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1. Carl Brent Swisher collection of research material relating to Roger Brooke Taney, 1836-1962

   12,250 items. 35 containers plus 1 oversize. 15,2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Historian. Chiefly reproductions of correspondence, reports, records, and newspapers gathered by Swisher for a history of Roger Brooke Taney's tenure as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

2. Robert R. Hitt papers, 1830-1906

   2,200 items. 40 containers. 16 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. Representative from Illinois. Personal, political, diplomatic, and business correspondence and other papers, including shorthand notes and material relating to Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln Douglas Debates, and Civil War courts-martial. Other topics include his congressional service and the annexation of Hawaii.

3. Jesse W. Fell papers, 1806-1965

   2,100 items. 8 containers. 3 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Editor, educator, and lawyer. Correspondence, speeches and writings, Fell's autobiography and other biographical material, genealogical material, land grants, ledger, clippings, scrapbooks, maps, lithographs, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Fell's pursuits as a newspaper editor, educator, lawyer, and Quaker in Illinois, including also family correspondence pertaining to Abraham Lincoln's autobiography.

4. John Marshall Harlan papers, 1810-1971

   20,400 items. 49 containers plus 3 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 34 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and lawyer and politician of Kentucky. Correspondence, legal and financial records, and other material relating to Harlan's career in law, politics, and the judiciary.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

5. Abraham Lincoln papers, 1774-1948

   40,550 items. 221 containers plus 11 oversize. 48 linear feet. 98 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States president and representative and lawyer from Illinois. Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

6. Lyman Trumbull correspondence, 1843-1894

   4,500 items. 77 containers. 13 linear feet. 22 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States senator from Illinois. Chiefly letters received by Trumbull and some drafts or copies of replies on political matters.

7. Benjamin Helm Bristow papers, 1839-1932

   16,000 items. 20 containers. 7.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer, lawyer, United States secretary of the treasury, and solicitor general. Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, other printed material, and photographs relating primarily to Bristow's service as solicitor general and secretary of the treasury in the administrations of Ulysses S. Grant and to his New York City law firm. Includes a letterpress book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commissioner of internal revenue concerning the whiskey frauds of 1875.

8. Walter Quintin Gresham papers, 1857-1932

   12,000 items. 48 containers plus 1 oversize. 10 linear feet. 2 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States secretary of state, secretary of the treasure, postmaster general, jurist, statesman, and soldier. Correspondence, letterbooks, and printed matter relating mainly to Gresham's service as postmaster general in the administration of Chester Alan Arthur and judge and secretary of state in the administration of Grover Cleveland. Also includes letters Gresham wrote to his wife during the Civil War.