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CollectionHenry Clay family papers,
Clay family papers Personal, official, and family correspondence, speeches, writings, business records, legal files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers chiefly documenting the public career and private life of statesman Henry Clay, his son James B. Clay, and other Clay family members. Part I consists of general correspondence relating primarily to politics; dispatches and instructions sent by Henry Clay as secretary of state to chargés d'affaires...- Contributor: Transylvania University - Morrison, James - Clay, Henry - Clay, James B. (James Brown)
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CollectionAmasa J. Parker papers,
Amasa Junius Parker papers Chiefly letters written by Parker while serving in the U.S. Congress to his wife, Harriet Langdon Roberts Parker, in Delhi, N.Y., describing his trip to Washington, the city, the Capitol building, and his impressions of John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. Other topics include dueling, Indian affairs, politics, and Washington social life and theater. Also includes letters written while Parker was...- Contributor: Parker, Amasa J. (Amasa Junius)
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CollectionRiggs family papers, Family and business correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed matter, and other papers of Riggs family members. Includes papers of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) relating to family affairs, travel in Europe, sales of land in Illinois, and the development of his New York mercantile business; papers of Elisha Riggs, Jr. (1826-1881) relating to travel in Great Britain, the firm of Corcoran...
- Contributor: Riggs, William Henry - Riggs, Elisha - Riggs, T. Lawrason (Thomas Lawrason) - Riggs, Elisha Francis - Riggs, Thomas - Riggs, Romulus - Riggs, George Washington