Evelyn Wadsworth Symington collection of John Hay material, 1864-1905

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BOX 1	Letter signed by William T. Sherman, 1880, Jan. 31 (5 pages), to Hay concerning Abraham Lincoln
BOX 1	Letter written and signed by Robert Todd Lincoln to Hay, 1883, Apr. 14 (3 pages), and copy of letter from John G. Nicolay to Robert Todd Lincoln, 1888, Apr. 12(?) , concerning the papers of Abraham Lincoln now in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
BOX 1	Letter from Alfred Austin (poet laureate) to Hay, 1899, Mar. 25 , and published correspondence of the two men from the London Times, with other newspaper clippings
BOX 1	Letter from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom to Mrs. John Hay with poem written by Court poet of Japan, Baron Tacusaki. Includes photograph of Baron Tacusaki
BOX 1	Letter from Philippe Bunau-Varilla to Hay thanking him for the loan of Richard Harding Davis’s book, Captain Macklin. Includes book
BOX 1	Hay’s engagement book, 1890-1892 ; listing of books (in his library?)
BOX 1	Hay’s pocket diary, 1897 ; undated notebook; address book; undated pocket diary
BOX 1	Reading copy of Hay’s memorial address on President William McKinley before Congress and his handwritten draft of the address
BOX 1	Concurrent resolution of House and Senate thanking Hay for his McKinley memorial address, accompanied by a letter of transmittal
BOX 2	Manuscript volume entitled “Lincoln and the Army of the Potomac”, (470 pages), a portion of which is in the handwriting of Hay. Consists of drafts of segments of the text of Abraham Lincoln, a History, by Hay and John G. Nicolay
BOX 2	Manuscript (fair copy) of a poem entitled “Buddha and Brahma”, (24 pages) by Henry Adams, with covering letter from Adams to Hay, 1895, Apr. 26