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Jeremiah S. Black
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Richard Bickel
Revised and expanded by Laura J. Kells
1996
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress
Manuscript Division, 2001
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Table of Contents for Jeremiah S. Black
Collection Summary
Selected Search Terms
* Names:
* Subjects:
* Occupations:
Administrative Information
* Provenance:
* Processing History:
* Copyright Status:
* Microfilm:
* Preferred Citation:
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Description of Series
* General Correspondence, 1813- 1904, n.d.
* Legal File, 1853- 1880, n.d.
* Writings, n.d.
* Miscellany, 1859- 1903, n.d.
* Addition, 1837- 1888, n.d.
Container List
* GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1813- 1904, n.d.
* LEGAL FILE, 1853- 1880, n.d.
* WRITINGS, n.d.
* MISCELLANY, 1859- 1903, n.d.
* ADDITION, 1837- 1888, n.d.
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Collection Summary
Creator: Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
Title: Papers of Jeremiah S. Black 1813-1904 (bulk 1856-1880)
Size: 10,070 items; 80 containers; 34 linear feet; 36 microfilm reels
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Abstract: Lawyer, public official of Pennsylvania, U.S. attorney general,
and U.S. secretary of state. Correspondence, legal files, speeches,
writings, scrapbooks, family papers, and other papers relating primarily to
various legal matters in which Black was involved.
Selected Search Terms
Names:
Bayard, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis), 1828-1898
Black, Mary Forward
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Impeachment
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
Randall, Samuel J. (Samuel Jackson), 1828-1890
Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869
Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885
United States. Attorney-General
Credit Mobilier of America
Black, Chauncey F. Papers
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893. The life of Abraham Lincoln from his birth to
his inauguration as president (1872)
Subjects:
American Confederate voluntary exiles
Antislavery movements
Impeachments
Political corruption
Reconstruction
Slavery--Kansas
Slavery--Southern states
Confederate States of America--Officials and employees
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859
Kansas--History--1854-1861
Pennsylvania--Politics and government
United States--History--1849-1877
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Politics and government--1857-1861
Occupations:
Cabinet officers
Lawyers
Statesmen
Administrative Information
Provenance:
The papers of Jeremiah S. Black, lawyer, judge, and statesman, were
purchased from Mrs. Jeremiah Black, wife of his grandson, in March 1918.
Other small gifts and purchases were made between 1935 and 1992.
Processing History:
The papers of Jeremiah S. Black were arranged and described in 1966.
Additional material received between 1966 and 1992 was incorporated into
the collection in 1996. A description of the Black Papers appears in
Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript Division, 1992, pp.8-10.
Copyright Status:
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Jeremiah S. Black is
governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Microfilm:
A microfilm edition of the bound portion of the general correspondence in
these papers, 1813-1904, is available on thirty-six reels from the
Library's Photoduplication Service for purchase subject to the Copyright
Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). This microfilm edition may
also be requested on interlibrary loan through the Library's Loan Division.
No more than ten reels may be requested for each loan period of one month.
Preferred Citation:
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: container number, Charles S. Black Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date Event
1810 , Jan.
10 Born, near Stony Creek, Pa.
1830 Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania
1836 Married Mary Forward
1842 Appointed judge of court of common pleas, sixteenth
district, Pennsylvania
1851 Appointed justice of supreme court of Pennsylvania
1857 - 1860 United States attorney general
1860 Appointed secretary of state replacing Lewis Cass
1861 Appointed to United States Supreme Court by James Buchanan
but not confirmed by Senate
Appointed United States Supreme Court reporter
Wrote first volume of annual publication, Reports of Cases
Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the United
States
1873 Helped revise Pennsylvania constitution
1876 Defended Democratic presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden
before electoral commission
1883 , Aug.
19 Died, York, Pa.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) span the years 1813-1904,
with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1856-1880. The
collection includes correspondence, legal papers, articles, scrapbooks, and
other papers relating to such subjects as the turmoil over slavery in
Kansas before the Civil War, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia,
the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, the Crédit Mobilier, the trial
of Jefferson Davis, Black's efforts on behalf of Clement Claiborne Clay,
and Jacob Thompson's letters from his exile in Europe following the Civil
War. A large part of the material relates to various legal matters in which
Black was involved.
The General Correspondence comprises the bulk of the collection and
includes an important group of James Buchanan's letters relating to the
closing days of his administration. Among these is Buchanan's draft of the
defense of his actions with regard to Forts Sumter and Moultrie. There is
also a group of letters written by Edwin M. Stanton during the years
1857-1858. Correspondence of Black's son, Chauncey, concerns Ward Hill
Lamon's Recollections of Abraham Lincoln (1895), apparently written by
Black and claimed by him to have been published with unauthorized changes.
There is a large number of letters from Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Samuel J. Randall, to Chauncey Black on important phases
of Pennsylvania politics. Prominent among Jeremiah S. Black's
correspondents are Thomas Francis Bayard, Montgomery Blair, Caleb Cushing,
John C. Frémont, James Abram Garfield, Joseph Holt, and Reverdy Johnson.
Among the correspondents of Chauncey Black are Charles A. Dana, William H.
Herndon, Ward H. Lamon, James R. Osgood and Company, Samuel J. Randall, Don
Piatt, J. M. Cooper, Wayne MacVeagh, and Daniel Sickles.. A partial card
index of correspondents is available in the Manuscript Reading Room.
Included in the Writings series is Jeremiah S. Black's notes containing
information on the last four months of Buchanan's administration, an
account of his own resignation, and the cabinet meeting on Major Richard
Anderson's removal to Fort Sumter . Chauncey Black's unpublished draft of
the last chapter of Ward Hill Lamon's book on Lincoln is also filed in this
series.
An addition to the collection contains family correspondence consisting
primarily of letters from Black to his wife, Mary, and to his children.
Other family members represented in the addition include Henry Clayton and
Jeremiah S. Black Clayton.
Description of Series
Box Reel Series
BOX General Correspondence, 1813 - 1904 , n.d.
1-74
BOX 1-73 REEL
1-36 Bound, 1813 - 1904 , n.d.
Letters received, copies of letters sent, memoranda, and
legal and financial papers.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 74 (NOT
FILMED) Unbound, 1857 - 1880 , n.d.
Letters received and draft correspondence by Black.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX Legal File, 1853 - 1880 , n.d.
74-76
Cases, notes, writings, and printed matter.
Arrangedalphabetically by type of material.
BOX Writings, n.d.
77-78
Holograph writings by Jeremiah S. Black and his son Chauncey
Forward Black.
Arranged alphabetically by author and by topic or type of writing
therein.
BOX Miscellany, 1859 - 1903 , n.d.
78-80
Scrapbooks, clippings, notes, and portraits.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 80 Addition, 1837 - 1888 , n.d.
Family correspondence, general correspondence, and academic
records.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically
therein.
Container List
Box Reel Contents
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1813 - 1904 , n.d.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Bound
16 Jan. 1813-2 Oct. 1856
BOX 2 21 Oct. 1856-12 Mar. 1857
BOX 3 REEL 2 13-23 Mar. 1857
BOX 4 24 Mar.-3 Apr. 1857
BOX 5 REEL 3 4-20 Apr. 1857
BOX 6 21 Apr.-7 May 1857
BOX 7 REEL 4 8-26 May 1857
BOX 8 27 May-24 June 1857
BOX 9 REEL 5 25 June-22 July 1857
BOX 10 23 July-19 Aug. 1857
BOX 11 REEL 6 20 Aug.-14 Sept. 1857
BOX 12 15 Sept.-23 Oct. 1857
BOX 13 REEL 7 24 Oct.-23 Nov. 1857
BOX 14 24 Nov.-27 Dec. 1857
BOX 15 REEL 8 28 Dec. 1857-7 Feb. 1858
BOX 16 8 Feb.-4 Apr. 1858
BOX 17 REEL 9 5 Apr.-20 June 1858
BOX 18 21 June-7 Nov. 1858
BOX 19 REEL 10 8 Nov.-13 Dec. 1858
BOX 20 14 Dec. 1858-18 Mar. 1859
BOX 21 REEL 11 19 Mar.-4 May 1859
BOX 22 5 May-14 June 1859
BOX 23 REEL 12 15 June-23 Sept. 1859
BOX 24 24 Sept.-28 Oct. 1859
BOX 25 REEL 13 29 Oct.-1 Dec. 1859
BOX 26 2 Dec. 1859-7 Jan. 1860
BOX 27 REEL 14 8 Jan.-1 Feb. 1860
BOX 28 2 Feb.-13 Mar. 1860
BOX 29 REEL 15 14 Mar.-5 May 1860
BOX 30 6 May-17 June 1860
BOX 31 REEL 16 18 June-25 July 1860
BOX 32 26 July-22 Sept. 1860
BOX 33 REEL 17 23 Sept.-4 Dec. 1860
BOX 34 5 Dec. 1860-13 Jan. 1861
BOX 35 REEL 18 14 Jan.-14 Mar. 1861
BOX 36 15 Mar. 1861-10 Jan. 1862
BOX 37 REEL 19 11 Jan.-6 May 1862
BOX 38 7 May-7 Dec. 1862
BOX 39 REEL 20 8 Dec. 1862-3 June 1863
BOX 40 4 June-30 Dec. 1863
BOX 41 REEL 21 31 Dec. 1863-28 Feb. 1864
BOX 42 27 Feb.-20 Oct. 1864
BOX 43 REEL 22 23 Oct. 1864-30 May 1865
BOX 44 31 May 1865-19 Apr. 1866
BOX 45 REEL 23 20 Apr. 1866-22 May 1867
BOX 46 23 May-24 Sept. 1867
BOX 47 REEL 24 25 Sept. 1867-5 Feb. 1868
BOX 48 6 Feb.-4 Sept. 1868
BOX 49 REEL 25 6 Sept. 1868-15 Jan. 1869
BOX 50 16 Jan.-27 Aug. 1869
BOX 51 REEL 26 28 Aug. 1869-9 June 1870
BOX 52 11 June-26 Dec. 1870
BOX 53 REEL 27 27 Dec. 1870-26 Apr. 1871
BOX 54 27 Apr. 1871-22 Jan. 1872
BOX 55 REEL 28 24 Jan.-24 May 1872
BOX 56 25 May-28 Aug. 1872
BOX 57 REEL 29 29 Aug. 1872-1 Jan. 1873
BOX 58 4 Jan.-24 Sept. 1873
BOX 59 REEL 30 25 Sept. 1873-4 Jan. 1874
BOX 60 5 Jan.-21 Mar. 1874
BOX 61 REEL 31 22 Mar.-11 July 1874
BOX 62 13 July-27 Nov. 1874
BOX 63 REEL 32 28 Nov. 1874-27 Apr. 1875
BOX 64 28 Apr.-20 Aug. 1875
BOX 65 REEL 33 27 Aug. 1875-22 Jan. 1876
BOX 66 24 Jan.-21 Sept. 1876
BOX 67 REEL 34 22 Sept. 1876-10 Nov. 1877
BOX 68 REEL 34 13 Nov. 1877-9 Jan. 1880
BOX 69 REEL 35 10 Jan. 1880-9 Jan. 1881
BOX 70 12 Jan. 1881-7 Oct. 1904
BOX 71 REEL 36 Undated
BOX 72 Undated
BOX 73 Undated
BOX 74 (NOT
FILMED) Unbound
13 Mar. 1857-8 May 1871, 20 Dec. 1880, n.d.
(2 folders)
LEGAL FILE, 1853 - 1880 , n.d.
Box Contents
BOX 74 Cases
Bennett pension, opinion, n.d.
Biles appeal, opinion, n.d.
Book of cases, 1853
Bryant v. Stillwell, opinion
Clay, Clement, C., defense, n.d.
Cucullu v. Mexico, opinions of commissioners
Wadsworth and Palacio, n.d.
Dyer v. Parkhurst, opinion, n.d.
Harris v. Lyson, n.d.
Hendrickson, Joseph G., appeal, n.d.
Koon and Bray v. O'Neill, opinion, n.d.
Land dispute, Somerset County, Pa., n.d.
McArole case, n.d.
(2 folders)
McComb v. Crédit Mobilier, n.d.
McGarrham, William, Judiciary Committee, Washington,
D.C., 1870
BOX 75 McKenny v. Republic of Mexico, 1872, n.d.
National Bank of Clarion v. James, Assignee of
Burns, n.d.
Remington v. Morris, opinion, n.d.
Schooner Peggy v. United States, n.d.
Sheenan v. Twigg, n.d.
Stokely, Thomas, estate, opinion, n.d.
Tilden, Samuel J., defense before electoral
commission, n.d.
Westfall v. Mapes, opinion, n.d.
Wheatly v. Chusman, opinion, n.d.
Notes and writings, n.d.
(13 folders)
BOX 76 Printed matter, 1859-1860, 1866-1880, n.d.
(7 folders)
WRITINGS, n.d.
BOX 77 Black, Chauncey Forward
"Adam Holt," unpublished novel, n.d.
(10 folders)
Lamon, Ward Hill, Recollections of Abraham Lincoln
(1895), suppressed chapter by Black, n.d.
(3 folders)
Black, Jeremiah S.
On James Buchanan administration, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 78 Various, n.d.
(15 folders)
MISCELLANY, 1859 - 1903 , n.d.
BOX 78 Clippings, 1868-1880, 1888-1891, 1903, n.d.
Scrapbooks, 1859-1900, n.d.
(1 vol.)
BOX 79
(2 vols.)
BOX 80
(1 vol.)
Various items, 1891, 1897, 1903, n.d.
ADDITION, 1837 - 1888 , n.d.
BOX 80 Family correspondence, 1837, 1848-1872, 1880, n.d.
(2 folders)
General correspondence, 1861, 1871-1887
Miscellany, 1887-1888
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