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Letters from: Robert J Atchinson, list of army officers from Conn.; Ann Belcher (receipient), family business, Nebraska Bill, congressional colleagues; HW Benham (3), exchanging books and documents; F Burt, pension; S Cole, land bounty; FJ de Carvalho Moreira (2), Gen. D'Armidon.

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Letters from: A Greenleaf, pension information; RR Gurley, Colonization Society meeting; Glenwood Cemetary, dedication; Thornton H Jenkins (2), navigation, lighthouse; John D Kurtz, West Point appointment; William Chauncey Landden (2) YMCA of New London; William Learned Marcy, Panamanian bank account; C Mason, agriculture reports; John S Meehan, shipment of documents; George Moneypenny, shipment of documents.

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Letters from: National Correspondence Association, shipment of circular; James J Pratt (2) request for resolution; John BL Skinner, case of North Lyme; Edward Stubb, case of ship Bolton; Thomas Trott, introduction of JC Foster; Loren P Waldo (6), pensions; HM Watterson, candidacy for office; John Wilson (2), conditions for receiving information.

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Letters from Henry W Benham (4) shipment of reports, advice on appts.; CW Bennett, pensions advice; AO Dayton, balance of salary of deceased sailor; James Guthrie (2), report on bounty claim; C Mason (2), shipment of seeds; George D Prentice, consideration of resolution; BB Thurston, House business; LP Waldo, pensions.

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Letters from BB Thurston, sending reports, House news.

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Letters from John J Wait, commisions of Connecticut officers.

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Letters from Peley C Child, Nebraska Bill; FS Evans, prospectus for publication; William J Hamilton, election prospects; list of members of 33rd Congress.

About the Nathan Belcher papers From the Collection: The bulk of the Belcher papers consists of letters from constituents during his two years in the U.S. House. Many of the letters deal with common constituent services, like requests for official documents, help with patent applications, and inquiries into civil service appointments. Much of the correspondence concerns the major issue of the day: the Kansas-Nebraska Act (referred to in the correspondence as the Nebraska Bill). The Act was enormously unpopular with Belcher's constituents, even...