United States -- Politics and government
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85140410
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
De Benneville Randolph Keim Papers
Collection — Box 4314.001: [Barcode: 1005697224]
Identifier: MSS-4314
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of two bound manuscript volumes and approximately 70 loose manuscript letters dating from late 1870-early 1872 from De Benneville Randolph Keim who, as an envoy for President Ulysses Grant, reported on the condition of the United States consulates in Asia, Egypt, and South America. One bound manuscript collection consists of correspondence primarily between Keim and their mother, friends, government officials abroad and at home, and President Grant. The second bound...
Dates:
1870 - 1872
Glen Browder Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4261
Scope and Contents
The Glen Browder Papers document the political career and activities of Glen Browder as a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives (1983-1986), Secretary of State of Alabama (1987-1989), and member of the United States House of Representatives (1989-1997). The collection includes political papers, congressional correspondence, legislative bills and reports, committee reports and hearings, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia. In addition to the professional papers the...
Dates:
1961 - 2006
Letter from Edmund Randolph to John Nicholson
Item
Identifier: MSS-4347
Content Description
One letter from Edmund Randolf to John Nicholson sent on October 19, 1791. The letter, consisting of one page, discusses items related to the establishment of the First Bank of the United States of America.
Dates:
1791-10-19
William A. Howard Letter on Edwin M. Stanton
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4268
Abstract
William Alanson Howard (1813-1880) was a member of the US House of Representatives between 1855 and 1861. This collection contains one seven-page letter written by Howard in 1870 to Attorney General Ebenezer Hoar refuting suggestions of disloyalty made against politician Edwin M. Stanton in regard to his conduct near the outbreak of the US Civil War.
Dates:
1870 February 7
William Winter Payne Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2057
Abstract
A letter written by William Winter Payne, dated February 10, 1847, to John G. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, recommending Alexander J. Simms to a lieutenancy in the United States Marine Corps.
Dates:
1847-02-10