John Gibson Parkhurst papers, 1802-1914.

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John Gibson Parkhurst papers, 1802-1914.

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Correspondence from friends and relatives, including letters describing President James Buchanan, French-Italian relations in 1867, President Ulysses S. Grant, the Chicago fire, the Paris exposition (described by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt); also 105 Civil War letters describing his service as Colonel of the Ninth Michigan Infantry and other units; correspondence relating to his appointments, speaking engagements, newspaper writing, business affairs, military matters, and Democratic politics; three. Volumes of business records, about 100 legal and business papers of his father, Stephen Parkhurst of Oneida Castle, New York, and a diary, 1868, of his wife noting daily household events; also photographs. Correspondents include: Donald M. Dickinson, Andrew Johnson, Robert B. Roosevelt, General George H. Thomas and William H. Wilkinson.

10 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder.

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