Creator:
Sherman, John, 1823-1900.
Inclusive Dates:
1852- 1898
Abstract:
Papers of the American statesman. Sherman was a U.S. Congressional representative from Ohio, 1855-61; U.S. Senator, 1861-77; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; U.S. Senator, 1881-97; and U.S. Secretary of State, 1897-98. Cf. Dictionary of national biography. Letters on fiscal policy, political issues, appointments, and the Republican Party, written to Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Ulysses S. Grant, and others.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Legislators.
Politicians.
Statesmen.
Politics, government and public administration
Politicians -- United States.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Creator:
Simeon, John, Sir, 1815-1870.
Inclusive Dates:
1824- 1870
Abstract:
Papers of the British politician. Simeon, 3rd baronet and eldest son of Sir Richard Godwin Simeon, was born and lived most of his life at Swainston on the Isle of Wight. Succeeding to the title in 1854, Simeon, following a career in the Navy, served as a Member of Parliament from the Isle of Wight from 1847 to 1851, and again between 1865 and 1870. Nearly 350 incoming letters to Sir John Simeon from prominent Victorians, including literary figures, politicians, religious leaders, scholars and statesmen.
Type of Material:
Subject:
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Isle of Wight (England) -- History -- 19th century.
Isle of Wight (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Isle of Wight (England) -- Political activity -- 19th century.
Isle of Wight (England) -- Politics and government.
Isle of Wight (England) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
Legislators.
Politicians.
Literature -- British
Legislators -- England -- Isle of Wight.
Politicians -- England -- Isle of Wight.
Catholics -- Great Britain.
Creator:
Sulzer, William, 1863-1941.
Inclusive Dates:
1898- 1941
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State governor (1913), congressional representative (1895-1913), lawyer. Collection includes mostly outgoing letters, a few of which (Eugene Brewster, Everett Wheeler) refer to Tammany Hall and the impeachment proceedings against the then-Governor. Also a group of 11 incoming letters is in connection with a dinner given by Sulzer in honor of Perry Belmont.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State), History, 1865-
New York (State), Politics and government, 1865-1950.
Governors.
Legislators.
Politicians.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Governors, New York (State)
Legislators, United States.
Political parties, New York (State), History, Sources.