Francis Griffith Newlands papers, 1869-1936 (inclusive), 1899-1917 (bulk).

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Francis Griffith Newlands papers, 1869-1936 (inclusive), 1899-1917 (bulk).

The papers contain correspondence, speeches, reports, scrapbooks, and other material documenting the political career of Francis G. Newlands. The papers highlight Nevada Democratic and Silver Party politics and focus on Newlands's legislative programs on transportation, particularly railroads and inland waterways, interstate commerce, irrigation, flood control, land reclamation, currency and silver, conservation and forests, and tariffs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692708

Yale University Library

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