Franklin Pierce Rice Papers

Résumé du livre

The bulk of the collection is manuscripts, drafts, clippings, transcripts, and notes for Rice's Life of Eli Thayer. Also includes: letters sent to Rice, visiting cards, examples of printing done by Rice's company, and material pertaining to the Emigrant Aid Society which Thayer founded during the struggle for Kansas. Also contains copies of vital records from towns in Worcester County that Rice used in other publications, and miscellaneous notes.