Henry Haywood Glassie papers, 1873-1937 [manuscript].

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Henry Haywood Glassie papers, 1873-1937 [manuscript].

Chiefly papers concerning the practice of law, including Glassie's service in the U.S. attorney general's office and with the U.S. Tariff Commission, but also including papers about personal and cultural matters, politics, and domestic and tactical matters during World War I. Among Glassie's correspondents were politicians of both parties, particularly in the 1914-1917 period, including his father-in-law, Donelson Caffery, U.S. senator from Louisiana. Also included are legal lettercopy books, 1873-1874 and 1912-1913, from Glassie's law practice in Washington, D.C.; notebooks; memoranda concerning his trip to Europe for the Tariff Commission, 1925; and lettercopy books, 1884-1886, of the Manoa Company of New York, concerning shipping business in Latin America.

474 items (2.0 linear ft.).

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Glassie, Henry Haywood, 1871-1938.

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Native of Tennessee, lawyer in Washington, D.C., special assistant to the U.S. attorney general, and member of the U.S. Tariff Commission. From the description of Henry Haywood Glassie papers, 1873-1937 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24303412 Henry Haywood Glassie (1871-1938) was a native of Tennessee, but spent most of his adult life in Washington D.C. as a lawyer. In 1914 he was appointed special assistant to the United States attorney general, and was also a member of ...

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Caffery, Donelson, 1835-1906

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Donelson Caffery was born near Franklin, La., on September 10, 1835, and served as a lieutenant in the 13th Louisiana Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He married Bethia Richardson in 1869. He was a planter in St. Mary Parish, La., state senator for St. Mary Parish (1892-1894), and U.S. senator from Louisiana (1893-1901). He died in New Orleans, La., on December 30, 1906. His son, John Murphy Caffery, was a 1901 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a prominent St. Mary Parish planter, and s...

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