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Indianapolis (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Ward Beecher collection

 Collection
Identifier: L600
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, postcards and advertisements from a personal collector in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1830 to 1887 regarding Henry Ward Beecher's life and career in Brooklyn, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana.

There is also an oversize folder containing a portrait engraving of Beecher and newspaper clippings about him ranging from circa 1813 to 1887 (OBC122).
Dates: circa 1830-1887

Schuyler Colfax collection

 Collection
Identifier: L036
Scope and Contents The majority of the collection consists of Schuyler Colfax's correspondence from 1841 to 1884 regarding Whig and Republican Party politics in Indiana and nationally. Also included are letters from Indiana officers in the U.S. Civil War regarding promotions and assignments; Colfax's letters on routine business as Speaker of the House and Vice President; his letters regarding speaking engagements; letters to his wife regarding his role in the "Credit Mobilier" affair in 1875; and letters...
Dates: 1782-1970