Scope and Content Note
The correspondence of Thomas Corwin (1794-1865) spans the years 1850-1853 during Corwin's tenure as United States secretary of the treasury.
Topics include appointments to and removals from office, Whig politics, and the financial and commercial policies of President Millard Fillmore's administration. Correspondents include George C. Bates, Leslie Combs, Moses B. Corwin, Simeon Draper, Thomas Ewing, William D. Gallagher, William Grandin, William J. Grayson, Moses Hicks Grinnell, Washington Hunt, Reverdy Johnson, George P. Kane, William Davis Lewis, John McLean, Francis Mallory, Willie Person Mangum, Edward Deering Mansfield, Hugh Maxwell, Henry Dunning Moore, John Henry Clay Mudd, James Alfred Pearce, Aaron F. Perry, George D. Prentice, William J. Reese, William Henry Seward, Truman Smith, Daniel Webster, Thurlow Weed, Hugh White, John J. Williams, William Henry Winder, and John C. Wright.