Langdon, William Chauncy 1831-1895 creator mixed material monographic eng 800 3 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. Open to research. 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 Clergy Lawyers mm 76051094 Open to research. DLC 770316 20260227111617.0 mm 76051094