Edward McPherson papers, 1738-1936

Collection Summary

Title	Edward McPherson papers, 1738-1936
Span Dates	1738-1936
Bulk Dates	(bulk 1860-1891)
ID No.	MSS32425
Creator	McPherson, Edward, 1830-1895
Extent	18,000 items
Extent	100 containers plus 1 oversize
Extent	40.4 linear feet
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.ms012042
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79032425
Summary	Editor, statistician, and U.S. representative from Pennsylvania. Correspondence, letterbooks, family papers, speeches and writings, legal and financial records, scrapbooks, and other material relating to four generations of the McPherson family in central Pennsylvania, to McPherson's career in the House of Representatives as legislator and clerk of the House, and to Republican Party politics nationally and in Pennsylvania during Reconstruction. Includes estate papers of Thaddeus Stevens and material collected for a biography of Stevens.