Creator:
Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857.
Inclusive Dates:
1821- 1857
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. Senator (1831-1833); New York State Governor (1833-1838); U.S. Secretary of War under James K. Polk (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Incoming and outgoing letters concerning a wide variety of subjects such as the establishment of the State Geological Survey (G. W. Boyd, T. A. Conrad, John Delafield, Lardner Vanuxem); the use of volunteers for military service during the 1845-1848 war with Mexico (Silas Wright), the settlement of the New York-New Jersey boundary dispute (Andrew Jackson), the appropriation of public funds (Levi Woodbury, William C. Bouck), and the establishment of a State institution for the mentally handicapped (James B. Richards).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
New York (State) -- History -- 1775-1865.
New York (State) -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment.
United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Governors.
New York State
Politics, government and public administration
Governors -- New York (State)
Military service, Voluntary.
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Creator:
O'Geran, Graeme.
Inclusive Dates:
1783- 1991
Abstract:
Autographs of the first 41 presidents of the United States (Washington through George H. W. Bush) and a few of other notable individuals (among them Edison, Ford, and Firestone). Signed items include letters, documents and photographs.
Type of Material:
Autographs.
Photographs.
Subject:
Science and medicine
Politics, government and public administration
Inventors -- Autographs.
Presidents of the United States -- Autographs.
Autographs -- Collections.