Zachariah Chandler papers, 1854-1899 (bulk 1854-1879).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 1,100 items; 9 containers; 4 microfilm reels; 1.8 linear feetSubject(s): - Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 -- Correspondence
- Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 -- Correspondence
- Creswell, John A. J. (John Angel James), 1828-1891 -- Correspondence
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876 -- Correspondence
- Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898 -- Correspondence
- Giddings, Marsh, 1816-1875 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
- Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920 -- Correspondence
- Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 -- Correspondence
- Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896 -- Correspondence
- Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878 -- Correspondence
- United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
- United States. Department of the Interior -- Officials and employees
- Republican Congressional Committee
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Slavery -- United States
- Michigan -- Politics and government -- 1837-1950
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1877
- Cabinet officers
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Michigan
- Microfilm edition available, no. 13,731.
Open to research.
Correspondence, principally letters received by Chandler from 1854 to 1879, relating chiefly to the early political history of Michigan and to the politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Reflects the views of the antislavery element of the Republican Party when Chandler was serving in the U.S. Senate on the Republican Congressional Committee and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of War and while he was chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce. Also contains an autograph book. Correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, James Gillespie Blaine, Simon Cameron, John A. J. Creswell, George Armstrong Custer, John Murray Forbes, Marsh Giddings, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Levi P. Morton, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Lyman Trumbull, and Benjamin Franklin Wade.
Microfilm edition available, no. 13,731.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1967.
U.S. secretary of the interior and U.S. senator from Michigan.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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