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Found in 4 Collections and/or records:

 Collection
Found in: Manuscript Division

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
Found in: Manuscript Division

Henry Mason Morfit Papers

Identifier: MSS33431
Abstract

Lawyer. Correspondence and financial and business papers relating to Morfit's Washington, D.C., practice as a claims lawyer and as a political figure in the administrations of Andrew Jackson.

Dates 1819-1858; Majority of material found within ( 1844-1855)
 Collection
Found in: Manuscript Division

James K. Polk Papers

Identifier: MSS36509
Abstract

United States president, Speaker of the House and representative from Tennessee, and governor of Tennessee. General correspondence, presidential letterbooks, diaries, account and memorandum books, drafts and copies of speeches and messages, family papers, financial and legal papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Polk's political career in Tennessee and on the national level.

Dates 1775-1891; Majority of material found within 1830-1849
 Collection
Found in: Manuscript Division

Richard Rush Papers

Identifier: MSS38554
Abstract

Lawyer and statesman. Correspondence, diary, notes, writings, and engraved portraits relating primarily to Rush’s duties as attorney general, secretary of state, minister to Great Britain, and secretary of the treasury, and legal documents concerning a loan from the Netherlands he arranged to finance the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company in and near the District of Columbia.

Dates 1805-1852
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