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Creator
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Call number
MssCol 595
Physical description
.2 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
Schuyler Colfax papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Schuyler Colfax, Jr. (1823-1885) was a United States Representative from Indiana, Speaker of the House, and the 17th Vice President of the United States under Ulysses S. Grant. The Schuyler Colfax papers consist of one folder of incoming and outgoing letters, invitations to the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and a few financial documents. Also included is a roll call from the house of representatives voting on the passage of the 13th amendment in 1865

Administrative information

Custodial history

Some material originated in the Ford and Thomas J. Taylor collections.

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

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Alternative form available

Correspondence is available on microfilm