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James Gillespie Blaine family papers, 1777-1945

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BOX 10-11 REEL 6-7 James G. Blaine Letters, 1857-1892
Letters sent by James G. Blaine, including originals, drafts, and copies.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 10 REEL 6-7 Dec. 1857-June 1881
(13 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 7 July 1881-Nov. 1892, undated
(10 folders)
BOX 12-17 REEL 7-12 General Correspondence, 1831-1892
Letters received by James G. Blaine, with occasional miscellaneous letters.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 12 REEL 7-8 Feb. 1831-Dec. 1875
(17 folders)
BOX 13 REEL 8-9 Jan. 1876-Dec. 1880
(18 folders)
BOX 14 REEL 9 Jan. 1881-June 1884
(16 folders)
BOX 15 REEL 9-10 July-Dec. 1884
(14 folders)
BOX 16 REEL 10-11 Jan. 1885-May 1890
(16 folders)
BOX 17 REEL 11-12 June 1890-Dec. 1892, undated
(19 folders)
BOX 18-28 REEL 12-15 Speeches and Writings, 1856-1892
Holograph, typed, and printed speeches and writings of James G. Blaine. Organized in three groupings: draft speeches, printed speeches and writings, and a manuscript draft of Twenty Years of Congress.
Speeches and writings are arranged chronologically.
BOX 18 REEL 12 Draft speeches and fragments, 1859-1889, undated
(7 folders)
BOX 19 REEL 12-13 Undated and fragments
(10 folders)
BOX 20 REEL 13 Printed speeches and writings, 1856-1892
(10 folders)
BOX 21 REEL 13-14 Twenty Years of Congress, draft, notes, and miscellany
(8 folders)
BOX 22
REEL 14
(6 folders)
BOX 23
REEL 14
(7 folders)
BOX 24
REEL 14
(6 folders)
BOX 25
REEL 14-15
(8 folders)
BOX 26
REEL 15
(5 folders)
BOX 27
REEL 15
(8 folders)
BOX 28
REEL 15
(7 folders)
BOX 29-33 REEL 16-17 Scrapbooks, 1873-1893
Eleven scrapbooks of clippings and miscellaneous material relating chiefly to James G. Blaine.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 29 REEL 16 Blaine, James G., clippings, 1873-1879
(3 vols.)
Chinese immigration, 1879
Sherman, Thomas H., recollections, undated
BOX 30 REEL 16-17 Panama Canal, Chile, Peru, and North and South America peace congress, 1881-1882
Miscellaneous clippings, 1881-1882
Garfield, James A., eulogy, 1882
BOX 31 REEL 17 Clippings
1883-1888
BOX 32 REEL 17 1884
BOX 33 REEL 17 "In Memoriam, James Gillespie Blaine," 1893, Feb. 13
BOX 34-47 REEL 17-21 Miscellany, circa 1781-1943
Autograph collection, speeches, financial papers, political convention proceedings, campaign material, books, government documents, invitations, acknowledgments, dinner lists, printed matter, photographs and photograph album, newspaper clippings, three volumes of the Kennebec Journal (available only on microfilm), and miscellaneous material.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 34 REEL 17 Autograph collection, 1781-1887
Blaine, Walker, writings
(2 folders)
Blaine, Ephraim
Speeches of members of Congress and others, 1840-1931
(5 folders)
Volume of speeches of James G. Blaine and various members of Congress, 1876
BOX 35 REEL 18 Financial papers
Colonial Bank, charters of incorporation, 1836, June 1 and 1838, Oct. 30
Cash books, 1870, 1871, 1876, and 1880
(2 vols.)
Account book of Walker Blaine relating to South America, 1881-1882
Record of James G. Blaine's [?] assets, circa 1893-1894
Miscellany, 1854-1899
(7 folders)
BOX 36 REEL 18 Republican Party convention proceedings, 1872-1884
(5 vols.)
BOX 37 REEL 18 Political campaign material, 1844-1892
(4 folders)
Books
(4 vols.)
BOX 38 REEL 18 Government documents, 1867-1919
BOX 39 REEL 18 Acknowledgments, 1881
(3 folders)
Invitations, 1884, 1887
(2 folders)
Dinner guest lists
(2 folders)
Printed matter, 1858-1943, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 40
REEL 18
(14 vols.)
BOX 41-42 REEL 19 Notes, certificates, resolutions, postcards, and other material
(10 folders)
BOX 43-47 REEL 19-21 Newspaper clippings
REEL 21* Kennebec Journal
*Available only on microfilm. Original volumes were transferred to the Serial and Government Publications Division.
Vol. 1, Jan.-Apr. 1856
Vol. 2, Jan.-Mar. 1858
Vol. 3, Jan.-Apr. 1859
BOX 48not filmed Additions, 1776-1932
Family correspondence; letters sent by James G. Blaine, mostly to William Pitt Fessenden; letters received by Blaine; and miscellaneous correspondence and legal papers of Ephraim Blaine.
Arranged according to type of material and name of family member therein, with correspondence organized chronologically.
BOX 48not filmed Correspondence
Family
Blaine, Ephraim, 1784-1849
Blaine, Emmons and Anita McCormick, 1914-1932
Blaine, James G., 1857
General
Blaine, James G., 1857-1892, undated
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1879, 1886
Miscellany
Blaine, Ephraim, 1776-1793
Blaine, James G., 1889, 1896, undated

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