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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Creator: | Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton), 1819-1885 |
| Title: | Reuben E. Fenton Letters |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1864-1884 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Six outgoing letters to Henry Darling, James C. Dobbin, and others from the U.S. Senator, governor of New York State, banker. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Reuben Eaton Fenton was a United States senator and governor of New York State. Shortly before his retirement from public life in 1875, he wrote to Mrs. Barnes (24 May 1875):
...it is my fixed purpose not to be a candidate, under any circumstances. Why should I? Is not twenty years of service in high official positions enough to fill the measure of ordinary ambition? I do not ignore the public view, outside of all personal considerations, to which you refer, but feel that you overestimate my importance to it.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Reuben E. Fenton Letters consist of six letters from Fenton to Henry Darling, James C. Dobbin, and others.
Arrangement of the Collection
Letters are arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Reuben E. Fenton Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: KM
Date: Mar 1989
Revision history:
Inventory
| Correspondence (outgoing) | |||||||||||
| SC 80 | Barnes, Mrs. 1875 | ||||||||||
| SC 80 | Darling, Henry 1876 | ||||||||||
| SC 80 | Dobbin, James Cochran 1865 | ||||||||||
| SC 80 | Stevens, ? 1870 | ||||||||||
| SC 80 | Townsend, ? 1884 | ||||||||||
| SC 80 | Walker, F. William 1864 | ||||||||||