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Thomas Ewing Family Papers, 1757-1941, (bulk 1815-1896)

Title: Thomas Ewing Family Papers 1757-1941 (bulk 1815-1896)

Correspondence, diaries, journals, legal files, military records, speeches and writings, reports, notes, autographs, scrapbooks, biographical material, commonplace books, financial records, genealogies, photographs, printed matter, and maps pertaining to members of the Ewing family including Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio and cabinet member; Thomas Ewing (1829-1896), Union general during the Civil War and congressman from Ohio; Ellen Ewing Sherman and her husband, William T. Sherman, Civil War general; and Thomas Ewing (1862-1942), lawyer, writer, and patent commissioner.

ArchivalResource: 94,000 items; 303 containers plus 11 oversize; 123.2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005009 View

Carrington Family papers, 1749-1929

Title: Carrington Family papers 1749-1929

The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a letterbook, maps, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and other items documenting his experiences as a student at Yale University, as a lawyer practicing in Ohio, and as a commanding officer for Union forces during the Civil War. Carrington's role in military campaigns and treaty negotiations with Indians of the American West is also documented. His design of Fort Philip Kearney, the site of a famous massacre, and treaty negotiations with the Flathead Indians of Montana are detailed in pamphlets, scrapbooks and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (8 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0130 View

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. Papers, 1835-1868 Jan.-Feb. 1861.

Title: Papers, 1835-1868 Jan.-Feb. 1861.

26 letters from various contacts in Washington, DC and elsewhere in January-February 1861 concerning Lincoln's selection of a cabinet and Welles's chances of beinging a cabinet member, as well as other issues of the period; April 1868 letter from Welles to Henry Stanbery answering questions related to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson; annotated manuscript, partial draft of an account of the attempted influence of William H. Seward and his allies in the selection of Lincoln's cabinet. Also an 1835 business letter and an 1863 naval order.

ArchivalResource: 30 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59284109 View

McBride, John Rogers, 1832-1904. Letter : Idaho City, Idaho, to H[enry] Stanbery, [Washington, D.C.], 1866 Sept. 2.

Title: Letter : Idaho City, Idaho, to H[enry] Stanbery, [Washington, D.C.], 1866 Sept. 2.

Autograph letter signed. McBride objects being replaced by Judge [Charles B.] Wait as Chief Justice of Idaho Territory.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154329378 View

Woolworth, James Mills, 1829-1906. Autograph letter signed : Omaha, Neb., to Henry Stanbery, [18]67 Dec. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Omaha, Neb., to Henry Stanbery, [18]67 Dec. 2.

Withdrawing his name as a candidate for District Judge in Nebraska, and recommending George B. Lake instead.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270584083 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Photographs of Attorneys General

Title: General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Photographs of Attorneys General

This series consists of photographs that document the Attorneys General of the United States. Attorneys General are documented through photographic copies of paintings and photographic portraits. In addition, some of the images show various activities of the Attorneys General, including press conferences, meetings, oaths of office, and banquets. Many of the photographs were used as part of a commemorative book, "200th Anniversary of the Office of the Attorney General", which highlights the history of the Office of Attorney General and the celebration of the anniversary on September 22, 1989. A copy of this book is included in this series in addition to another Department of Justice book,"Attorneys General of the United States, 1798-1985", which used many of the photographs. Not every Attorney General from the time period of the series is represented. A few images contain multiple Attorney Generals.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear inches

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/518092 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

McDougall, James Alexander, 1817-1867. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Henry Stanbery, Attorney General, 1866 Nov. 5.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Henry Stanbery, Attorney General, 1866 Nov. 5.

Concerning Mr. Rand as Marshal of California.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270607857 View

McBride, John Rogers, 1832-1904. Letter : Idaho City, Idaho, to H[enry] Stanbery, [Washington, D.C.], 1866 Sept. 2.

Title: Letter : Idaho City, Idaho, to H[enry] Stanbery, [Washington, D.C.], 1866 Sept. 2.

Autograph letter signed. McBride objects being replaced by Judge [Charles B.] Wait as Chief Justice of Idaho Territory.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53204441 View

Shields, Thomas L. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1831,1835.

Letter to Thomas L. Shields at Pittsburgh from Samuel Stokely, Steubenville, October 28, 1831 and letter to "Sir" [Thom. Shields] at Batavia, Ohio, from Henry Stanbery, Lancaster, Ohio, September 19, 1835 re. financial dealings.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10442044 View

Sawyer, Philetus, 1816-1900. Miscellany, 1840-1918.

Title: Miscellany, 1840-1918.

Miscellaneous items concerning Wisconsin political leader Philetus Sawyer, including letters written by Sawyer while a member of the 39th Congress to his son, 1886; letters to Sawyer, 1840-1913, from various prominent Wisconsin and national figures, primarily political leaders; a scrapbook of newsclippings about Sawyer, 1875-1900, 1917; miscellaneous documents; and copies of family photographs. Many vintage photographs are also present (in PH 3297); they include portraits of Sawyer, his daughter Erna and her husband William Owen Goodman, and other descendants and an autographed portrait of Grover Cleveland.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 c.f. (2 folders) and50 photographs (1 folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173702549 View

General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Segregated Documents from Letters Received. 1838 - 1943. Papers Relating to Jefferson Davis

Title: General Records of the Department of Justice. 1790 - 2002. Segregated Documents from Letters Received. 1838 - 1943. Papers Relating to Jefferson Davis

This file contains letters, telegrams, resolutions, oaths, and other records relating to the capture, criminal charges, indictment, trial, and imprisonment of Jefferson Davis after the conclusion of the Civil War. There are also records dating from before the Civil War addressed to the Attorney General's office regarding Presidential authority, as well as the Supreme Court.

ArchivalResource: 100 items

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6250624 View

Stanbery, Henry, 1803-1881. Papers.

Title: Papers. 1858-1902.

Scattered papers, 1858-1864 and 1875-1902, including correspondence of Henry Stanbery, Cincinnati, Ohio, and his son Philemon B. Stanbery, Pomeroy, Ohio, relative to law cases, the Union party campaign of 1864 in Ohio and Kentucky, and the Henry Stanbery estate.

ArchivalResource: 46 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7743127 View

Paine, Halbert Eleazar, 1826-1905. Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Henry Stanbery, Attorney General, 1867 Feb. 16.

Title: Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Henry Stanbery, Attorney General, 1867 Feb. 16.

Recommending Major John H. Knight as Associate Justice for the Idaho Territory.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270612540 View