John A.J. Creswell papers, 1819-1885 (bulk 1862-1885).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 6,000 items; 21 containers plus 1 oversize; 8 linear feetSubject(s): - Carroll, Thomas King, 1793-1873 -- Correspondence
- Childs, George William, 1829-1894 -- Correspondence
- Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865 -- Correspondence
- Duncan, Levi -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905 -- Correspondence
- Hicks, Thomas Holliday, 1798-1865 -- Correspondence
- Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 -- Correspondence
- Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883 -- Correspondence
- Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 -- Correspondence
- Townsend, George Alfred, 1841-1914 -- Correspondence
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 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 -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Claims
- Cabinet officers
- Lawyers
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- Maryland
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Maryland
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.
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