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United States -- Politics and government --19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

John H. Ray diary

 Collection — Folder S2273
Identifier: S2273
Scope and Contents This collection contains photocopies of John H. Ray's pocket diary, with entries ranging from 1854 to 1856. Ray also used the diary to keep various newspaper clippings ranging from 1848 to 1856 regarding several political topics, including the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, slavery, presidential politics, prohibition, and temperance.
Dates: 1848-1856

John Tipton collection

 Collection
Identifier: L160
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Tipton’s correspondence and business papers from the period 1810-1839 in Indiana. His correspondence, including retained copies of his outgoing letters, includes letters relating to the operations of the Indiana Militia in the 1810s; and political correspondence regarding the work of the state legislature (1820s-1830s), his senatorial elections (1831, 1832), his appointments to federal office (1831-1839), and local, state, and national issues, particularly...
Dates: 1806-1858

Joseph A. Wright collection

 Collection
Identifier: L183
Scope and Contents The collection includes letters to Joseph Albert Wright in Washington from his family in Rockville (1843-1844); letters from his district regarding local and national politics (1844); letters to Wright as Governor of Indiana regarding appointments, railroad development, the Indiana State Bank, criminal cases, agricultural societies, and politics (1849-1857); letters to him as U.S. minister to Prussia (1857-1861), including letters from Americans traveling in Europe and letters from American...
Dates: 1843-1931

Mildred D. Harrod papers

 Collection
Identifier: L284
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters; business and financial papers; greeting cards; funeral notices; newspaper clippings; advertisements; election information; social and club announcements, programs, and homefront war information from Mildred D. Harrod and various authors in the United States ranging from 1835 to 1973 regarding business, finances, social organizations, war information, and family matters.
Dates: 1835-1973

Political material collection

 Collection
Identifier: L219
Scope and Contents This collection includes letters, periodicals, campaign flyers, brochures, bumper stickers, buttons, pins, pencils, ribbons, sample ballots, appeals for donations, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles from local, state and national politicians in Indiana and the United States ranging from 1752 to 2017, regarding elections, campaigns, political issues, politicians, and elective office in Indiana and Washington, D.C.Oversize materials include political material concerning...
Dates: 1752-2017, undated

Richard W. Thompson collection

 Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates: 1818-1931

Sallie J. Tedrow letter

 Collection — Folder S2584
Identifier: S2584
Scope and Contents This collection includes 1 handwritten letter from Sallie J. Tedrow in Lanesville, Indiana on June 14, 1864. Within the letter, Tedrow discussed contemporary politics and the U.S. Civil War, with references to a brother, apparently a war casuality, as well as another letter recipient. She instructed her correspondent to direct future correspondence to Germantown.
Dates: 1864/06/14

Sarah F. Baker letters

 Collection — Folder S0057
Identifier: S0057
Scope and Contents This collection contains three letters written by Sarah F. Baker to her cousin Lib. The letters concern social, political, and familial matters that are primarily related to the Civil War.
Dates: 1863-1864

Taylor family papers

 Collection — Folder S1142
Identifier: S1142
Scope and Contents This collection includes a photocopy of a letter and envelope from Zachariah and Susannah Taylor in Greene County, Virginia on May 24, 1843, to their son, Paschal Taylor and his wife in Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana, regarding family matters, the price of corn, the scarcity of money with personal debt rising, and the upcoming presidential elections and state politics. Also included in the collection is a photocopy of the Danville High School Annual Alumni Banquet announcement and menu, May...
Dates: 1843, 1908

Which? Gold or Silver pamphlet

 Collection — Folder S2139
Identifier: S2139
Scope and Contents This collection contains the pamphlet, Which? Gold or Silver. Copyrighted by C. M. Daniels Publishing Co. in 1896, the pamphlet is "a compilation by a workingman" regarding the question of whether the United States should base its money on the gold standard of on free silver coinage and was published and distributed (for 10 cents a copy, plus 2 cents in stamps) prior to the 1896 presidential election.
Dates: 1896