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                           Lewis H. Machen Family

            A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress


               Prepared by John McDonough and David Mathisen
                         Revised by Patrick Kerwin

                                    1998

                            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 Lewis H. Machen Family
Collection Summary
Selected Search Terms

   * Names:
   * Subjects:
   * Occupations:

Administrative Information

   * Provenance:
   * Processing History:
   * Transfers:
   * Copyright Status:
   * Microfilm:
   * Preferred Citation:

Biographical Notes

   * Lewis Henry Machen
   * Arthur Webster Machen

Scope and Content Note
Description of Series

   * Journals and Memorandum Book, 1840- 1859, n.d.
   * Family Correspondence, 1818- 1917, n.d.
   * Retained Correspondence and Drafts, 1810[?]- 1863, n.d.
   * General Correspondence, 1806- 1938, n.d.
   * Speeches and Writings File, 1807- 1843, n.d.
   * Senate File, 1810- 1890, n.d.
   * Subject File, 1813- 1916, n.d.
   * Legal File, 1807- 1854, n.d.
   * Financial File, 1820- 1848, n.d.
   * Account Books, 1833- 1889.
   * Printed Matter, 1802- 1863, n.d.
   * Diaries and Diary Transcriptions, 1860- 1865.
   * Machen - Gresham Correspondence, 1871- 1889.
   * Gresham Family Correspondence, 1804- 1925, n.d.

Container List

   * JOURNALS AND MEMORANDUM BOOK, 1840- 1859, n.d.
   * FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1818- 1917, n.d.
   * RETAINED CORRESPONDENCE AND DRAFTS, 1810[?]- 1863, n.d.
   * GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1806- 1938, n.d.
   * SPEECHES AND WRITINGS FILE, 1807- 1843, n.d.
   * SENATE FILE, 1810- 1890, n.d.
   * SUBJECT FILE, 1813- 1916, n.d.
   * LEGAL FILE, 1807- 1854, n.d.
   * FINANCIAL FILE, 1820- 1848, n.d.
   * ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1833- 1889
   * PRINTED MATTER, 1802- 1863, n.d.
   * DIARIES AND DIARY TRANSCRIPTIONS, 1860- 1865
   * MACHEN - GRESHAM CORRESPONDENCE, 1871- 1889
   * GRESHAM FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1804- 1925, n.d.

Appendix
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Collection Summary

Creator: Machen, Lewis H. (Lewis Henry), 1790-1863
Title: Lewis H. Machen Family Papers1802-1938 (bulk 1830-1879)
Size: 5,000 items; 33 containers; 12 linear feet
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Abstract: Clerk of the U.S. Senate and farmer of Fairfax County, Va.
Chiefly family correspondence of Lewis H. Machen relating to personal
matters and national politics prior to the Civil War, especially slavery
and the Compromise of 1850, and mentioning John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay,
Andrew Jackson, and Daniel Webster. Also includes other correspondence,
speeches, writings, subject files, and miscellaneous papers.

Selected Search Terms

Names:

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Brooks, Kendall, 1821-1898
Cilley, Joseph, 1791-1877
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
Clayton, Thomas, 1778-1854
Day, Jeremiah, 1773-1867
Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861
Eaton, John Henry, 1790-1856
Force, Peter, 1790-1868
Ingersoll, Charles Jared, 1782-1862
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 1790-1858
Langdell, C. C. (Christopher Columbus), 1826-1906
Lewis, William Berkeley, 1784-1866
Lowrie, Walter, 1784-1868
Parsons, Theophilus, 1797-1882
Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
Van Ness, John Peter, 1770-1846
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Whelpley, J. D. (James Davenport), b. 1863
Gresham family
Machen family
Gresham, LeRoy Wiley, 1847-1865. Papers
Machen, Arthur Webster, 1827-1919. Papers
Machen, Caroline Webster. Papers
Machen, Emmeline. Papers
Machen, James P. Papers
Machen, Minnie J. Gresham. Papers

Subjects:

Agriculture--Virginia--Fairfax County
Compromise of 1850
Reconstruction--Georgia--Macon
Slavery--United States
Baltimore (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Macon (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Public opinion,
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
United States--Politics and government--19th century

Occupations:

Farmers
Public officials

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Lewis H. Machen (1790-1863), clerk in the office of the
Secretary of the Senate, and of the members of his immediate family were
given to the Library of Congress in 1981 by Arthur W. Machen, Jr., Mary
Gresham Machen, and Elizabeth Machen Palmer. Two account books had been
purchased by the Library in 1927. Additions, principally of Gresham Family
papers, were made 1983-1986, and 1997.

Processing History:

The Machen Family Papers were first processed in 1981; additional material
was incorporated into the collection in 1987, 1991, and 1998.

Transfers:

One photograph has been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs
Division where it is identified as part of these papers.

Copyright Status:

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Lewis H. Machen and other members
of the Machen and Gresham families in these and in other collections in the
custody of the Library has been dedicated to the public.

Microfilm:

A microfilm edition of account books in Container 26 of these papers is
available on one reel from the Library's Photoduplication Service for
purchase subject to the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.). This microfilm may also be requested on interlibary loan through
the Library's Loan Division.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following
information: container number, Lewis H. Machen Family Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Notes

Lewis Henry Machen

 Date          Event

 1790 , Feb.
 22            Born, Maryland

 1806          Moved to Washington, D.C.

 1809 - 1836   Employed as engrossing clerk and executive clerk in the
               office of the Secretary of the United States Senate

 1812 , Oct.
 15            Married Cynthia Pease (d. Oct. 15, 1815)

 1814          Purchased a farm in Prince Georges County, Md.
               Removed records and papers of the United States Senate to
               safety during burning of Washington by the British

 1816          Married Caroline Webster; moved to Washington, D.C.

 1828          Wrote articles for the National Intelligencer in support of
               candidacy of John Quincy Adams

 1836 - 1859   Principal clerk of the United States Senate

 1843          Purchased farm ("Walney"), Fairfax County, Va., for family
               residence

 1859          Resigned position in the United States Senate and retired
               to "Walney"

 1862          Moved to, Baltimore, Md.

 1863 , Aug.
 11            Died, Baltimore, Md.

Arthur Webster Machen

 Date          Event

 1827 , July
 20            Born, Washington, D.C.

 1842          Graduated from Mr. Abbot's School, Washington, D.C.
               Attended Columbian College, Washington, D.C.

 1843          Moved to "Walney," the family farm, Fairfax County, Va.

 1849          Assisted father in the office of the Secretary of the
               United States Senate
               Entered Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

 1851          Bachelor of Law degree, Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
               Mass.

 1853          Admitted to the bar; settled in Baltimore, Md., and became
               associated in legal practice with Richard J. Gittings

 1859          Declined gubernatorial appointment as judge, Superior Court
               of Baltimore City, Md.

 1861 , April  Declined appointment as United States District Attorney for
               the District of Maryland

 1873 , Feb.
 13            Married Minnie J. Gresham

 1882          Firm of Gittings and Machen dissolved upon death of
               Gittings

 1897 - 1898   President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, Md.

 1915 , Dec.
 19            Died Baltimore, Md.

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Lewis H. Machen and Family and an allied collection of
Gresham Family papers span the years 1802 to 1938, with the bulk of the
material, falling in the decades from the 1830s through the 1870s. Some
items dated earlier than 1802 are later copies of correspondence of George
Washington and other important figures of his time. The collection consists
of journals and diaries, family and general correspondence, speeches and
writings, a United States Senate file, subject file, legal and financial
papers, account books, and printed matter.

Correspondence of the immediate members of the Machen family constitutes
over one-third of the collection. It presents a full and remarkable
chronicle of the lives of five family members who maintained close ties
over the course of much of their adult lives. Lewis H. Machen, who for
fifty years served in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, and Arthur
W. Machen, oldest son of Lewis and prominent Baltimore lawyer, are the
principal figures in this family correspondence. Others are Caroline
Machen, wife of Lewis, and their two other children, James P. and Emmeline
Machen.

In addition to being of interest because of the family portrait that
emerges from it, this family correspondence is of wider significance for
its informed commentary upon the times. Lewis H. Machen, from his position
in the Senate, was witness to some fifty years of turbulent American
political history. In long, four-page letters he not only advised, guided,
and counseled the various members of his family, but generally reserved a
page or two, particularly in letters to Arthur, for a discussion of
national events as he saw them enacted or reflected on the floor of the
Senate . There are, for example, a score of letters that follow the course
of the Compromise of 1850; others comment on Andrew Jackson, John Quincy
Adams, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, as well as on slavery and the drift
towards Civil War.

Also of importance in the Machen family correspondence, and slightly more
in number, are the letters of Arthur W. Machen. These include letters
written as a youth on the family farm ("Walney") in Fairfax County,
Virginia, as a student at Harvard Law School, as a young lawyer in
Baltimore, and finally as a leader of the Baltimore bar. Of special
interest are letters written during the months immediately before and after
the outbreak of the Civil War, providing considerable insight into the
climate of opinion within the city of Baltimore and throughout the Maryland
countryside.

General correspondence consists chiefly of letters addressed to Lewis H.
Machen and Arthur W. Machen by persons other than immediate family members.
Included as prominent correspondents are Senators Joseph Cilley, Thomas
Clayton, Walter Lowrie, and William C. Rives. Cabinet members represented
are John M. Clayton and John Henry Eaton. Other correspondents are Kendall
Brooks, Jeremiah Day, Asbury Dickins, Peter Force, Charles Jared Ingersoll,
Thomas Ap Catsby Jones, C.C. Langdell, William Berkeley Lewis, Theophilus
Parsons, Benjamin Silliman, John Peter Van Ness, and James D. Whelpley.

Copies and drafts of outgoing correspondence written by Lewis H. and Arthur
W. Machen are also contained in the collection. Included in this group is a
long letter addressed to Senator William C. Rives in which Lewis H. Machen
gives an account of how he saved the papers and records of the Senate from
destruction when the British burned the Capitol in the War of 1812. A file
of Speeches and Writings, a Senate File, Subject File, legal and financial
papers, account books, and printed matter complete the collection.

Researchers may wish to consult Arthur W. Machen, Jr., compiler, Letters of
Arthur W. Machen, with a Biographical Sketch (Baltimore: Privately printed,
1917).

Gresham family papers added to the collection in 1984 include seven diaries
and approximately 550 items of correspondence. Among the principal figures
represented, all of Macon, Georgia, are John J. Gresham, an attorney,
judge, and plantation owner, his wife Mary, and their children, LeRoy,
Thomas, and Minnie. Minnie married Arthur W. Machen in 1873, and many of
his letters to her are present in the Gresham Family series. The seven
diaries were kept by LeRoy Wiley Gresham (1847-1865), an invalid over much
of the course of his brief life, and were maintained almost continuously
from June 1860 to within a few days of his death on June 18, 1865. On the
one hand these diaries provide a poignant record of his suffering, while on
the other they reveal an unusual precocity of mind and generosity of
spirit. His place in the family was firmly and lovingly established, his
interests were wide ranging, and he followed assiduously the unfolding
events of the Civil War. Of special interest in this latter regard are the
entries of November-December 1864 when William T. Sherman made his march
through Georgia to the sea. Macon was thought to be in the line of advance,
and LeRoy Gresham's diary reflects the uncertainties faced by those in the
path of Sherman's army.

The Gresham family correspondence ranges in date from 1804 to 1925.
Preponderantly the letters exchanged by members of the inner circle of the
family, they are frequently concerned with domestic, social, and religious
matters and with the health of LeRoy Gresham. The difficulties and
anxieties of the Civil War years are also discussed, and a number of
letters written to LeRoy by his brother Thomas provide information on life
in the Confederate army. Also revealed are conditions in Macon in the
aftermath of the war and during Reconstruction. Following Minnie's marriage
to Arthur Machen in 1873, and for the years of her residence in Baltimore,
the papers consist largely of letters she received from her husband,
family, and friends.

Description of Series

 Box    Series

 BOX 1  Journals and Memorandum Book, 1840 - 1859 , n.d.

        Journal of Arthur W. Machen, memorandum book of Lewis H. Machen,
        and unidentified, undated journal fragment.

 BOX    Family Correspondence, 1818 - 1917 , n.d.
 1-12

        Letters written by various members of the immediate Machen family
        to one another.

        Arranged by writer, then by recipient, and chronologically
        thereunder.

 BOX 13 Retained Correspondence and Drafts, 1810 [?]- 1863 , n.d.

        Retained copies of nonfamily letters written by Lewis H. and
        Arthur W. Machen.

        Chronologically arranged.

 BOX    General Correspondence, 1806 - 1938 , n.d.
 13-18

        Letters received from persons other than immediate family
        members.

        Chronologically arranged.

 BOX    Speeches and Writings File, 1807 - 1843 , n.d.
 19-20

        Principally drafts and copies of speeches, debates, articles for
        the press, and fiction by Lewis H. and Arthur W. Machen.

        Arranged alphabetically by title.

 BOX    Senate File, 1810 - 1890 , n.d.
 21-22

        Abstracts and copies of correspondence and Congressional
        documents, indexes to documents, rules and precedents, notes, and
        miscellaneous Senate papers.

        Alphabetically arranged by assigned titles.

 BOX    Subject File, 1813 - 1916 , n.d.
 23-24

        Correspondence, copied correspondence, memoranda, notes, and
        other papers.

        Alphabetically arranged by subject.

 BOX 25 Legal File, 1807 - 1854 , n.d.

        Agreements, estate papers, correspondence, claims, and wills.

        Alphabetically arranged by case or title.

 BOX 25 Financial File, 1820 - 1848 , n.d.

        Financial memoranda, farm reports, bills and receipts, and
        business letterbook.

        Arranged by type of material.

 BOX 26 Account Books, 1833 - 1889 .

        Two account books of Lewis H. Machen and James P. Machen,
        unidentified account book, and unidentified household accounts.
        Microfilm edition available. Shelf no. 17,150.

 BOX    Printed Matter, 1802 - 1863 , n.d.
 27-28

        Scrapbooks, pamphlets, newspapers, and miscellany.

        Arranged by type of material.

 BOX    Diaries and Diary Transcriptions, 1860 - 1865 .
 29-30

        Diaries and selected transcriptions kept by LeRoy Wiley Gresham.

 BOX 31 Machen - Gresham Correspondence, 1871 - 1889 .

        Letters exchanged by Arthur W. Machen and Minnie Gresham (after
        1873, Mrs. A.W. Machen).

        Arranged by writer, and chronologically thereunder.

 BOX    Gresham Family Correspondence, 1804 - 1925 , n.d.
 31-33

        Chiefly letters exchanged by members of the Gresham family .

        Chronologically arranged.

Container List

 Box    Contents

        JOURNALS AND MEMORANDUM BOOK, 1840 - 1859 , n.d.

 BOX 1           Journals
                        Fragment, unidentified, n.d.
                        Machen, Arthur W., Aug.-Sept. 1840
                 Memorandum Book, Lewis H. Machen, Aug. 1859

        FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1818 - 1917 , n.d.

 BOX 1           Machen, Lewis H., to
                        Machen, Caroline, 1845-1854
                        Machen, Arthur W.
                                1841-1853
                                1854
                                       Jan.-May
 BOX 2                                 June-Dec.
                                1855-1856
                                (6 folders)
                                1857
                                       Jan.-Aug.
                                       (2 folders)
 BOX 3                                 Sept.-Dec.
                                1858-1862, n.d.
                                (6 folders)
                        Machen, James P.
                                1845-1856
                                (3 folders)
 BOX 4                          1857-1859, n.d.
                                (3 folders)
                 Machen, Caroline, to
                        Machen, Lewis H.
                                1818-1849
                                (5 folders)
 BOX 5                          1850-1859
                                (7 folders)
 BOX 6                  Machen, Arthur W., 1849-1871
                        (4 folders)
                        Machen, James P., 1846-1873
                 Machen, Arthur W., to
                        Machen, Lewis H.
                                1841-1846
                                (5 folders)
 BOX 7                          1847-1855
                                (12 folders)
 BOX 8                          1856-1861
                                (10 folders)
 BOX 9                  Machen, Caroline, 1859-1873
                        Machen, James P., 1849-1878
                        (7 folders)
                        Machen, Emmeline, 1859-1878
                 Machen, James P., to
                        Machen, Lewis H.
                                1841-1852
                                (5 folders)
 BOX 10                         1853-1859
                                (7 folders)
                        Machen, Caroline, 1849-1865
                        Machen, Arthur W.
                                1849-1854
                                (4 folders)
 BOX 11                         1855-1883
                                (7 folders)
                 Machen, Emmeline, to
                        Machen, Lewis H.
                                1830-1849
                                (2 folders)
 BOX 12                         1850-1861
                                (2 folders)
                        Machen, Caroline, 1834-1860
                        Machen, Arthur W. and James P., 1839-1874
                        (4 folders)
                        Other, 1889-1917

        RETAINED CORRESPONDENCE AND DRAFTS, 1810 [?]- 1863 , n.d.

 BOX 13          Machen, Lewis H., 1810[?]-60, n.d.
                 (3 folders)
                 Machen, Arthur W., 1845-1867

        GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1806 - 1938 , n.d.

        See Appendix for partial index of general correspondence
 BOX 13          1806-1832
                 (7 folders)
 BOX 14          1833-1842
                 (9 folders)
 BOX 15          1843-1847
                 (10 folders)
 BOX 16          1848-1853
                 (10 folders)
 BOX 17          1854-1859
                 (9 folders)
 BOX 18          1860-1938, n.d. (written in shorthand, 1872-1873)
                 (10 folders)

        SPEECHES AND WRITINGS FILE, 1807 - 1843 , n.d.

 BOX 19          "Advantages of a Community of Language in the U.S. and
                 Great Britain," 1842
                 Junius Brutus, 1807
                 "Burial of the Living," n.d.
                 "Child of Feeling," criticism, 1809
                 Clinton and the presidency, 1811-1812
                 Demagoguery, n.d.
                 District of Columbia, n.d.
                 Duelling, 1819
                 Executive power, n.d.
                 "On Female Education," 1807
                 Fragments
                 "The Franciscan - A Tale of Spain," n.d.
                 Greatness in Nations and Individuals, n.d.
                 Speech for Gov. Joseph Kent (by L. H. Machen), n.d.
                 Frederick W. Lander, n.d.
                 "On the Progress of the Liberal Arts," n.d.
                 Liberty of Conscience, 1810
 BOX 20          Mary L. Machen, poem to the memory of, n.d.
                 Miscellaneous, 1841-1843, n.d.
                 National Pride, 1809
                 "National Thanksgiving," 1819
                 Natural law, n.d.
                 "The Pleasures of Folly," 1841
                 Printing, 1810, 1819
                 Religious subjects and prayers, 1839-1857
                 Retrocession of Alexandria, Va., n.d.
                 Right of constituents to instruct their representatives,
                 1819
                 Slavery and abolitionists, 1832[?]
                 "Solitude," 1842
                 [Taxation], n.d.
                 Valedictory, 1842
                 [War of 1812], n.d.
                 Washington Benevolent Society, n.d.
                 Young Men of Washington, n.d.

        SENATE FILE, 1810 - 1890 , n.d.

 BOX 21          Absence from the Senate, 1826-1841
                 Abstracts
                        Florida, n.d.
                        Miscellaneous, n.d.
                        Official letters re foreign relations, n.d.
                 Adams, John Quincy, n.d.
                 American State Papers, foreign relations, correspondence,
                 1832
                 Canadian Free Trade Bill, 1851
                 Congressional documents and abstracts, n.d.
                 Excerpts and notes, 1831, n.d.
 BOX 22          Foreign relations, index, n.d.
                 France, n.d.
                 Index of Congressional documents, n.d.
                 Joint rules, United States House and Senate, n.d.
                 Miscellany, 1809-1890, n.d.
                 Nominations, 1813-1814
                 Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 1810-1836
                 (2 folders)
                 Resolutions on British aggression, n.d.
                 Rules of the United States Senate, 1849
                 Slave trade, index, n.d.

        SUBJECT FILE, 1813 - 1916 , n.d.

 BOX 23          Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of City of
                 Washington, 1829-1830, n.d.
                 (3 folders)
                 Church matters, 1842, 1854, n.d.
                 Civil War, passes, 1861-63
                 Compromise of 1850, 1849-50
                 Copied correspondence of George Washington and others,
                 n.d.
                 (2 folders)
                 Daily regimen of Lewis H. Machen, n.d.
                 Epitaphs and cemetery matters, 1819, 1860, n.d.
                 Fairfax Agricultural Club, Virginia, 1852
 BOX 24          Farming Memoranda, "Walney," Va., 1839-1849
                 Fisher, Alvon, paintings, 1838-1839
                 French, Benjamin Brown, 1846
                 Genealogy, 1864, n.d.
                 Jackson, Andrew, character, 1831
                 Lanier, Sidney, 1881-1916, n.d.
                 Library catalog, n.d.
                 Lists of correspondents, n.d.
                 Machen, Rebecca, 1820-1849, n.d.
                 Miscellaneous, 1871-1899, n.d.
                 Photographs and portrait, n.d.
                 Slaves, 1819-1859
                 Tennessee militia, 1813
                 Westminster Churchyard, Baltimore, Md., 1908-1909

        LEGAL FILE, 1807 - 1854 , n.d.

 BOX 25          Agreement, L. H. Machen and H. D. Clark, 1819
                 Miscellaneous, 1853
                 Neil vs. Minifie, 1810
                 Pension claim of Mrs. Ann Powell, 1841
                 Settlement of estate of Thomas Machen, 1807-1815
                 (2 folders)
                 Settlement of Pease estate, 1819-1822
                 Wills of Sarah F. Orne, 1854

        FINANCIAL FILE, 1820 - 1848 , n.d.

 BOX 25          Baxter family letterbook, business correspondence,
                 1839-1848
                 Memorandum of expenses, 1834
                 Metropolis Bank stock, Noah Fletcher, 1820
                 Miscellaneous, n.d.
                 Weekly reports, "Walney," 1848

        ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1833 - 1889

        Microfilm edition available. Shelf no. 17,150
 BOX 26          Account book and financial memoranda, 1845-1849
                 Household accounts, 1864-1873
                 Machen, James P., 1858-1889
                 Machen, Lewis H., 1833-1857

        PRINTED MATTER, 1802 - 1863 , n.d.

 BOX 27          Scrapbooks
                        1802-1863
                        ca. 1809-1834
 BOX 28          Pamphlets
                        An Examination of the Civil Administration of Gov.
                        Jackson in Florida, 1828
                        The Comet, vol. 1, nos. 1-6, and extra, Feb.-May
                        1842
                        Constitution and rules of the United States
                        Senate, 1806, 1814, 1820, 1836
                        (3 folders)
                        Miscellaneous, 1820-1879, n.d.
                        (2 folders)
                        Newspapers, 1827-1863
                        Report on the Trial of the Tennessee Militiamen,
                        1828
                        Rules of the Senate, 1851, 1857

        DIARIES AND DIARY TRANSCRIPTIONS, 1860 - 1865

 BOX 29          Diaries
                        Gresham, LeRoy Wiley,
                                4 Jan. 1860-8 Jan. 1865
                                (6 folders)
 BOX 30                         1 Jan.-9 June, 1865
                                Transcriptions, 1860-1865
                                (4 folders)

        MACHEN - GRESHAM CORRESPONDENCE, 1871 - 1889

 BOX 31          Gresham, Minnie, to Machen, Arthur W., 1872-1873
                 (3 folders)
                 Machen, Arthur W., to Gresham, Minnie, 1871-1889
                 (4 folders)

        GRESHAM FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE, 1804 - 1925 , n.d.

 BOX 31          1804-1854
                 (2 folders)
 BOX 32          1855-1870
                 (8 folders)
 BOX 33          1871-1925, n.d.
                 (8 folders)
.

Appendix

Note: Partial index to General Correspondence series

   * Brooks, Kendall
        o Nov. 14, 1843
        o Dec. 1843
        o Nov. 29, 1844
        o Apr. 1, 1845
        o Sept. 23, 1845
        o Jan. 15, 1846
        o May 18, 1846
        o Sept. 29, 1846
        o Mar. 15, 1847
        o Sept. 14, 1847
        o Jan. 19, 1848
        o May 18, 1848
        o Mar. 19, 1849
        o Oct. 5, 1849
        o Apr. 15, 1850
   * Cilley, Joseph
        o Mar. 15, 1847
        o June 21, 1847
   * Clayton, John M.
        o 1853
        o 1856
   * Clayton, Thomas
        o Mar. 20, 1847
        o June 7, 1847
        o Jan. 14, 1848
   * Davis, John
        o Oct. 10, 1842
        o 1846
   * Day, Jeremiah
        o Jan. 6, 1837
   * Dickens, Asbury
        o June 26, 1837
        o July 15, 1837
        o Sept. 13, 1838
        o Oct. 4, 1838
        o Oct. 8, 1838
        o Oct. 12, 1838
        o Apr. 5, 1846
        o Oct. 18, 1847
        o Nov. 3, 1847
        o Sept. 22, 1848
        o Oct. 2, 1848
        o Nov. 15, 1848
        o Oct. 10, 1849
        o Apr. 4, 1851
        o Oct. 15, 1853
        o June 14, 1855
        o Sept. 25, 1856
        o Oct. 10, 1857
        o July 31, 1858
        o Oct. 21, 1858
        o Apr. 8, 1859
        o Apr. 27, 1859
   * Eaton, John H. (See Container 24, Machen, Rebecca)
        o Apr. 28, 1834
        o May 24, 1834
   * Fendall, Philip H.
        o Apr. 7, 1835
   * Findley, William
        o Apr. 20, 1818
   * Force, Manning Q.
        o Aug. 1842
        o May 6, 1846
        o June 24, 1846
   * Force, Peter
        o Aug. 27, 1836
   * Goldsborough, Robert H.
        o Sept. 14, 1836
   * Ingersoll, Charles J.
        o June 2, 1858
        o June 9, 1858
        o Mar. 29, 1859
   * Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby
        o Oct. 20, 1850
   * Langdell, Christopher Columbus
        o Mar. 19, 1856
        o Feb. 18, 1858
   * Lewis, William B.
        o Feb. 7, 1824
   * Lowrie, Walter
        o Sept. 24, 1827
        o Sept. 15, 1828
        o June 4, 1831
        o Aug. 15, 1831
        o Aug. 2, 1832
        o Aug. 15, 1832
        o Aug. 27, 1832
        o Aug. 30, 1832
        o May 24, 1833
        o July 25, 1836
        o Aug. 25, 1836
        o Dec. 3, 1836
        o Jan. 12, 1837
        o Mar. 13, 1849
   * Niles, John M.
        o Sept. 21, 1836
   * Norvall, John
        o Oct. 26, 1836
   * Parsons, Theophilus
        o Sept. 20, 1852
        o July 22, 1853
        o Sept. 27, 1853
        o Dec. 3, 1853
        o 1853
        o Apr. 15, 1854
        o Mar. 13, 1855
        o Mar. 21, 1855
        o Apr. 23, 1855
        o Oct. 19, 1855
        o Nov. 14, 1855
        o Nov. 26, 1855
        o Jan. 5, 1856
        o Feb. 26, 1856
        o Mar. 29, 1856
        o Apr. 9, 1856
        o May 27, 1856
        o June 9, 1856
        o June 24, 1856
        o July 11, 1856
        o July 17, 1856
        o July 21, 1856
        o Aug. 15, 1856
        o Sept. 25, 1857
        o 1857
        o Jan. 4, 1858
        o Jan. 25, 1859
        o Nov. 15, 1859
   * Rives, William C.
        o Oct. 31, 1836
        o Apr. 4, 1839
        o Nov. 19, 1854
        o Dec. 20, 1854
        o June 10, 1856
        o June 18, 1856
        o Apr. 7, 1858
        o Apr. 21, 1858
        o May 3, 1858
        o May 2, 1859
        o June 2, 1860
   * Robbins, Asher
        o Sept. 10, 1836
   * Shepley, Ether
        o Oct. 1, 1836
   * Silliman, Benjamin
        o Oct. 7, 1833
   * Slade, William
        o Dec. 29, 1829
   * Southard, Samuel L.
        o Sept. 10, 1836
   * Swift, Benjamin
        o Sept. 17, 1836
   * Van Ness, John P.
        o June 3, 1837
   * Whelpley, James D.
        o Nov. 16, 1847
        o Mar. 25, 1849
        o May 28, 1849
        o June 26, 1849
        o June 27, 1849
        o July 1, 1849
        o Aug. 1, 1849
        o Aug. 27, 1849
        o Sept. 27, 1849
        o Nov. 3, 1849
        o Feb. 26, 1850
        o July 3, 1850
        o Aug. 24, 1850
        o Feb. 3, 1851

            
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