Thomas Law papers, (Record no. 43137)
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| LC control number | mm 81029587 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 82001205 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | C |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Law, Thomas, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1756-1834. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Thomas Law papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1795-1864 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1795-1821). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 125 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 |
| Type of unit | container. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 0.4 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, diary, speeches, poems, business papers, account book, and other material relating principally to Law's interest in the development of Washington, D.C., and the promotion of a national currency. Other topics include the Bank of the United States, the War of 1812, the Napoleonic Wars. and Law's dispute with Alexander Scott in 1817 over the sale of two slaves, Dennis and Walter Thomas, whom Law represented before a Maryland court on a petition to secure their freedom. Includes a small group of papers (1829-1864) of Law's grandson, Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896). Correspondents include Law's wife, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, his sons, Edmund Law and John Law, James Barry, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, John F. Mifflin, Robert Oliver, and members of the Westcott family. |
| 533 ## - REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Type of reproduction | Photostats, in part. |
| Place of reproduction | [S.l.]. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Merchant and speculator. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barry, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1755?-1808 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1764-1820 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Law, Edmund, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1790-1829 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1776-1832 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Law, John, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1784?-1822 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mifflin, John F. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Fishbourne), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1759-1813 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Oliver, Robert, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1757?-1834 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Scott, Alexander, |
| Dates associated with a name | active 1817. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomas, Dennis, |
| Dates associated with a name | active 1817. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomas, Walter, |
| Dates associated with a name | active 1817. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Westcott family |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Bank of the United States (1791-1811) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Courts |
| Geographic subdivision | Maryland. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Currency question |
| Geographic subdivision | United States. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Slavery |
| General subdivision | Law and legislation |
| Geographic subdivision | Maryland. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Slaves |
| General subdivision | Emancipation |
| Geographic subdivision | Maryland. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | War of 1812. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Washington (D.C.) |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Merchants. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Speculators. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rogers, Edmund Law. |
| Title of a work | Edmund Law Rogers papers. |
| Date of a work | 1829-1864. |
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