
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Reformer.
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883. Confederate Vice President.
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. U.S. Senator.
Talmage, Thomas DeWitt, 1832-1902. Clergyman, editor.
Taylor, Miles. Rep. of Louisiana .
Tren, T. (?).
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Jurist, U.S. Senator.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius (?).
Van Horn, Burt.
Walker, Mary Edwards M.D. Women's rights advocate.
Watts, H (?).
Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882. Politician and journalist.
Wells, Gideaon, 1802-1878. Secretary of the Navy
Williams, George Henry, 1820-1910, Attorney Gen., Senator from Oregon.
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875. Vice president, U.S. Senator Mass.
Winthrop, Robert C. 1809-1894. Senator from Mass.
Wise, Henry Alexander, 1806-1876. Gov. of Virginia
Woodhull, Victoria Caflin, 1838-1927. Reformer.
Twenty-three other signatures could not be identified.