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Found in 5 Collections and/or records:

 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

Thomas Corwin Correspondence

Identifier: MSS16964
Abstract

Lawyer, Ohio governor, U.S. representative and senator, and U.S. secretary of the treasury. Correspondence received during Corwin's tenure as secretary of the treasury. Subjects include appointments to and removals from office, Whig politics, and financial and commercial policies of Millard Fillmore's administration.

Dates 1850-1853
 Collection

George Brinton McClellan Papers

Identifier: MSS31898
Abstract

Army officer and governor of New Jersey. Correspondence, diaries, military papers, memoranda, telegrams, notes, writings, printed copies of speeches, articles, and books relating primarily to McClellan's Civil War service, particularly the Yorktown and Maryland campaigns.

Dates 1783-1898; Majority of material found within 1850-1885
 Collection

James Fowler Simmons Papers

Identifier: MSS40055
Abstract

Manufacturer, political leader, and United States senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence, family letters, memoranda, legal documents, account books, photographs, and printed matter relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises and to public matters, including the tariff, Thomas Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as president, and social, economic, and political conditions in Rhode Island.

Dates 1771-1939; Majority of material found within 1840-1860
 Collection

Andrew Stevenson and J. W. Stevenson Papers

Identifier: MSS41467
Abstract

Andrew Stevenson (1785-1857), U.S. representative from Virginia, speaker of the House of Representatives, and minister to Great Britain; and his son, J. W. Stevenson, governor of and U.S. senator from Kentucky. Chiefly general and diplomatic correspondence, legal papers, account book, speeches, printed matter, and other papers of Andrew Stevenson documenting his diplomatic service.

Dates 1756-1882; Majority of material found within ( 1833-1876)