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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.)

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Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. Autograph letter signed : n.p., to Horatio King, n.p., [1860?].

Title: Autograph letter signed : n.p., to Horatio King, n.p., [1860?].

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Papers, 1879 December 2-22.

Title: Papers, 1879 December 2-22.

Letters, 1879 December 2-5, received by Horatio King and his wife Isabella G. Osborne King giving acceptances and regrets to an invitation from them to a reception in Washington D. C. for Arthur B. Morrison and his wife Jeannie Morrison, the niece of Horatio King. Includes letters, 6 and 22 December 1879, of Jeannie Morrison thanking her aunt and uncle for the reception.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22853039 View

Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869. Papers of Robert J. Walker, 1815-1936.

Title: Papers of Robert J. Walker, 1815-1936.

Correspondence, printed matter, and clippings. Correspondents include Thomas Fletcher, James Lynch, H. St. G. Tucker, Henry Horn, Frederic B. Grant, George A. Sanders, Hen. Muhlenberg, A. R. Johnson, A. Hamilton (son of Alexander Hamilton), H. A. Ramsay, S. B. Wylie, G. L. Dakat, Wm. G. Boggs, Silas R. Gridley, Wm. S. Harney, J. H. Prichett, Howell Cobb, W. F. M. Arny, and Horatio King.

ArchivalResource: 3000 items.7 containers.

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Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870. E. Littell letter to Horatio King, 1863 September 23.

Title: E. Littell letter to Horatio King, 1863 September 23.

Holograph letter written from Boston, regarding the visit of his son, Robert S. Littell, to Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf); 13 x 20 cm.

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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Papers, 1775-1868.

Title: Papers, 1775-1868.

These papers touch nearly every phase of Buchanan's career, legal, political, and diplomatic. They contain: autograph letters and drafts, 1813-1868; letters, reports, and documents of Buchanan's ministry to Russia, 1832-1833; material dealing with his ministry to England, 1854-1856; correspondence while Secretary of State, 1845-1849; papers and correspondence relating to the growing differences between the North and South before the Civil War, 1857-1861; notes and articles written by Buchanan concerning his Administration and other topics, 1860; speeches and notes, 1827-1858; miscellaneous correspondence, 1783-1868, including letters from Simon Cameron, John W. Forney, John Slidell, Benjamin H. Brewster, Jeremiah Black, Nahum Capen, William B. Reed, John Meredith Read, Stephen Pleasonton and others; legal correspondence, 1775-1855, relating to Buchanan's early activity as an attorney and include papers of the Koenigmacher case and the impeachment of Judge Franklin; business letters, 1828-1867, relating to personal investments and business transactions, including bills, receipts, etc. Also: papers relating to the Democratic Convention, 1856; papers relating to the Post Office blank printing controversy, 1857-1860; biographical notes and papers on the life of James Buchanan; invitations to dinners and public affairs, 1833-1868; pamphlets, 1814-1866, including speeches made in Congress, Presidential messages, pamphlets on the jubilee of the Constitution, Eve of Rebellion, trial of Judge Peck, controversy with General Winfield Scott, a scrap book, obituary notices, notes and memoranda; and newspapers and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 48 linear ft.

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Horatio King letter, 1860 Nov. 25.

Title: Horatio King letter, 1860 Nov. 25.

Letter comments on the strength of secessionist feelings, and urges support of the President and Unionist policies.

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86116237 View

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. A. D. Bache Collection, 1833-1873

Title: A. D. Bache Collection 1833-1873

Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was an important scientific reformer during the early nineteenth century. From his position as superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and through leadership roles in the scientific institutions of the time, Bache helped bring American science into alignment with the professional nature of its European counterparts. In addition, Bache fostered the reform of public education in America. The Alexander Dallas Bache Collection consists of 91 letters written primarily by Bache. In most cases, these are brief notes replying to letters that are not part of the collection. The majority of items relate to Bache's work as superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, including letters of recommendation and introduction, and there is minor correspondence regarding the National Academy of Sciences, scientific matters, his travels in Europe, or personal matters. Of particular interest is the letter from Louis Agassiz in 1856 expressing his view of what the natural history museum of the future should be.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet

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Horatio King Papers, 1832-1906, (bulk 1857-1891)

Title: Horatio King Papers 1832-1906 (bulk 1857-1891)

United States postmaster general, editor, and author. Chiefly letters received by King relating to politics, to his literary, historical, and social activities, and social life in Washington, D.C., in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 items; 13 containers; 3 linear feet

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George Jacob Abbot papers, 1811-1901

Title: George Jacob Abbot papers

Minister and diplomat. Correspondence largely relating to Abbot's service as secretary to Daniel Webster and as an agent of the State Department in England and Canada. Included are 104 letters by Daniel Webster as well as copies of several of his speeches. State Department papers concerning controversies with England (1837-1852), newspaper clippings about Daniel Webster and miscellaneous receipts, inventories and photographs make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 folio)

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Ginery] Twichell, Boston, 1864 Dec. 5.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to [Ginery] Twichell, Boston, 1864 Dec. 5.

Autograph letter signed. Refers in part to freight rates. Also includes a copy, in King's hand, of a letter from G. Twichell to General M.C. Meigs (1864 Oct. 17).

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Lewis J. Cist, 1867 Nov. 19.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Lewis J. Cist, 1867 Nov. 19.

Sending him information about his term as Postmaster General.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270491478 View

Rhees, William Jones, 1830-1907. William Jones Rhees Papers, 1744-1907

Title: William Jones Rhees Papers 1744-1907

This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents.

ArchivalResource: Approx. 4,700 pieces in 64 boxes.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Joseph Holt Papers, 1817-1895, (bulk 1859-1889)

Title: Joseph Holt Papers 1817-1895 (bulk 1859-1889)

United States Postmaster general, secretary of war, judge advocate general of the United States Army, and lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, legal papers, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, and printed matter relating to Holt's duties as judge advocate general, especially his work on the military commission that tried the Lincoln assassination conspirators, the trial of Mary Surratt, and various controversies surrounding the work of the commission. Other topics include Kentucky and Mississippi politics, Democratic Party politics, the elections of 1852 and 1856, the Civil War, and Holt's duties as secretary of war.

ArchivalResource: 20,000 items; 118 containers; 26.2 linear feet

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George Jacob Abbot papers, 1811-1901

Title: George Jacob Abbot papers

Minister and diplomat. Correspondence largely relating to Abbot's service as secretary to Daniel Webster and as an agent of the State Department in England and Canada. Included are 104 letters by Daniel Webster as well as copies of several of his speeches. State Department papers concerning controversies with England (1837-1852), newspaper clippings about Daniel Webster and miscellaneous receipts, inventories and photographs make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 folio)

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letter : Washington, to Lewis J. Cist, St. Louis, Mo., 1869 Jan. 19.

Title: Letter : Washington, to Lewis J. Cist, St. Louis, Mo., 1869 Jan. 19.

Letter signed. Offers for sale to Cist, an autograph collector, a letter, dated 1799 Dec. 10, written by George Washington to James Anderson, concerning management of his farms.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22546041 View

King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letters, 1855-1856.

Title: Letters, 1855-1856.

Letters written to John C. Rives, Benjamin Perley Poore, Harrison Wright and Martin Jenkins Crawford by King while he was first assistant postmaster-general. All concern postal matters. Also included is King's franking privilege signature.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Horatio King Papers.

Title: Library Of Congress, Manuscript Division. Horatio King Papers.

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letter: Washington, to Hon. N.K. Hall, Buffalo, 1871 Mar. 2.

Title: Letter: Washington, to Hon. N.K. Hall, Buffalo, 1871 Mar. 2.

Expresses thanks for the copy of the Buffalo Historical Society proceedings, encloses several autographs, and sends regards to ex-President Fillmore.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.).

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Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. Correspondence and miscellaneous items of George William Curtis [manuscript], 1851-1936.

Title: Correspondence and miscellaneous items of George William Curtis [manuscript], 1851-1936.

Collection includes 101 letters, 3 manuscripts, and 8 prints. the letters are to a wide variey of recipients. The miscellany includes a page from Harper's Magazine, an excerpt from "Prue and I" with cut autograph of signture of G.W. Curtis. Chronology of Curtis' life in the control folder.

ArchivalResource: 113ca. items.

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Horatio King letter, 18 December 1855

Title: Horatio King letter 18 December 1855

ArchivalResource: 1 folder; (0.08 linear ft.)

http://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/MSS%203828 View

King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Political news, compiled by Horatio King and Isabella G. King, 1836-1840.

Title: Political news, compiled by Horatio King and Isabella G. King, 1836-1840.

Newspaper clippings, regarding politics and government, from various Maine newspapers, compiled by King and his wife.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 30 cm.

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National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 42: Public Buildings And Grounds.

Title: National Archives And Records Administration. Rg 42: Public Buildings And Grounds.

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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 7058: National Institute Records.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 7058: National Institute Records.

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American Antiquarian Society. John Lord, Narrative Of A Visit To The Smithsonian.

Title: American Antiquarian Society. John Lord, Narrative Of A Visit To The Smithsonian.

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Note, 1874, Jan. 22, Washington, to H. H. Tilley.

Title: Note, 1874, Jan. 22, Washington, to H. H. Tilley.

Mounted; verso reads "A. S. Gorham scrapbook". Social invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 20 cm.

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Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

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Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898. Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, 1982.

Title: Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, 1982.

Correspondence, drafts of speeches, pamphlets and other printed material, mainly relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the status of freed blacks, the tariff and international trade, passage of the Land Grant College Act, and other public questions; scrapbook containing a photocopy of Morrill's WANDERINGS AND SCRIBBLINGS, OR A JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY SOUTH AND WEST IN MAY, JUNE AND JULY, A.D. 1841; a scrapbook of obituary notices; a scrapbook and other items relating to the 75th anniversary of the Land Grant College Act, 1937; and photographs, including a photograph of Senator Justin S. Morrill, and other personal items. Correspondents include George T. Brown, Schuyler Colfax, John H. Freeman, James A. Garfield, Horace Greeley, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, William Dean Howells, Nellie Grant Sartoris, Jacob Gould Schurman, John Sherman, Horatio King (who wrote letters to Morrill on his birthday), A. D. White and President Grover Cleveland.

ArchivalResource: 3.3 cubic ft.

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Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894. Papers of George Ticknor Curtis [manuscript], 1863-1892.

Title: Papers of George Ticknor Curtis [manuscript], 1863-1892.

In correspondence Curtis discusses the constitutionality of the conscription law of 1863 which Gov. Seymour asked him to analyze; declines to attend a banquent honoring Lord Byron, mentioning the controversy over Harriet Beecher Stowe's accusations; discusses his research for "The Life of James Buchanan"; comments on "ignorance among nine-tenths of all the educated men in New England of the age of forty and under,"and mentions the publication of articles on Judge Church, and the Homestead Strike, and one by Archibald Forbes on General George B. McClellan.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647871575 View

King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Horatio King letter, 1855 December 18.

Title: Horatio King letter, 1855 December 18.

Letter includes an inquiry by Horatio King to California Congressman James William Denver as to which of threemen should be appointed for a postal position in Mormon Island, California. The previous postmaster, Dallas A. Kneass, had recently resigned.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152030698 View

King, Horatio. Letter, 1885.

Title: Letter, 1885.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122322542 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, 1982.

Title: Justin S. Morrill papers, 1814-1937, 1982.

Correspondence, drafts of speeches, pamphlets and other printed material, mainly relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the status of freed blacks, the tariff and international trade, passage of the Land Grant College Act, and other public questions.

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http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM01146.xml View

King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letter : Washington, D.C. to Henry Wager Halleck, n.p., 1862 Sept. 20.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C. to Henry Wager Halleck, n.p., 1862 Sept. 20.

Autograph letter signed. Refers to the case of Major Mann, Paymaster.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81855433 View

Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891. Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897.

Title: Papers of Bocock and of the Bocock, Thornhill Christian, Stephens, Flood, Patteson, and Diuguid families of Buckingham and Appomattox counties, 1760-1897.

Correspondence, financial and legal papers, ledgers, and speeches. Letters to Bocock, 1840-1887, comprise almost half the collection. Most are from his constituents and concern routine matters such as pension and bounty claims, academy appointments, mail routes, requests for copies of documents and speeches, and for legal assistance. Topics of interest include a contested 1847 election with Henry P. Irving; the admission of California, and the Compromise of 1850; the Nashville Convention of 1850; slavery, abolition, and the ante-bellum South; the Whig, Democrat and American (Know Nothing) parties; the presidential elections of 1848, 1852, and 1880; and local Appomattox Co. politics. Many prominent figures of the day are mentioned including Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Cass, Douglas, Polk, Taylor, Pierce, Fillmore, Buchanan, Hayes, and Louis Kossuth. Speeches on the tariff of 1842, the Wilmot Proviso, slavery, the Confederacy, and William Wilson Corcoran are included, as are a memorandum book, 1861-1866, of personal finances, papers from his chairmanship of the House Committee on Naval Affairs, a printed report on the Confederate Navy, and some legal and financial papers. The family papers contain correspondence, financial and legal papers. Topics of interest include Buckingham Co. politics, slavery, the Civil War, the tanning business, the American Tract Society, pioneer life in Alabama and Missouri, and the administration of several estates. Letters of note mention the confiscation of arms in Appomattox Co. for naval use, the gift of McCormick Observatory to the University of Virginia, the California gold rush, and the use of slaves on military fortifications. Also included are a minute book of the New Hope Baptist Church, Augusta Co., Va. with many references to blacks, an 1830s physician's ledger, a Buckingham Co. tax register, 1832, and an 1830s diary / journal listing family events and home remedies.

ArchivalResource: 3000 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647821332 View

King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Correspondence, 1847-1897.

Title: Correspondence, 1847-1897.

Letters concerning articles written by King, efforts to amend the Constitution to change the date of the inauguration, and the "Magazine of American History." Correspondents include John James Ingalls, Martha Joanna Reade (Nash) Lamb, Justin Smith Morrill, Charles Ledyard Norton, Charles Cooper Nott, and Sir Julian Paunceforte.

ArchivalResource: 52 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19932100 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Observations on the rebellion, 1860-1864, 1881.

Title: Observations on the rebellion, 1860-1864, 1881.

This volume consists of the Dec. 1881 issue of Century magazine, containing correspondence to and from King defending the loyalty of President James Buchanan; appended in King's hand are copies of several of his (King's) letters reflecting on the war.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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King, Horatio, 1811-1897. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Edward Herrick, Athens, Pa., 1860 Apr. 7.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to Edward Herrick, Athens, Pa., 1860 Apr. 7.

Autograph letter signed. Concerns the establishment of the Athens, Pennsylvania, post office and its first postmasters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82991028 View