L.Q.C. Lamar Collection, circa 1865-1887.

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L.Q.C. Lamar Collection, circa 1865-1887.

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The L.Q.C. Lamar Collection contains forty-seven photocopied letters and telegrams written by L.Q.C. Lamar between 1869 and 1885. The vast majority are addressed to his friend and confidant Edward Donaldson Clark. Lamar's letters contain discussions on political and election strategies, the 1874 U.S. House of Representative investigation of the Vicksburg race riots, Reconstruction, General E.C. Walthall, Lamar's health and family, and legislative issues such as the currency debates. Of particular note is an 1877 letter from Lamar to Clark conveying the senator's impressions of his Mississippi colleague, Blanche K. Bruce, the first African American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. Clark is either the author or recipient of four other pieces of correspondence. The L.Q.C. Lamar Collection also contains six newspaper clippings about Lamar or Walthall, a photocopy of memorandum regarding the settlement of accounts with Lamar and Clark's law firm in Oxford, and a photocopy of an 1887 engraved wedding announcement for their daughter Jennie Longstreet Lamar.

1 box (.417 linear ft.)

University of Mississippi

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SNAC Resource ID: 7390196

University of Mississippi

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Walthall, Edward C. (Edward Cary), 1831-1898

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Confederate army officer and U.S. senator from Mississippi. From the description of Edward C. Walthall papers, 1816-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983628 Confederate army officer and U.S. senator, of Mississippi. From the description of Papers, 1816-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34149559 ...

Clark, Kate Freeman.

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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898

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Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841 – March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term (Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate but did not complete a full term). In 1868, during Reconstruction, Bruce relocated to Bolivar...

Lamar, L. Q. C. (Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus), 1825-1893

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Lawyer of Georgia and later Mississippi, U.S. congressman from Mississippi, member of President Cleveland's cabinet, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of L. Q. C. Lamar papers, 1864-1874 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24095749 Resident of Oxford (Lafayette County), Miss. From the description of Letter and Clipping, 1875-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32452483 Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1...