United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Portfolio of antislavery letters
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065340147]
Identifier: 6416
Dates:
1859-1946,-1859-1861 (bulk)
Willard Fiske Letters to George Allen
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 13-1-280
Scope and content
Typescript copies of letters of Daniel Willard Fiske to George Allen. The letters are almost entirely concerned with the game of chess - e.g. a chess journal, contemporary chess players (notably Paul Morphy), famous chess players from the past, history of chess, chess bibliography, etc. Fiske also comments on other matters including Know-Nothingism (June 21, 1857), the Fiske genealogy, and his interest in Icelandic history and culture. The collection includes both Allen's and Fiske's chess...
Dates:
1856-1859.