Benjamin Helm Bristow Papers 1839-1932 (bulk 1874-1896)

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g8dbr (corporateBody)

Born 26 Feb. 1786 in Waterbury, New Haven, Conn.; died in Oswego, N.Y. in July 1826. From the description of Release of Selah Bronson from debtors' prison, 1825 Oct. 19. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 191767452 ...

Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r60gqx (person)

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Childs, George W. (George William), 1829-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68x44hh (person)

George W. Childs (1829-1894) was the founder and editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger and a noted philanthropist. Born in Baltimore, he moved to Philadelphia to work for a bookseller at age fourteen and soon went into business for himself at the age of eighteen. In 1849, he became a partner in the publishing firm of R. E. Petersen & Company, and in 1860 he formed a partnership with the influential publisher J. P. Lippincott. In 1864, he purchased the Philadelphia Public Ledger, in which Anth...

Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq7vcc (person)

James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889–1892), one of only two persons to hold the position under three separate presidents (the other being Daniel Webster), and...

United States. Solicitor General

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66h8qn3 (corporateBody)

Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r49v8c (person)

American general and ambassador. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to M. Olmstead, Secretary of the Jeweler's Association, 1886 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618680 American army officer and railroad official. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to William W. Belknap, 1874 Aug. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270618676 Son of Pennsylvania Governor and graduate of West Point, he was an ai...

Swayne, Noah Haynes, 1804-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2f23 (person)

Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, state legislator from Ohio, and lawyer. From the description of Noah Haynes Swayne signature, 1873 August 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980563 American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Clinton Rice, 1878 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270579131 Swayne practiced law in Coshocton, Ohio and served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court (1862-1881). ...

Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60v8n9c (person)

U.S. Senator from Vermont. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to F.T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State, 1883 Dec. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270743114 Vermont lawyer; state representative, 1854-1859; state senator, 1861-1862; U.S. senator, 1866-1891. From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to Charles Devens, 1878 May 24. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29888341 U.S. senator of Vermont and...

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh3j5z (person)

American statesman; Secretary of State. From the description of Letter signed : Washington, to Thomas J. Durant, 1870 Oct. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538114 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to F.B. Schell, 1890 Jan. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526181 American statesman and diplomat. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William B. Snell, Esq., (18)76 Dec. 19. (Unknown). World...

Meriwether, W. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66117qq (person)

United States. Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s3vt0 (corporateBody)

Boynton, Henry V. (Henry Van), 1835-1905

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6280gv6 (person)

Soldier, author, and educator. From the description of George V. Boynton papers, 1897-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 124036613 American soldier and journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Mr. Crosby, Chief Clerk of the War Dept., [no year] Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131820 ...

Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w602911s (person)

Lawyer, railroad entrepreneur, Secretary of the Treasury, and Republican politician. From the description of Benjamin Helm Bristow [microform] : papers, selections from Library of Congress. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 62534698 From the description of Benjamin Helm Bristow : miscellaneous papers, 1832-1896. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46737472 Army officer, lawyer, and U.S. secretary of the treasury and soli...

Davis, David, 1815-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gh9s5h (person)

Illinois state legislator and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of David Davis, 1861-1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070696 Bloomington, Illinois lawyer; member of Illinois House of Representatives (1844-1846); judge 8th judicial circuit (1848-1862); U.S. Supreme Court justice (1862-1877); U.S. Senator (1877-1883). From the description of Receipt for judgment costs, February ...

United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq84h7 (corporateBody)

Belknap, William Worth, 1829-1890

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69024zk (person)

William Worth Belknap was born in Newburgh, New York on September 22, 1829, the son of career soldier William G. Belknap and Anne (Clark) Belknap. Belknap's father had fought with distinction in the War of 1812, Florida War, and Mexican–American War. Belknap attended the local schools in Newburgh, and graduated from Princeton University in 1848. In addition to attending Princeton with Hiester Clymer, the Democratic Congressman who later led the investigation into Belknap's War Department corrupt...

Goodloe, William Cassius, 1841-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r78pzx (person)

In 1861, Goodloe served as private secretary to his uncle, Cassius M. Clay, who was U.S. Ambassador to Russia during much of the 1860's. He was later commissioned an officer in the Union Army. From the description of William Cassius Goodloe Civil War scrapbooks, 1860-1865. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 13766629 ...

Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zg6t7p (person)

American banker. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Drexel & Co., Phila., to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1871 June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518442 ...

Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sq92nz (person)

U.S. Supreme Court justice. From the description of John Marshall Harlan : miscellaneous papers, 1869-1906. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49278815 John M. Harlan was born on June 1, 1833, at Harlan Station, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853. During the Civil War he raised and commanded a Union regiment. In 1862, he defeated John Hunt Morgan at Rolling Fork River Bridge. Shortly there after, he resigned from the army because ...