Fisher, George P. (George Purnell) 1817-1899 creator mixed material monographic eng 200 2 1 1.0 Correspondence, speeches, essays, legal records, commissions, biographical sketches, and other papers relating to Fisher's legal career and other subjects. Letters to Fisher from John M. Clayton concern Delaware politics, Oregon boundary question, Mexican War, and opposition to Clayton as U.S. secretary of state. Other correspondence pertains to the legal practice of Nicholas Ridgely of Delaware. Includes an essay by Fisher on the trial of John H. Surratt for plotting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, Ann Ridgely Du Pont, Hannibal Hamlin, Edward Joy Morris, Frederick William Seward, Daniel Webster, and Thurlow Weed. Open to research. Public official and judge of the supreme court of the District Columbia. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072 Index of the general correspondence and special correspondence of others available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/f-aids/ms012072.appx.pdf Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Correspondence Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Correspondence Clayton, John M. (John Middleton) 1796-1856 Clayton, John M. (John Middleton) 1796-1856 Correspondence Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan) 1787-1863 Correspondence Du Pont, Ann Ridgely 1815-1898 Correspondence Hamlin, Hannibal 1809-1891 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination Morris, Edward Joy 1815-1881 Correspondence Ridgely, Nicholas 1762-1830 Seward, Frederick William 1830-1915 Correspondence Surratt, John H. (John Harrison) 1844-1916 Trials, litigation, etc Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 Correspondence Weed, Thurlow 1797-1882 Correspondence District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936) Courts Washington (D.C.) Mexican War, 1846-1848 Practice of law Delaware Practice of law Washington (D.C.) Trials (Conspiracy) Delaware Politics and government Oregon Boundaries Jurists Public officials mm 75020636 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072.3 Open to research. DLC 750331 20260227111616.0 mm 75020636