Correspondence: Letters about Vans’ claim against Codmans

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1835, undated

Location Note

Folder 135

GUSN

GUSN-295963

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Description

This folder contains two letters relating to the claim of William Vans against the Codman family. One is a letter from J. Lowell to William H. Gardiner (who was counsel for the Codman family) dated March 11, 1835. It is an impassioned defense of R. Codman. The other is a letter from W. H. Gardiner to Henry Codman, Esq., dated January 28, [no year]. It is a request by Gardiner to Codman to review a book about Van’s claim.

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Collection Code

MS037

Collection Name

John Codman (1898-1989) family papers

Reference Code

MS037.17.02

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File part

Location Note

Folder 135

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