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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.
Thomas Corwin correspondence, 1850-1853
3,000 items. 21 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Millard Fillmore papers, 1839-1925
35 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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United States president, vice president, and representative, and lawyer and educator. Chiefly correspondence of Fillmore relating to slavery; the Compromise of 1850; the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850; John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry; the Whig Party; congressional politics; Fillmore's daughter, Mary Abigail Fillmore; and a detailed index to the Millard Fillmore Papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (now the Buffalo History Museum), Buffalo, New York.
U.S. Coast Guard. Historian's Office collection, 1746-1951
350 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Merchant’s account books, draft and typescript of a book, government publications, and printed material. Also contains the autograph collection of William Ferguson Morgan.
John M. Clayton papers, 1798-1868
1,300 items. 13 containers. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Farmer, lawyer, and statesman. Correspondence, legal papers, memoirs including a memoir of Clayton by Robert Montgomery Bird, and newspaper clippings pertaining chiefly to Clayton’s service as United States secretary of state (1849-1850).
Samuel Chester Reid family papers, 1807-1963
2,580 items. 11 containers. 4.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, biographical and genealogical material, financial and legal papers, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, maps, lithographs, and other papers relating mainly to Samuel Chester Reid (1783-1861), naval officer, and his son, Samuel Chester Reid, lawyer (1818-1897).
Humphrey Marshall papers, 1771-2002
500 items. 2 containers plus 1 oversize. 8 microfiche. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from Kentucky, and Confederate States of America representative from Virginia. Correspondence, diaries, financial and legal papers, notes, speeches, writings, printed matter and other material relating chiefly to Humphrey Marshall's activities as a lawyer, soldier, and politician.
George Brinton McClellan papers, 1783-1898
33,000 items. 199 containers plus 3 oversize. 82 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
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W.W. Corcoran papers, 1791-1896
54,000 items. 105 containers. 33 linear feet. 5 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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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.
Danforth-Bush family collection, 1721-2007
240 items. 3 containers plus 2 oversize. 1.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, journal, essays, sermons, articles, autograph collection, photographs, and other papers of the Danforth and Bush families, chiefly of Joshua N. Danforth. A volume of autographs collected by J. Danforth Bush and other family members contains the signatures of members of the Thirty-third Congress (House and Senate) and U.S. governors, circa 1853-1854.