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Found in 5 Collections and/or records:

 Collection

Thomas F. Bayard Papers

Identifier: MSS12088
Abstract

Senator, secretary of state, and ambassador. Correspondence, letterbooks, scrapbooks, and miscellany relating to Bayard's career after the Civil War as a politician and legislator and as a cabinet official and diplomat during the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland.

Dates 1780-1899; Majority of material found within 1860-1889
 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

Manton Marble Papers

Identifier: MSS31286
Abstract

Editor and publisher. Correspondence, drafts of articles and letters, financial papers, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other material relating to Marble’s career as editor and owner of the New York World, and as a senior member of the national Democratic Party.

Dates 1838-1916; Majority of material found within ( 1864-1898)
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William L. Marcy Papers

Identifier: MSS31336
Abstract

U.S. secretary of war and secretary of state, governor of New York, and lawyer. Correspondence, commonplace book, diary, drafts of diplomatic dispatches, writings, and other papers relating chiefly to Marcy's career in politics, diplomacy, and as a cabinet member in the administrations of James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce. Included is material collected and compiled by Henry Barrett Learned and others.

Dates 1806-1930; Majority of material found within ( 1806-1857)
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George Nicholas Sanders Family Papers

Identifier: MSS59899
Abstract

Financier, lobbyist, and Confederate agent in Europe. Mainly journals of Anna J. Sanders, wife of George Nicholas Sanders, and correspondence to and from George Nicholas Sanders and other members of the Sanders family relating to mid-nineteenth century politics, social life, and the Civil War. Subjects include the activities of George Nicholas Sanders and the wartime imprisonment and death of their son, Reid Sanders, as a Confederate soldier.

Dates 1833-1973; Majority of material found within 1833-1900