John A.J. Creswell papers,
Creswell, John A. J. 1828-1891.
John A.J. Creswell papers, 1819-1885 (bulk 1862-1885). - 6,000 items. 21 1 containers plus oversize. 8 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and scrapbooks concerning Creswell's law practice and political career in Maryland, patronage, his duties as adjutant general of Maryland (1862-1863), military draft during the Civil War, the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1867, and American claims regarding the CSS Alabama (Screw sloop). Correspondents include Thomas King Carroll, George William Childs, Henry Winter Davis, Levi Duncan, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph R. Hawley, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Reverdy Johnson, Edwin D. Morgan, Whitelaw Reid, George Alfred Townsend, and E.B. Washburne.
Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Maryland, and U.S. postmaster general.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109
mm 78017236
Carroll, Thomas King, 1793-1873 --Correspondence.
Childs, George William, 1829-1894 --Correspondence.
Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865 --Correspondence.
Duncan, Levi--Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Hawley, Joseph R. 1826-1905 --Correspondence.
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 --Correspondence.
Morgan, Edwin D. 1811-1883 --Correspondence.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence.
Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914 --Correspondence.
Washburne, E. B. 1816-1887 --Correspondence.
Maryland. Adjutant General.
Maryland. Constitutional Convention (1867)
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Alabama claims.
Constitutional conventions--Maryland.
Draft--United States.
Patronage, Political.
Practice of law--Maryland.
Maryland--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cabinet officers.
Lawyers.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Maryland.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Maryland.
John A.J. Creswell papers, 1819-1885 (bulk 1862-1885). - 6,000 items. 21 1 containers plus oversize. 8 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and scrapbooks concerning Creswell's law practice and political career in Maryland, patronage, his duties as adjutant general of Maryland (1862-1863), military draft during the Civil War, the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1867, and American claims regarding the CSS Alabama (Screw sloop). Correspondents include Thomas King Carroll, George William Childs, Henry Winter Davis, Levi Duncan, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph R. Hawley, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Reverdy Johnson, Edwin D. Morgan, Whitelaw Reid, George Alfred Townsend, and E.B. Washburne.
Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Maryland, and U.S. postmaster general.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109
mm 78017236
Carroll, Thomas King, 1793-1873 --Correspondence.
Childs, George William, 1829-1894 --Correspondence.
Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865 --Correspondence.
Duncan, Levi--Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence.
Hawley, Joseph R. 1826-1905 --Correspondence.
Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865 --Correspondence.
Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 --Correspondence.
Morgan, Edwin D. 1811-1883 --Correspondence.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence.
Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914 --Correspondence.
Washburne, E. B. 1816-1887 --Correspondence.
Maryland. Adjutant General.
Maryland. Constitutional Convention (1867)
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Alabama claims.
Constitutional conventions--Maryland.
Draft--United States.
Patronage, Political.
Practice of law--Maryland.
Maryland--Politics and government.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Cabinet officers.
Lawyers.
Representatives, U.S. Congress--Maryland.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Maryland.