Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Daniel Edgar Sickles papers, 1821-1918 |
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| Span Dates | 1821-1918 |
| ID No. | MSS39958 |
| Creator | Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 |
| Extent | 1,100 items |
| Extent | 5 containers |
| Extent | 2 linear feet |
| Extent | 8 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.ms011120 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm73039958 |
| Summary | United States Army officer, United States representative from New York and diplomat. Correspondence, speeches, documents, legal and financial papers, clippings, and printed matter, including drafts of reports to the secretary of state while Sickles was serving as minister to Spain (1869-1873) relating, in part, to the Cuban Insurrection and to the Virginius affair. Other topics include service as chairman (1868-1912) of the New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga and as a member of the House of Representatives in the 53rd Congress. |