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Jones, Charles. Charles Jones letter : Honolulu, Hawaii, to cousin John : ALS, 1854 June 1.

Title: Charles Jones letter : Honolulu, Hawaii, to cousin John : ALS, 1854 June 1.

Description of his life in Honolulu, where he worked for Benjamin Franklin Angel, U.S. Consul.

ArchivalResource: [12] p. ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84650806 View

Sherman, Isaac, 1818-1881. Papers of Isaac Sherman, 1832-1913 (bulk 1848-1881).

Title: Papers of Isaac Sherman, 1832-1913 (bulk 1848-1881).

Personal papers of Isaac Sherman, including his correspondence, legal, financial, and political papers. The correspondence, chiefly letters received, discusses political campaigns, state and national politics, business, and family affairs. Included are items discussing the 1848 presidential campaign; congressional elections in New York; Free Soil Party; Wilmot proviso, Kansas-Nebraska bill; Republican National Convention (1856); Fremont's run for President, including the publicity campaign; Kansas controversy; Catholic question, especially in connection with Fremont's candidacy; Know-Nothings; Abraham Lincoln; the Civil War (especially operations in Missouri and military leadership of Fremont and Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, war politics and finances, New York regiments, and European opinions); Johnson's presidency and Reconstruction; national economic policies; tax policies and Anti-Income Tax Association; railroads, especially in the South, etc. The collection also contains financial records Cornelia Sherman Martin and her husband Bradley Martin (1841-1913), including records pertaining to expenses of their New York City mansion.

ArchivalResource: Appprox. 5000 pieces.24 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228738324 View

William L. Marcy papers, 1806-1930

Title: William L. Marcy papers, 1806-1930

Correspondence, commonplace book, diary (1831-1857), draft of an autobiography, drafts of diplomatic dispatches, drafts in Marcy's handwriting of presidential messages to Congress (1854-1856), and other papers relating to Marcy which were collected and compiled by Henry Barrett Learned. Materials cover such topics as Marcy's career as a member of the cabinets of presidents James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce; New York state and national Democratic politics (circa 1830-1860); and international relations including the Martin Koszta case, negotiations concerning the Black Warrior affair with Spain, the Gadsden Purchase, proper attire for American diplomats abroad, and Pierre Soulé's conduct in Spain. Includes a commonplace book for Marcy's senior year at Brown University (1808). Correspondents include W.R. Andrews, Benjamin Franklin Angel, George Bancroft, August Belmont, James G. Berret, James Buchanan, Archibald Campbell, Lewis Cass, George Mifflin Dallas, Charles Augustus Davis, Charles Eames, James Gadsden, Timothy Jenkins, Simon B. Jewett, John Livingstone, John Y. Mason, Samuel Marcy, William Porcher Miles, George W. Newell, Horatio J. Perry, Franklin Pierce, James K. Polk, Herman J. Redfield, Winfield Scott, Horatio Seymour, Zachary Taylor, John Addison Thomas, Samuel J. Tilden, Martin Van Buren, Prosper Montgomery Wetmore, Gorham A. Worth, and Silas Wright.

ArchivalResource: 3,100 items.88 containers.19.2 linear feet.

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013135 View

Angel, Benjamin Franklin, 1815-1894. Letter and 2 typed copies : Stockholm, to J[oseph] A. Wright, 1860 Sept. 19.

Title: Letter and 2 typed copies : Stockholm, to J[oseph] A. Wright, 1860 Sept. 19.

Speculates on the United States 1860 presidential election, with reference to Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas and possible dissolution of the Union.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26507729 View