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Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900

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BOXES 1-22 REELS 1-9 Correspondence, 1795-1900
Principally letters received.
Arranged chronologically in bound volumes. A partial index of the correspondence is contained in the Miscellany series.
BOX 1 REEL 1 1795, Mar. 6-1806, Nov. 9
BOX 2 REEL 1 1806, Nov. 13-1811, Jan. 5
BOX 3 REEL 2 1811, Jan. 19-1816, Jul. 27
BOX 4 REEL 2 1816, Aug. 12-1819, Jul. 29
BOX 5 REEL 2-3 1819, Aug. 2-1822, Feb. 3
BOX 6 REEL 3 1822, Feb. 4-1825, Jun. 25
BOX 7 REEL 3 1825, Jul. 19-1827, Aug. 30
BOX 8 REEL 3-4 1827, Sept. 10-1830, Aug. 2
BOX 9 REEL 4 1830, Aug. 17-1833, Jul. 11
BOX 10 REEL 4 1833, Jul. 12-1834, May 11
BOX 11 REEL 4-5 1834, May 13-1836, Jan. 15
BOX 12 REEL 5 1836, Jan. 20-1838, Oct. 18
BOX 13 REEL 5 1838, Oct. 21-1840, Apr. 22
BOX 14 REEL 5-6 1840, Apr. 24-Dec. 23
BOX 15 REEL 6 1840, Dec. 24-1841, Jul. 15
BOX 16 REEL 6 1841, Jul. 17-1842, Jun. 7
BOX 17 REEL 7 1842, Jun. 12-1843, Apr. 25
BOX 18 REEL 7 1843. Apr. 30-1844, Mar. 28
BOX 19 REEL 8 1844, Apr. 2-1845, Jan. 16
BOX 20 REEL 8 1845, Jan. 18-1846, Feb. 28
BOX 21 REEL 9 1846, Mar. 11-1853, Aug. 11
BOX 22 REEL 9 1853, Aug. 12-1900, Feb. 27, undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Subject File, circa 1798-1849
Correspondence, memoranda, notes, petitions, printed material, and drawing.
Arranged alphabetically by subject and therein chronologically.
BOX 23 REEL 10 Abolition of slavery and slave trade and the recognition of the independence of Haiti, petitions from Ohio residents, circa 1840
BOX 23 REEL 10 Banking system, undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Conchology and other scientific matters, 1831-1849, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 23 REEL 10 Cumberland Road, Ohio, 1834-1835
BOX 23 REEL 10 Hallock, Jeremiah H., papers relating to his conduct as president judge of the fifth judicial circuit, circa 1830
BOX 23 REEL 10 Lynde v. Patten, notes on the case circa 1798
BOX 23 REEL 10 Tappan family, genealogy chart, undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Wheeling and Belmont suspension bridge, drawing showing elevation, undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Wilkes, Charles, U.S. Exploring expedition, letter of Joseph Drayton to the Joint Congressional Committee on the Library, undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Speeches, 1828-1843
Printed copies of speeches and notes relating thereto.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 23 REEL 10 1828
BOX 23 REEL 10 Address Delivered by Benj. Tappan, Esq., on the Celebration of the Eighth of January, 1828, at Columbus, Ohio
BOX 23 REEL 10 1836
BOX 23 REEL 10 Proceedings of the Democratic State Convention, Held in Columbus on the Eighth of January, 1836; With an Address to the People of Ohio. Columbus, Ohio: Printed at the Office of the Western Hemisphere, 1836
BOX 23 REEL 10 1840
BOX 23 REEL 10 Remarks of Mr. Tappan, of Ohio, on Abolition Petitions, Delivered in Senate, 1840, Feb.
BOX 23 REEL 10 1841
BOX 23 REEL 10 Speech of Mr. B. Tappan, of Ohio, on the Permanent Prospective Pre-emption Law, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, 1841, Jan. 29. Washington, D. C.: Blair and Rives, 1841
BOX 23 REEL 10 Speech of Mr. Tappan of Ohio, on the Bill To Incorporate the Banks of the District of Columbia, Delivered in Senate, 1841, Feb. 23
BOX 23 REEL 10 Speech of the Hon. Benjamin Tappan, of Ohio on the United States Fiscal Bank Bill: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, 1841, Jul. 14. Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841
BOX 23 REEL 10 1843
BOX 23 REEL 10 Speech of Mr. Tappan, of Ohio, on the Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, so as To Limit the Term of Office of the Judges of the Supreme and Inferior Courts: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, 1843, Jan. 16. Steubenville, Ohio: Morris & Frazer, Printers, 1843 (including handwritten summary of Tappan’s remarks)
BOX 23 REEL 10 Reply of Col. Abert and Mr. Markoe to the Hon. Mr. Tappan, of the United State Senate. Washington, D.C.: Wm. Q. Force, Printer, 1843
BOX 23 REEL 10 Undated
BOX 23 REEL 10 Notes on Benjamin Tappan’s remarks concerning the inclusion of trading corporations within a bankrupt law (handwritten)
BOX 24-24 REEL 10-11 Financial and Legal Papers, 1802-1859
Bills and receipts followed by indentures, plats, briefs, acts, notes, and a certificate.
Arranged chronologically within type of material.
BOX 24 REEL 10-11 Bills and receipts
BOX 24 REEL 10-11 1802-1839
(8 folders)
BOX 25 REEL 11 1840-1859, undated
BOX 25 REEL 11 Indentures, plats, briefs, acts, notes, and a certificate, 1806-1855, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 25 REEL 11 Miscellany, 1798-1866
Partial index, invitations, newspapers and clippings, notes, fragments, and other items.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 25 REEL 11 Partial index to bound volumes and other lists of correspondence
( 2 folders)
BOX 25 REEL 11 Invitations to speak or attend meetings, 1839-1848, undated
BOX 25 REEL 11 Newspaper and newspaper clippings, 1798-1843, undated
BOX 25 REEL 11 Notes, fragments, and miscellaneous items, 1863, 1866, undated

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