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1. 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.

2. Joseph Sewall papers, 1832-1907

   3,700 items. 14 containers. 5.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Adjutant general of Maine and collector of customs for the District of Bath. General business correspondence, including correspondence with the Treasury Department, account books, printed documents, receipts, abstracts, and business files, relating exclusively to Sewall's position as collector of customs. Includes correspondence, certificates, and military papers of Frederick Dummer Sewall, army officer and internal revenue agent.

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