Creator:
Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Dennison), 1811-1883.
Inclusive Dates:
1839- 1880
Abstract:
Papers of the New York State governor, U.S. Senator. Eighteen outgoing letters and 1 incoming item concerning such topics as the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson and the commercial prospects for American-Chinese trade. Letters to James T. Brady, John Brainard, Ezra Cornell, Elliot C. Cowdin, William A. Graham, L. Bradford Prince, Edwin A. Studwell, and Gideon Welles.
Type of Material:
Letters (correspondence)
Subject:
Governors.
Legislators.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Legislators -- United States.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877.
Creator:
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937.
Inclusive Dates:
1874- 1935
Abstract:
Papers of the American lawyer, politician, U.S. Secretary of War under President McKinley, U.S. Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, following the death of John Hay, and United States Senator from New York. Letters, 125 of which are outgoing, which include discussions concerning national and state Republican Party politics. Several letters are responses to speaking and/or dinner invitations as well as recommendations for various appointments. Correspondents include Cephas Brainerd, Henry Billings Brown, Charles Butler, Julius Chambers, Henry J. Cookinham, William E. Curtis, Charles B. Elliott, Robert Ely, John H. Finley, Henry W. Fishel, Jacob Gallinger, Paul Hickok, Frank Wayland Higgins, Willis Johnson, Adrian Joline, John Knox, Samuel Koenig, Chester Lord, Isabel Lord, William McAdoo, Richard McCurdy, Martin McMahon, Charles Miller, Benjamin B. Odell, William C. Osborn, Ellis Robb, Arthur Saunders, and others.
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.
Legislators.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Legislators -- United States.
Political parties -- New York (State) -- History -- Sources.
Politicians -- United States.