Townsend, John D. (John Drake), 1835-1896.

Papers of the American author. Undated bound typescript with corrections of a book about New York City politics, New York in Bondage (1901).

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Letter written by the American founding father to a lawyer in New London, Connecticut.

Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Irish politician and author, mostly on personal and financial topics.

Monroe, James, 1758-1831.

Two letters written by President James Monroe.

Watson, Joseph, 1784-1841.

Correspondence to and from Joseph Watson when he was Mayor of Philadelphia.

Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.

Approximately 45 letters to and from the American author and Secretary of the Navy.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.

Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.

Van Buren, John, 1810-1866.

American attorney and politician, New York Attorney General. Collection consists of a single document, addressed to Enos T. Throop, governor of New York, giving some legal opinions.

McKeon, John, 1808-1883.

Letters from Congressman John McKeon, most to Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson

Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Correspondence, speeches, writings, biographical material about the Vermont senator and representative.

Sherman, John, 1823-1900.

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.

Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932.

U.S. Army officer (U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War) and legislator (U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, 1877-1885, 1905-1911). Collection contains correspondence, primarily from 1881-1883, when Keifer was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two items of miscellany. Incoming letters, mostly from military and political figures, of Susan B. Anthony, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Carrie Chapman Catt, James A. Garfield, Marcus A. Hanna, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Nicholas Longworth, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, William Howard Taft, Leonard Wood, and others.

Pruyn, John V. L. (John VanSchaick Lansing), 1811-1877.

Correspondence (incoming only) to the American attorney, politician and philanthropist and his wife.

Blaine, James Gillespie, ‡d 1830-1893.

Correspondence and clippings related to the legislator from Maine.

Flanagan, James H., Jr.

James Flanagan was a New York politician and businessman; he was active in the local Democratic Party, served as Supervisor for the town of Vienna and as Treasurer for Oneida County, and was Assistant Superintendent of Public Works for the Middle Division of the New York State Canals. The collection contains photographs (mostly personal in nature), correspondence, maps, and financial and legal documents relating primarily to his work with the town of Vienna and with the Canal system.

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881.

Two letters written by the American President.

McMahon, John Daniel.

Incoming and outgoing correspondence with New York State lawyer, politican and legislator John Daniel McMahon. Much of it concerns Democratic Party politics and activities.

Hay, John, 1838-1905.

Papers of the American biographer, historian, journalist, statesman; Ambassador to Great Britain, later Secretary of State under President William McKinley. Bound collection of 35 Hay letters written between 1886 and 1905 to financier and philanthropist Samuel Mather (1851-1931).

Lynch, John Arthur.

Petition from John Arthur Lynch to President Grover Cleveland, regarding his dismissal from a clerkship and requesting reinstatement, partially on the grounds of his military service during the Civil War.

Whitney, James Pliny, Sir, 1843-1914.

Canadian member of Parliament. Collection contains correspondence.