Creator:
Cole, Ashley W., 1841-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1882- 1916
Abstract:
Papers of the American editor, railroad commissioner, executive
secretary to New York State Governor Levi P. Morton. Incoming correspondence concerning railroads (Avery Andrews,
Paul D. Cravath, Chauncey M. Depew, James Jerome Hill, Jeremiah Jenks, Theodore Roosevelt); politics (Thomas Collier
Platt, L. Bradford Prince); the John Ericsson monument in New York City (Jonathan Scott Hartley); and the personal life
of actress Louise D. (Mrs. Leslie) Carter.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Journalism
New York State
Railroads
Patronage, Political -- New York (State)
Railroads and state -- New York (State)
Creator:
Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920.
Inclusive Dates:
1860- 1912
Abstract:
Papers of the Congressman from New York, United
States minister to France, Vice-President of the United States, and Republican governor of New York State.
Collection contains mostly incoming correspondence from clergymen, educators, financiers, journalists, and
politicians. Some letters are addressed to Morton's executive secretary, Ashley W. Cole.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1865-
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898.
Governors.
Politicians.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Patronage, Political -- New York (State)