(MASSACHUSETTS) Archive of 16 letters to economist and polit

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(MASSACHUSETTS.) Archive of 16 letters to economist and politician Amasa Walker. Various sizes and conditions, generally sound. Vp, 1831-72

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Amasa Walker (1799-1875) was best known as a Harvard economist, was active in Massachusetts politics, and was elected a partial term in the United States House of Representatives in 1862. This small archive of his correspondence includes a letter from veteran politician Richard Rush hoping he will not be nominated for president, 1831 2 personal letters from William Cullen Bryant, 1848 and 1866 An invitation to a meeting to express "strong moral reprobation" for Daniel Webster's stance on slavery issues, signed by abolitionists Samuel Gridley Howe and Wendell Phillips, 1850 A sheet with autographs of 12 members of the Electoral College, including Walker and his fellow elector John Greenleaf Whittier, 1860 and 3 substantial letters from British reformer John Bright, 1853-72. Complete list available upon request.
Our favorite is a threatening anonymous letter Walker received as a young man active in the state's Antimasonic party circa 1830. In full: "Everlasting Amasa, Dont you feel ashamed to Be figureing in that, that you know nothing about? (Masonry) you skunk, I advise you to quit and you will be ashamed some 3 or 4 years hence that you Did not mind your own Business. Candour." with--a letter from Walker to friend Lucy Stoughton, 1871.