Albert Gallatin Browne papers, 1742-1884; bulk: 1861-1867.

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Albert Gallatin Browne papers, 1742-1884; bulk: 1861-1867.

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Papers of Albert Gallatin Browne of Massachusetts, 1742-1873 (bulk 1861-1867), kept while serving as a special supervising agent of the Treasury Department in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida during the Civil War. Browne was charged with seizing supplies and goods left behind by the Confederate Army and shipping them to New York. Papers include correspondence with the Secretary of the Treasury and other Treasury and war department officials, commissioners of customs, and others; receipts, bills, and vouchers for merchandise seized; records of confiscated cotton and other goods to be shipped north; account books; captured and abandoned property reports, and a transcription of his 1864 diary. Correspondents include his son Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr., Salmon P. Chase, William P. Fessenden, Hugh McCullough, and Nathan Sargent, among others. Also includes a collection of random papers collected by Gallatin while confiscating property and a letterbook from the National Alarm Corporation.

11 boxes, 18 vols, and 1 oversize box.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7563884

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Browne, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1805-1885

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Browne, Albert G. (Albert Gallatin), 1835-1891

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Browne was a 1854 graduate of Harvard Law School, a member of the Massachusetts bar and a reporter of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. From the description of Letter to Mason W. Tappan, 1859. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338944 ...

United States. Dept. of the Treasury

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Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

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Lawyer. From the description of Letter, 1845 March 4, Cincinnati, [Ohio], to Robert F. Paine, Columbus, O[hio]. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 13541605 Salmon P. Chase served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864. He oversaw the creation of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (1862) and implemented the introduction of the income tax and the national currency. From the description of Letter press book of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1863, Ju...

National Alarm Corporation.

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McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895

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Banker. Served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1885 August 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122379137 Epithet: Secretary to the USA Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000128 American Banker and Statesman. From the description of Letter signed : Treasury Department, to E. Cooper, Acting Private Secretary, 1866 Apr. 25. (Unknown)....

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

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Republican legislator from Maine who became a U.S. Representative, Senator, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Treasury. He was a strong opponent of slavery. From the description of Papers, 1837-1869. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17462689 William Pitt Fesssenden was a U.S. senator from Maine (1854-1864, 1865-1869) and Secretary of the Treasury during the Civil War (1864-1865). His sons, General Francis and Brigadier General ...

Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875

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Journalist. From the description of Nathan Sargent correspondence, 1840 June 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980392 ...

United States. War Department

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. From the description of William L. Marcy letter : Washington [D.C.], to Col. J.D. Stevenson, New York City, ALS, 1846 June 26. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 43771263 Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. From the description of Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane, 1870 Dec.15. (Montana State University Bozeman Library). WorldCat record id: 43955079 U.S. gov...