03692cpcaa2200673 4500 mm 76051094 DLC 20260227111617.0 770316|||||||||||| eng mm 76051094 ms 77001541 DLC DLC DLC N lcmd Langdon, William Chauncy, 1831-1895. William Chauncy Langdon papers, 1600-1903 (bulk 1846-1863). 800 items. 3 containers. Open to research. Correspondence, diary (1865), journals (1850-1856), subject files, printed material, Langdon (Langston) family genealogical records, and other papers concerning Langdon's invention of card games (1846-1847), his work as professor of astronomy at Shelby College, Ky., and in the U.S. Patent Office (1851-1856), his long career as an Episcopal clergyman, his role in the founding of the Y.M.C.A. movement, especially in Washington, D.C., travels in Europe, Civil War, Clay-Webster debates, and the administrations of Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Correspondents include Langdon family members, A. D. Bache, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Breckinridge, Phillips Brooks, Benjamin R. Curtis, George T. Curtis, George M. Dallas, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Caroline Lee Hentz, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, Matthew F. Maury, Thaddeus Stevens, and George Ticknor. Astronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 Correspondence. Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 Correspondence. Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Correspondence. Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893 Correspondence. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852. Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, 1809-1874 Correspondence. Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894 Correspondence. Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864 Correspondence. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874. Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 Correspondence. Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896 Correspondence. Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Correspondence. Hentz, Caroline Lee Whiting, 1800-1856 Correspondence. Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 Correspondence. Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 Correspondence. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 Correspondence. Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 Correspondence. Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Langston family. Langston family Correspondence. United States. Patent Office. Episcopal Church. Shelby College. Young Men's Christian Association (Washington, D.C.) Young Men's Christian associations. Astronomy. Card games. Universities and colleges Kentucky Shelbyville. Europe Description and travel. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Astronomers. itoamc Clergy. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc 39417 39417