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1. Joshua Coit correspondence, 1792-1798

   70 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, state legislator, and United States representative. Letters from Coit to his wife Nancy, to his son Robert, and to Charles Bulkeley, all of New London, Connecticut. Most were written in Philadelphia while Coit served as a representative in the United States Congress from 1793 to 1798. Many of the letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.

2. Amasa J. Parker papers, 1836-1875

   170 items. 1 container plus 1 oversize . 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States representative, lawyer, and jurist. Chiefly letters written by Parker while serving in the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. from 1837 to 1839.

3. Thomas H. Hubbard papers, 1817-1823

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

   Summary:

   United States representative and lawyer from New York. Letters written by Hubbard to his wife containing descriptions of his journeys to Washington, D.C., the physical layout and social life of the capital, and his impressions of national political figures.

4. Herman K. Crofoot collection of Francis Elias Spinner papers, 1792-1908

   750 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Merchant, banker, United States representative from New York, and United States treasurer. Correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, autographs, printed matter, and clippings relating to Spinner's political, financial, and personal activities. Includes a diary of John Peter Spinner.

5. Jack Kemp papers, 1924-2009

   118,500 items. 395 containers plus 1 classified and 19 oversize. 163.6 linear feet. 73 digital files (2.85MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States cabinet officer, United States representative from New York, and football player. Chiefly correspondence, memoranda, speeches, statements, writings, legislative files, subject files, appointment books, scheduling files, press releases, newsletters, printed matter, clippings, and photographs documenting Kemp's career as a professional athlete and as a public official.

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6. Daniel Edgar Sickles papers, 1821-1918

   1,100 items. 5 containers. 2 linear feet. 8 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States Army officer, United States representative from New York and diplomat. Correspondence, speeches, documents, legal and financial papers, clippings, and printed matter, including drafts of reports to the secretary of state while Sickles was serving as minister to Spain (1869-1873) relating, in part, to the Cuban Insurrection and to the Virginius affair. Other topics include service as chairman (1868-1912) of the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga and as a member of the House of Representatives in the 53rd Congress.

7. Joseph Pulitzer papers, 1880-1924

   5,500 items. 12 containers. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist and United States representative from New York. Correspondence, memoranda, writings by and about Pulitzer, critiques of editorials, biographical material, and miscellaneous personal papers.

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8. Hamilton Fish papers, 1732-1914

   61,000 items. 328 containers plus 6 oversize. 85 linear feet. 24 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Congressman, senator, governor, and secretary of state. Correspondence, journals, diaries, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Fish's service as secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant, as a member of Congress, and governor of New York.

9. Emanuel Celler papers, 1924-1973

   195,000 items. 604 containers plus 8 oversize. 224.8 linear feet. 9 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. Correspondence, notes, clippings, memoranda, speeches, financial records, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Celler's service as representative in Congress from New York and as chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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10. George B. McClellan papers, 1838-1922

    1,200 items. 15 containers plus 2 oversize. 6.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Public official and educator. Correspondence and other material of McClellan, including scrapbooks kept as a student at Princeton University, diary of military experiences in World War I, subject files relating mainly to political activities, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia.