Scope and Content Note
The papers of Millard Fillmore span the years 1839-1925, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1839-1870. Fillmore’s correspondents during this time include Philip Ricard Fendall, George Folsom, Solomon G. Haven, and Humphrey Marshall, and the subject matter focuses primarily on political issues such as slavery, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1959, the Whig Party, and congressional politics. The correspondence also includes several letters from Fillmore’s daughter Mary Abigail Fillmore to Susan E. Johnson, and an 1854 obituary notice for Fillmore's daughter. The remainder of the papers consists of a detailed index compiled in 1925 to volumes 1-44 of the Millard Fillmore Papers in the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society (now the Buffalo History Museum), Buffalo, N.Y.