Elihu Root papers, 1755-1910.

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Elihu Root papers, 1755-1910.

Business and some personal correspondence of Elihu Root; ledgers of Captain Hewit Root of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1755, 1772-86; diaries, correspondence, and other papers and documents of Orrin Root Sr., Orrin Root Jr., Nancy Buttrick, C.W. Root, E.W. Root, and other family members.

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Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

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Elihu Root, born in Clinton, NY, attended Hamilton College (A.B., 1864, A.M. in course, 1867) and University Law School of New York. He served as member Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; United States District Attorney, Southern New York, 1883 - 85; Secretary of War, 1899 - 1904; Secretary of State, 1905 - 09; U.S. Senator from New York, 1909 - 15; Senior Counsel for the U.S., North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration, The Hague, 1910; Ambassador at Head of Special Diplomatic Mission to Russia, 1...