Lewis H. Machen family papers, 1802-1938

Collection Summary

Title	Lewis H. Machen family papers, 1802-1938
Inclusive Dates	1802-1938
Bulk Dates	1830-1879
ID No.	MSS86777
Creator	Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1790-1863
Extent	5,000 items
Extent	33 containers
Extent	12 linear feet
Extent	1 microfilm reel
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001030
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77086777
Summary	Clerk of the United States Senate and farmer of Fairfax County, Virginia. Chiefly family correspondence of Lewis H. Machen relating to personal matters and national politics prior to the Civil War, especially slavery and the Compromise of 1850, and mentioning John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Webster. Also includes other correspondence, speeches, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous papers.
Online Content	Gresham family material in the Lewis H. Machen Family Papers is available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000026.