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Found in 12 Collections and/or records:

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John C. Calhoun Papers

Identifier: MSS14787
Abstract

Vice president of the United States, U.S. secretary of state and secretary of war, and U.S. senator from South Carolina. Chiefly correspondence, a manuscript of Calhoun's last senate speech, and other papers relating to his career in government.

Dates 1818-1850
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John C. Calhoun Papers

Identifier: MSS84953
Abstract

Vice president of the United States, U.S. secretary of state and secretary of war, and U.S. senator from South Carolina. Chiefly correspondence reproduced from the John C. Calhoun Papers and other collections relating to Calhoun in the custody of the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Includes his last Senate speech pertaining to the Compromise of 1850.

Dates 1811-1850
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Carnegie Institution of Washington Reproductions Collection

Identifier: MSS74708
Abstract

Chiefly transcriptions and copies of documents in foreign archives and personal collections relating to the history of the United States, especially the early Spanish period and British ministers to the United States from 1791 to 1812, collected for publication projects of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Dates 1686-1941; Majority of material found within ( 1686-1812)
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Millard Fillmore Papers

Identifier: MSS20537
Abstract

United States president, vice president, and representative, and lawyer and educator. Chiefly correspondence of Fillmore relating to slavery; the Compromise of 1850; the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; the Whig Party; congressional politics; Fillmore's daughter, Mary Abigail Fillmore; and a detailed index to the Millard Fillmore Papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (now the Buffalo History Museum), Buffalo, New York.

Dates 1839-1925; Majority of material found within 1839-1870
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Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe Families Papers

Identifier: MSS21857
Abstract

Correspondence, business records, financial records, legal documents, speeches, reports, essays, memoranda, and other papers of members of the Galloway, Maxcy (Maxey), and Markoe families relating to economic conditions in Maryland and foreign affairs and political events in the 1840s and 1850s.

Dates 1654-1888; Majority of material found within 1750-1860
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Harwood Family Papers

Identifier: MSS25213
Abstract

Correspondence, documents, autographs, maps, and signed photographs relating to the naval career of A. A. Harwood (1802-1884), his collection of historical material, and papers of other members of the Harwood family.

Dates 1767-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1767-1890)
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Thomas H. Hubbard Papers

Identifier: MSS83059
Abstract

United States representative and lawyer from New York. Letters written by Hubbard to his wife containing descriptions of his journeys to Washington, D.C., the physical layout and social life of the capital, and his impressions of national political figures.

Dates 1817-1823
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Amasa J. Parker Papers

Identifier: MSS35477
Abstract

United States representative, lawyer, and jurist. Chiefly letters written by Parker while serving in the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. from 1837 to 1839.

Dates 1836-1875; Majority of material found within 1837-1839
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Sarah Stone Autograph Collection

Identifier: MSS41590
Abstract

Resident of Salem, Massachusetts. Letters, clipped signatures, and other autograph items of prominent American and a few British figures, chiefly of the nineteenth century.

Dates 1720-1962
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William Tappan Autograph Collection

Identifier: MSS42325
Abstract

Autograph collector. Correspondence, miscellaneous documents, prints, poetry, rare printed matter, photographs, and some letters to Tappan, chiefly autographic in nature.

Dates 1640-1939; Majority of material found within ( 1800-1900)
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United States War Department Records

Identifier: MSS76072
Abstract

Correspondence, letterbooks, ledgers, account books, legal records, lists, and other material relating primarily to the United States Arsenal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later know as the Frankford Arsenal, and to superintendents of military stores William Irvine and his son Callender Irvine.

Dates 1794-1848
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Martin Van Buren Papers

Identifier: MSS43828
Abstract United States president, vice president, secretary of state, and senator from New York. Correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, and messages to Congress, autobiographical material, notes, certificate, legal record book, estate record book, and other papers pertaining to slavery and the antislavery movement, banking and the Second Bank of the United States, party politics in New York State and at the national level relating to the Federalist, National Republican, Whig, and Democratic...
Dates 1787-1910; Majority of material found within 1820-1850