Brief guide to manuscripts collections| William L. Clements Library The University of Michigan H.A.S. Dearborn Papers |
Henry A.S. Dearborn came from a politically active family from Massachusetts. His father, Henry Dearborn, a Revolutionary War hero, had been Secretary of War in Jefferson's cabinet, collector of the port of Boston, and a general in the War of 1812. The younger Dearborn, although trained in law, preferred to work in the Boston customshouse. In 1812 he succeeded his father as collector and held that post until 1829. Dearborn was prominent in Massachusetts politics, serving in the U.S. Congress for one term before becoming state adjutant general in 1835 and superintendent of Massachusetts for the sale of Seneca Indian lands, 1838-1839. Responding to the controversy surrounding the surrender of Detroit in 1812, he wrote A Defense of General Henry Dearborn against the Attack of General William Hull (1824).
Correspondence of Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, Massachusetts politician, author.
This collection contains ten letters from Thomas Aspinwall, United States consul in London, regarding book purchases for Dearborn, and six family letters. The remaining correspondence, mainly letters to Dearborn during his tenure as collector of customs, deals with official business and politics. Twenty-six letters from Louis Dampus and others, in French, 1814, document a case history of Customs problems.
Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 1956; gift of Colton Storm, 1946
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