Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Nicholas Philip Trist papers, 1795-1873 |
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Span Dates | 1795-1873 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1831-1848) |
ID No. | MSS43232 |
Creator | Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874 |
Extent | 6,500 items |
Extent | 16 containers |
Extent | 6.4 linear feet |
Extent | 17 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English and Spanish |
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.ms006012 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82043232 |
Summary | Diplomat and lawyer. Family and general correspondence, letterbooks, memoranda, notes, reports, legal and financial papers, writings, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Trist's tenure as U.S. consul in Havana and his role in negotiating the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending the Mexican War. Other topics include Trist's business interests, particularly his sugar plantations in Cuba and Louisiana; the establishment of the University of Virginia; the Oregon boundary question; politics and military affairs in Mexico; the slave trade; and family and personal affairs. |