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Collection Summary
| Title | Edwin McMasters Stanton papers, 1818-1921 |
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| Span Dates | 1818-1921 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1862-1870) |
| ID No. | MSS41202 |
| Creator | Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 |
| Extent | 7,650 items |
| Extent | 46 containers plus 1 oversize |
| Extent | 8.4 linear feet |
| Extent | 14 microfilm reels |
| 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.ms010150 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79041202 |
| Summary | Lawyer, United States attorney general, and United States secretary of war. Correspondence, letterbooks, reports, maps, printed material, and memorabilia relating chiefly to Stanton's role as secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and to his role in the politics of Reconstruction. Other topics include the Civil War, the radical wing of the Republican Party, and Lincoln's assassination. |
| Online Content | The papers of Edward McMasters Stanton are available on the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000033. |