Collection inventory

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Reuben E. Fenton Letters

An inventory of his correspondence at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: KM
Date: Mar 1989

Revision history:

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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Subject Headings

Persons

Darling, Henry, 1823-1891.
Dobbin, James C. (James Cochran), 1814-1857.
Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton), 1819-1885.

Corporate Bodies

Republican Party (N.Y.)

Subjects

Governors, New York (State)

Genres and Forms

Letters (correspondence)

Occupations

Governors.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Reuben E. Fenton Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Table of Contents

Correspondence (outgoing)

Inventory