E. B. Washburne papers, 1829-1889 (bulk 1852-1882).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 37,000 items; 143 containers; 31.4 linear feetSubject(s): - Aldrich, Cyrus, 1808-1871 -- Correspondence
- Arnold, Isaac Newton, 1815-1884 -- Correspondence
- Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 -- Correspondence
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 -- Correspondence
- Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898 -- Correspondence
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 -- Correspondence
- Bradley, William Harrison, 1848-1929 -- Correspondence
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 -- Correspondence
- Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft), 1822-1907 -- Correspondence
- Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879 -- Correspondence
- Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901 -- Correspondence
- Favre, Jules, 1809-1880 -- Correspondence
- Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 -- Correspondence
- Gramont, Antoine Alfred Agénor, duc de, 1819-1880 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Correspondence
- Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908 -- Correspondence
- Jay, John, 1817-1894 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899 -- Correspondence
- Moran, Benjamin, 1820-1886 -- Correspondence
- Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892 -- Correspondence
- Ray, Charles Henry -- Correspondence
- Richard, Daniel, active 1852-1882 -- Correspondence
- Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900 -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 -- Correspondence
- Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 -- Correspondence
- Stephenson, Charles L. -- Correspondence
- Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882 -- Correspondence
- Commune de Paris (France : 1789-1794)
- Whig Party (U.S.)
- Diplomatic and consular service, American -- France
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871
- Germans -- France
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- France -- Foreign relations -- United States
- France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940
- Germany
- Illinois -- Politics and government
- Paris (France) -- History
- United States -- Appropriations and expenditures
- United States -- Commerce
- United States -- Foreign relations -- France
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Diplomats
- Historians
- Lawyers
- Representatives, U.S. Congress -- Illinois
Open to research.
Correspondence covering Washburne's career as a member of Congress in the Civil War era, 1853-1869, and as minister to France, 1869-1877. Subjects include Abraham Lincoln, appropriations, commerce, Commune de Paris, Franco-Prussian War, Germany, German residents of France, Ulysses S. Grant, seige of Paris, 1870-1871, Reconstruction, France's Third Republic, and Whig politics in Illinois and the U.S.
Correspondents include Cyrus Aldrich, Isaac Newton Arnold, Adam Badeau, George Bancroft, Otto Fürst von Bismarck, James Gillespie Blaine, William Harrison Bradley, Salmon P. Chase, J. C. Bancroft Davis, John A. Dix, William Maxwell Evarts, Jules Favre, Hamilton Fish, Antoine Alfred Agénor duc de Gramont, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Murat Halstead, John Jay, Joseph Medill, Benjamin Moran, Edwards Pierrepont, Charles Henry Ray, Daniel Richard, Robert Cumming Schenck, John Sherman, William T. Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Charles L. Stephenson, and Cadwallader C. Washburn.
U.S. representative from Illinois, diplomat, lawyer, and historian.
Collection material in English.
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