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Daniel Webster papers, 1800-1900
2,500 items. 16 containers. 4 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, statesman, and diplomat; United States representative from New Hampshire and United States senator from Massachusetts. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts for speeches, legal papers, invitations, printed matter, newspaper clippings, and other papers, chiefly dating from 1824 to 1852. Topics include Webster's law practices and cases heard before the United States Supreme Court, the Bank of the United States, diplomacy, national and state politics, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft papers, 1788-1941
25,000 items. 91 containers plus 1 oversize. 28.2 linear feet. 69 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, author, ethnologist, explorer, geologist, glass manufacturer, and Indian agent; his first wife, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, the Ojibwe author Bamewawagezhikaquay, which translates in English as "Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky"; and his second wife, Mary Howard Schoolcraft. Correspondence, journals, articles, books, manuscripts of magazines, poetry, speeches, government reports, American Indian vocabularies, maps, drawings, and other papers reflecting Schoolcraft's career as a glass manufacturer, mineralogist on an exploring expedition in the Ozark Mountains, geologist on the Cass expedition to the Northwest Territory, leader of expeditions throughout the Great Lakes region, member of Michigan's legislative council, Indian agent, superintendent of Indian affairs for Michigan, ethnologist, and author of works concerning the Iroquois in New York state and other Native American groups.
Duff Green papers, 1716-1883
725 items. 3 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.6 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist, politician, entrepreneur, and industrial promoter. Correspondence, writings, maps, and printed matter reflecting Green’s political service and views on Southern culture.
Franklin Pierce papers, 1820-1869
2,350 items. 27 containers. 6.8 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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President of the United States, U.S. representative and senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. Correspondence, diary kept by Pierce while serving in the Mexican war, writings including drafts of Pierce's messages to Congress, and an engraved portrait.
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James K. Polk papers, 1775-1891
20,500 items. 155 containers plus 20 oversize. 39 linear feet. 67 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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James O. Harrison papers, 1803-1913
5,000 items. 19 containers. 7.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, educator, and railroad official. Correspondence, legal and financial records, biographical material, photographs, writings, notes, notebooks, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Harrison's personal and professional life, including his law practices in various Southern states and work with Lexington, Kentucky, public schools.
Galloway-Maxcy-Markoe families papers, 1654-1888
15,000 items. 92 containers. 25 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Thomas Sidney Jesup papers, 1780-1907
6,000 items. 25 containers plus 1 oversize. 6.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer and quartermaster general. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, reports, essays, family papers, financial records, journals, maps, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to various military campaigns and to Jesup's career as quartermaster general of the army.
Andrew Jackson Donelson papers, 1779-1943
4,000 items. 24 containers plus 1 oversize. 6 linear feet. 14 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, editor, army officer, diplomat, and presidential secretary. Correspondence, journals, draft messages of Andrew Jackson, diplomatic papers, newsclippings, scrapbook, sketches, photos, and other papers covering Donelson's career as aide-de-camp and secretary to Andrew Jackson, charge d'affaires to Texas, minister to Prussia, editor of the Washington Union, and candidate for vice president. Includes papers of Donelson's wife, Emily Tennessee Donelson, daughter, Mary Emily Donelson, and other family material. Also original documents relating to the ratification of the Constitution by Virginia.
Andrew Stevenson and J.W. Stevenson papers, 1756-1882
12,000 items. 51 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.