Found 3 collections related to Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence

Collection consists mainly of letters written by American lawyer and politician Louis McLane, with most items dating from his tenure as United States Secretary of the Treasury. Content relates mostly to professional matters, such as distribution of federal funds and pensions for veterans of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, with many letters to Joseph Gales of the publishing firm Gales and Seaton discussing political events of the day. Other recipients include John C. Calhoun, Isaac McKim, and Mississippi governor Charles Lynch. Also present are several financial documents, autographs, and an engraving of McLane less

Letters and drafts of letters from American statesman Richard Rush (1780-1859) relating to official, legal, and political issues, as well as social matters. Most are brief, but more extensive letters discuss the burning of Washington, slavery and abolition, and the establishment and regulation of fisheries in Newfoundland. Recipients include Albert Gallatin, Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, James Madison, and others. less

Daniel Stevens Dickinson (1800-1866) was a New York politician, most notable as a United States Senator from 1844 to 1851. The letters in the collection were written by Dickinson to various parties, including President Andrew Johnson, Kansas governor Thomas A. Osborn, and relate to both professional and political matters less