Edwin McMasters Stanton papers, 1818-1921

Collection Summary

Title	Edwin McMasters Stanton papers, 1818-1921
Inclusive Dates	1818-1921
Bulk Dates	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 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000033. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.