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1. Rodgers family papers, 1740-1987

   14,850 items. 74 containers plus 4 oversize. 28.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Navy and Army officers and family members. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, logbooks, photographs, recollections (memoirs), financial papers, and printed matter centering primarily on the naval career of Commodore John Rodgers (1773-1838).

2. H.W. Halleck papers, 1843-1896

   230 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer, lawyer, and businessman. Chiefly military and personal correspondence, telegrams, military notebook and scrapbook, and a fragment of an article.

3. William T. Sherman papers, 1810-1897

   18,000 items. 113 containers plus 4 oversize. 22 linear feet. 51 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer. Correspondence, journal kept by Sherman in California during the Mexican War, drafts of portions of his memoirs, documents, printed matter, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, maps, photographs, and memorabilia relating to his civilian and military career, including in the Civil War.

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4. Bancroft-Bliss families papers, 1788-1928

   5,800 items. 20 containers plus 3 oversize. 8.1 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Correspondence, diary, legal and financial papers, article and book galleys, invitations, and printed material of members of the Bliss and Bancroft families, including George Bancroft (1800-1891); his wife, Elizabeth Davis Bancroft (1803-1886), her first husband, Alexander Bliss (1792-1827); and their son, Alexander Bliss (1827-1896).

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