Papers of Eugene Gano Hay, circa 1770-1933 (bulk 1877-1933).

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Papers of Eugene Gano Hay, circa 1770-1933 (bulk 1877-1933).

Correspondence, diaries, financial papers, speeches, writings, and printed materials documenting Hays' career as a prosecuting attorney in Indiana (1880-1884), temporary secretary to Benjamin Harrison (1888), U.S. district attorney in Minnesota (1890-1994), U.S. general appraiser (1903-1923), and Republican Party member. Subjects include the Harrison presidential campaign of 1888, Northern Securities antitrust case, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company antitrust case, and trade reciprocity, especially with Canada. Includes papers relating to Hay's wife's family, the Farquhars. Correspondents include Albert Baird Cummins, Warren G. Harding, Benjamin Harrison, John Hay, Frank B. Kellogg, Philander C. Knox, John Lind, Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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