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Found in 4 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Confederate States of America Records

Identifier: MSS16550
Abstract

Correspondence, proclamations, messages of the president, court cases, minute books, docket books, customs records, financial records, letterbooks, orders, reports, and other records of the Confederate Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Post Office Department, Navy Department, and War Department. Includes Confederate constitutional documents and the James Wolcott Wadsworth collection of diplomatic correspondence and letters of Raphael Semmes.

Dates 1854-1889; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
 Collection

W. W. Corcoran Papers

Identifier: MSS16899
Abstract

Financier and philanthropist. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial papers, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts.

Dates 1791-1896; Majority of material found within 1849-1888
 Collection

William C. Rives Papers

Identifier: MSS37937
Abstract

U.S. senator and representative from Virginia. Correspondence, journals, diaries, draft of Rives's incomplete "Life and Time of James Madison," and drafts of speeches, novels, and an unpublished autobiography by Rives. Includes papers of Thomas Walker (1715-1794), U.S. Army officer, guardian of Thomas Jefferson, physician, and explorer; and of Walker's son, Francis (1764-1806), U.S. representative and lawyer from Virginia.

Dates 1674-1939; Majority of material found within ( 1830-1890)
 Collection

Robert Wilson Shufeldt Papers

Identifier: MSS52688
Abstract

Naval officer, explorer, and diplomat. Correspondence, journals, diaries, notebooks, logbooks, subject files, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating to Shufeldt's career in the navy and as an explorer and diplomat.

Dates 1836-1910; Majority of material found within 1860-1880