Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | John A.J. Creswell papers, 1819-1885 |
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Span Dates | 1819-1885 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1862-1885) |
ID No. | MSS17236 |
Creator | Creswell, John A. J. (John Angel James), 1828-1891 |
Extent | 6,000 items |
Extent | 21 containers plus one oversize |
Extent | 8 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78017236 |
Summary | Lawyer, congressman, senator, and postmaster general. General correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and scrapbooks concerning Creswell’s law practice and political career in Maryland, his duties as adjutant general of Maryland, the military draft during the Civil War, the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1867, and American claims regarding the Alabama. |