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Politicians -- United States -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Foster-Fairbanks party, White Pass, Alaska photograph

 Collection — Folder SP148
Identifier: SP148
Scope and Contents This collection contains a black-and-white photograph of the Fairbanks and Foster families and officers of the dispatch boat McCullough at the summit of White Pass in Alaska taken by H. C. Barley and Company of Skagway, Alaska. in Alaska on June 28, 1899.
Dates: 1899/06/28

Godlove S. Orth letters

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1033
Scope and Contents The collection contains original and photostat correspondence from Godlove S. Orth to Schuyler Colfax, James A. Garfield, Stephen Neal, and others in Lafayette, Indiana and Washington, D.C., ranging from discussing Whig, Know Nothing, and Republican party politics, the Indiana General Assembly, and other state and national issues, including the the 14th Amendment.
Dates: 1845-1881

Herbert Heller collection

 Collection
Identifier: L220
Scope and Contents This collection largely contains research notes, clippings, and transcriptions of original material compiled by Herbert Heller in Indiana for his historical research, ranging from 1831 to 1951 and undated, regarding local history of churches, schools, and people, including notes for his dissertation on the education of African Americans in Indiana during the 19th century.The typed transcripts include the diary of Lenna L. Hadley of Mooresville, Indiana (1890-1891); the personal...
Dates: circa 1940-1983

Hubert Hawkins collection

 Collection — Folder S1854
Identifier: S1854
Scope and Contents The documents in this collection are copies of correspondence and other materials of George Washington and people in Indianapolis, Indiana as well as others, from historical research conducted by Hubert H. Hawkins. The documents, which span the period between 1776 and 1908, concern Indiana and U.S. history, regarding topics such as the Revolutionary War, Irish immigration, Oregon Territory and Texas, the Civil War, and an account of Kentucky politician Cassius M. Clay killing Cyrus Turner in...
Dates: 1776-1939

Isaac Jenkinson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0720
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters to and fron Isaac Jenkinson with politicians and acquaintances in Washington, D.C., Indiana, and other parts of the United States ranging from 1869 to 1920 regarding national politics, education, various personal and professional matters, and his writings on Aaron Burr. There are two certificates regarding the appointment of Jenkinson as U.S. consul to Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain and its acknowledgement by the British government in 1869 (OBC157).
Dates: 1869-1920

John C. New collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: L717
Scope and Contents This collection includes a certificate from Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Benjamin Harrison, the President of the United States and John C. New dated May 27, 1889. There are also appointment certificates for John C. New to various posts in the United States government, including the U.S. Treasury and as general consul to England, dated 1875 to 1889 (OBC045).
Dates: 1875-1889

John Kennedy Gowdy collection

 Collection — Folder S0531
Identifier: S0531
Scope and Contents This collection includes a carbon copy of a typewritten document excerpted, with some additions, from the Centennial History of Rush County, Indiana in 1921 regarding the life of John Kennedy Gowdy.
Dates: circa 1920s

John Kennedy Gowdy photographs

 Collection — Folder SP072
Identifier: SP072
Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 photographs of United States Consul-General John Kennedy Gowdy in Paris, France ranging from [Date] to [Date], including images of Gowdy with his wife and daughter and his carriage with 2 horses he brought from Rushville, Indiana, and a portrait of the man.
Dates: 1900

John Upfold Pettit papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1058
Scope and Contents This collection includes original letters from John Upforld Pettit, ranging from 1840 to 1853, addressed to his brother, Milton Howard Pettit, including several while serving as American consul at Maranham, Brazil (1850-1853). Also included is Pettit's 1979 publication, "Answer to the Toast, The Old Psi Upsilon."

There are also newspapers, ranging from 1797 to 1865 (OBC062).
Dates: 1797-1879

Joseph Lane biography

 Collection — Folder S0804
Identifier: S0804
Scope and Contents This collection contains a two-page photostat of a handwritten narrative of Joseph Lane's life and political activities in Indiana that appeared in a magazine from 1858. The original papers are held by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Dates: circa 1858