TY  - GEN
AU  - Fisher,George P.
TI  - George P. Fisher papers,
KW  - Buchanan, James,
KW  - Clay, Henry,
KW  - Clayton, John M.
KW  - Crittenden, John J.
KW  - Du Pont, Ann  Ridgely,
KW  - Hamlin, Hannibal,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Morris, Edward Joy,
KW  - Ridgely, Nicholas,
KW  - Seward, Frederick William,
KW  - Surratt, John H.
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Weed, Thurlow,
KW  - District of Columbia
KW  - Supreme Court (1863-1936)
KW  - Courts
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Practice of law
KW  - Delaware
KW  - Trials (Conspiracy)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Oregon
KW  - Boundaries
KW  - Jurists
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Public officials
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012072.3
ER  -