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BOX 1-7 REEL 1-6 Correspondence, 1795-1873
BOX 1-2 REEL 1-2 Family Correspondence, 1818-1857
Correspondence between members of the Trist and Randolph families.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Bankhead, Charles (brother-in-law), 1831
Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph (sister-in-law), 1822-1824, undated
Coolidge, Joseph (brother-in-law), 1825-1840, undated
(2 folders)
Eppes, Francis (cousin), 1845-1854
Meikleham, David S. (brother-in-law), 1840-1845
Meikleham, Septimia Ann Randolph (sister-in-law), 1835-1840
Randolph, Cornelia (sister-in-law), 1836-1857
Randolph, George Wythe (brother-in-law), 1832-1855
Randolph, (Meriwether) Lewis (brother-in-law), 1827-1835
Randolph, Mary Jefferson (sister-in-law), 1818-1857
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (brother-in-law), 1829-1843
Randolph, Thomas Mann (father-in-law), 1819-1828
Tournillon, Julien (half-brother), 1845
Tournillon, Mary L. (half-sister), 1832
Tournillon, Mary Trist (mother), 1821
Tournillon, St. J. (stepfather), and Julien (includes letter of Julien dated 12 Oct. 1833), 1830-1834
Trist, Elizabeth (grandmother), 1818-1824, undated
Trist, Hore Browse (brother), 1818-1848
(2 folders)
Trist, Hore Browse (son), 1831-1848
Trist, Martha Jefferson (daughter), 1847-1857
BOX 2 REEL 2 Trist, Nicholas P., 1822-1857, undated
Trist, Thomas Jefferson (son), 1847-1852, undated
Trist, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (wife), 1821-1857, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 2 REEL 2 Letterbooks, 1837-1872
Copies of letters sent and received by Trist.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 2 REEL 2 1837-1842
1842-1843
1862-1872
BOX 2-7 REEL 2-7 General Correspondence, 1795-1873
Business and personal correspondence between Trist and his professional and business associates and friends; also letters not addressed directly to Trist.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 2 REEL 2 1795-1823
(2 folders)
BOX 3 REEL 2-3 1824-1831, July
(9 folders)
BOX 4 REEL 3-4 1831, Aug.-1837, Dec.
(7 folders)
BOX 5 REEL 4-5 1838-1845
(7 folders)
BOX 6 REEL 5-6 1846-1859
(9 folders)
BOX 7 REEL 6-7 1860-1873, undated
(4 folders)
List of letters, 1855-1860
BOX 7-13 REEL 7-14 Special Files, 1810-1873
BOX 7-9 REEL 6-8 Havana Consulate, 1810-1842
Correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal material, official reports and other government documents, financial material, printed matter, newspapers, and clippings relating to Trist's role as American consul at Havana. Contains material relating to the functions of the office and to a congressional investigation of the office.
Arranged chronologically and by type of material.
BOX 7 REEL 6-7 1810-1839
(7 folders)
BOX 8 REEL 7 1840-1842
(5 folders)
Trist's reply to A. H. Everett's report investigating activities of the U.S. consul at Havana, n.d
(4 folders)
Miscellaneous writings related to an investigation of the U.S. consul at Havana, undated
BOX 9 REEL 7-8 Account book, 1835-1841
Financial papers, 1833-1842
(2 folders)
Miscellaneous official forms and newspapers, undated
BOX 9-13 REEL 7-13 Mexican War, 1832-1873
Correspondence, memoranda, notes, legal material, official reports and other government documents, financial material, printed matter, newspapers, and clippings relating to John Slidell's mission to Mexico and Trist's role as a special agent to Mexico, as well as Trist's writings justifying his actions and requesting compensation for his services.
Arranged chronologically and by type of material.
BOX 9 REEL 7-8 1845, Oct.-Dec., Slidell's mission to Mexico
1846-1847, July
(4 folders)
BOX 10 REEL 8-9 1847, Aug.-1848, Jan. 10
(9 folders)
BOX 11 REEL 9-10 1848, Jan. 11-1852
(9 folders)
1864-1870
(2 folders)
BOX 12 REEL 10-11 Memorial to Congress
Settlement of account, 1848
(5 folders)
Summary of memorial, circa 1870
Writings related to Trist's memorial, circa 1870
Letterbook
1862-1867
1870-1873
(2 folders)
BOX 13 REEL 11-12 Miscellaneous letters of support relating to the memorial to Congress, circa 1870s
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Mexican War, undated
Printed matter
General, 1832-1870
(2 folders)
Executive session of the Senate, ratification of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848
Newspapers, 1846-1854 (available only on microfilm)
BOX 13-14 REEL 13 Writings File, 1823-circa 1880
Printed and handwritten copies of essays along with commonplace books and miscellaneous notes.
Arranged in rough chronological order with the commonplace books filed at the end.
BOX 13 REEL 11-12 Miscellaneous essays and notes, 1823-1833
"Distress for Rent in Virginia," 1830
Miscellaneous notes, 1839
Miscellaneous essays and notes
1860s, undated
(1 folder)
BOX 14
REEL 13		 (2 folders)
Miscellaneous notes, undated
Commonplace books
1840s-1850s
(2 vols.)
BOX 14-16 REEL 13-16 Legal File, 1829-1871
Opinions, briefs, indentures, memoranda, wills, notes, correspondence, and printed matter. Individual files were established for cases with larger amounts of material.
Arranged chronologically
BOX 14 REEL 13 Figuiera v. Jaime, 1829-1837
Case of Purser Zantzinger, 1836
Cuba Mining Co., incorporation and other legal contracts, 1836-1838
BOX 15 REEL 14 Settlement of the Robert Oliver estate, 1836-1840
Ezra Thurber with Thomas Hubbard v. United States, 1836-1837
Cabezas v. Cabezas, 1852-1856
(8 folders)
BOX 16 REEL 15 Trist v. Cabezas, 1857-1867
(2 folders)
Legal papers relating to James Freaner, 1855
Mason and Slidell case, "Trent Affair," 1861
Lease of the Del RR to the P. W. & B. RR Co., 1869
Legal papers relating to Trist and his family, 1832-1871
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