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Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867. Alexander Dallas Bache Papers, 1821-1869

Title: Alexander Dallas Bache Papers, 1821-1869

The papers of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) relate to his study of European education, his appointment as Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, his professional intercourse with other scientists on a broad range of topics, his own research, and his work on the United States Lighthouse Board. They include diaries, 1836-1837, of his study of educational institutions in Britain; correspondence, 1821-1866, documenting his European trip, his work on education during the years 1839-1841, and his contact with the American scientific community; small collections of papers concerning the Coast Survey, the Lighthouse Board, and the Smithsonian Institution; letters to his wife, Nancy Clarke Fowler Bache; and a small collection of posthumous papers.

ArchivalResource: 3.47 cu. ft. (5 document boxes) (3 half document boxes) (2 microfilm reels) (6 oversize folders)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217212 View

Lander, F. W. (Frederick West), 1821-1862. Papers of F. W. Lander, 1836-1894 (bulk 1849-1862).

Title: Papers of F. W. Lander, 1836-1894 (bulk 1849-1862).

Correspondence, writings, military dispatches and telegrams, notes, maps, reports, scrapbooks, printed material, and other papers relating to Lander's activities surveying and exploring overland routes through the West, his advocacy of a western railroad system, his political activities in California, and his Civil War service in Virginia and Maryland under Generals George B. McClellan and Charles P. Stone. Correspondents include Simon Cameron, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John W. Garrett, Moses Kelly, Joseph Lane, George B. McClellan, James A. McDougall, William Starke Rosecrans, Winfield Scott, and Lansing Stout. Also includes correspondence and scrapbooks (1836-1894) of Lander's wife, Jean (Davenport) Lander (1829-1903) relating to her career (1837-1877) as an actress in Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. Her correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, Edwin Booth, Dion Boucicault, Henry Clay, Millard Fillmore, John Hay, Joseph Jefferson, Harriet Lane, Thomas Keene, Julia Marlowe, Charles Reade, Whitelaw Reid, and Anna Cora Ritchie.

ArchivalResource: 1,250 items.12 containers.1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71062217 View

Autograph album: Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and senators, 1864 and undated.

Title: Autograph album: Abraham Lincoln, his cabinet, and senators, 1864 and undated.

Autograph album containing documents of President Abraham Lincoln,his cabinet members, senators, and others.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01486/catalog View

McDougall, J. A. (James Alexander), 1817-1867. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Horatio Seymour, n.p., 1863 Jan. 7.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to Horatio Seymour, n.p., 1863 Jan. 7.

Letter signed. Signed by McDougall, F.G. Phelps, A.A. Sargent, and F.F. Low. Concerns Edward Wehler who wishes to raise a regiment in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81793717 View

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)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

McDougall, J. A. (James Alexander), 1817-1867. Letters, 1843-1845.

Title: Letters, 1843-1845.

Five letters from McDougall to Wheat discuss legal affairs, the judiciary reform bill, the 1844 national election and state politics.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52576671 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog 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

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

McDougall, J. A. (James Alexander), 1817-1867. Letter : Washington, D.C., to Horatio Seymour, n.p., 1863 Jan. 7.

Title: Letter : Washington, D.C., to Horatio Seymour, n.p., 1863 Jan. 7.

Letter signed. Signed by McDougall, F.G. Phelps, A.A. Sargent, and F.F. Low. Concerns Edward Wehler who wishes to raise a regiment in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53204457 View