Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

ALS agreeing to place his and his wife's names on a testimonial to the literary character of [Nathaniel] Hawthorne.