Scope and Content Note
The papers of Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (1823-1903) span the years 1794-1929, with the bulk of the material dated 1840-1900. The papers consist of bound volumes of correspondence and autographs, an index to the volumes, financial records, and miscellaneous material chiefly related to Bromwell’s years as United States representative from Illinois, 1865-1869. Bromwell’s father, Henry Broughton Bromwell, and daughter, Henrietta E. Bromwell, are also represented in the collection. Correspondents include Salmon P. Chase, George William Childs, Jefferson Davis, Ninian Edwards, James Roberts Gilmore, O. M. Hatch, R. G. Ingersoll, Abraham Lincoln, Ricard James Oglesby, Ida M. Tarbell, and Lyman Trumbull.