Search Results

1. William Tappan autograph collection, 1640-1939

   400 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. 1 linear foot. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

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

2. Carroll family papers, 1686-1897

   1,600 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2.1 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Maryland family of landowners, planters, and politicians. Correspondence, financial records, indentures, land documents, and other papers concerning the personal and business activities of the Carroll family. Primarily letters received by Charles Carroll (1801-1862) with some correspondence of his grandfather, Charles Carroll (1737-1832), his father, Charles Carroll (1775-1825), his wife, Mary Digges Lee Carroll (circa 1799-1859), and other family members.

3. Samuel Smith family papers, 1772-1911

   3,100 items. 9 containers. 3.6 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, military and political papers, and miscellaneous material relating to Samuel Smith's forty years in Congress, his military career, and the history and politics of Maryland. Includes papers relating to John Spear Smith, Robert Smith, and other Smith family members.

4. Theodore Marburg papers, 1856-1940

   15 items. 6 containers plus 5 oversize. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat, publicist, civic leader, and peace advocate. Scrapbooks and correspondence relating to Marburg's civic activities in Baltimore, Maryland, his belief in internationalism and advocacy for peace before and after World War I, his role as United States minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914, and his work as an art collector and public art advocate.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. Charles Nicoll Bancker correspondence, 1803-1830

   220 items. 3 containers. .6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant of Philadelphia, Pa. Correspondence addressed to Bancker primarily from his father-in-law, John Teackle, and brother-in-law, Littleton Dennis Teackle, as well as other members of the Teackle family of Maryland. Pertains to family and business matters and documents national economic and political issues related to the family's interests in banking, commerce, and shipbuilding.

6. Lewis H. Machen family papers, 1802-1938

   5,000 items. 33 containers. 12 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Clerk of the United States Senate and farmer of Fairfax County, Virginia. Chiefly family correspondence of Lewis H. Machen relating to personal matters and national politics prior to the Civil War, especially slavery and the Compromise of 1850, and mentioning John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Webster. Also includes other correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous papers.

   Please note:

   Some or all content stored offsite.

7. Alvah H. Granniss papers, 1861-1907

   150 items. 1 container plus 1 artifact. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Soldier. Correspondence, including originals and typescripts of letters, poems and a song, envelopes, printed matter, artifacts, and other material relating chiefly to Granniss's Civil War service with the First Connecticut Cavalry Regiment.