Schuyler Colfax papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"595", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Schuyler Colfax papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"ca. 1860-1880", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1860/1880"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (1 folder)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Correspondence is available on microfilm</p>"}

physloc

{"value"=>"MssCol 595", "type"=>"local_call", "supress_display"=>true}

abstract

{"value"=>"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"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material originated in the Ford and Thomas J. Taylor collections.</p>"}

date_inclusive_start

1860

date_inclusive_end

1880

keydate

1860

prefercite

{"value"=>"Schuyler Colfax papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1860

date_end

1880

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