08845cpcaa2201477 a 4500 mm 77016899 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 770819|||||||||||| eng mm 77016899 ms 78001706 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson), 1798-1888. W.W. Corcoran papers, 1791-1896 (bulk 1849-1888). 54,000 items. 105 containers. 5 microfilm reels. 33 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1829-1862; Series 2: Incoming Letters, 1791-1888; Series 3: Outgoing Letters, 1845-1888; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1857-1859; Series 5: Financial Records, 1810-1896; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1821-1891. Open to research. Correspondence, letterpress books, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts. Documents his involvement with the brokerage and banking firms, Corcoran & Riggs, Washington, D.C.; Riggs and Co, New York, N.Y.; Bank of America; and Wilson, Colston & Co., Baltimore, Md. Also documents his investment ventures in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; Little Miami Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company; California and Texas debts; Dubuque, Iowa, bonds; the "Great Superior Scheme" in Wisconsin; and Mississippi land holdings. Includes material pertaining to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Louise Home, Washington, D.C.; and social life in Washington, D.C. Also includes correspondence and financial records of Corcoran's father, Thomas Corcoran. Correspondents include William Aiken, George Bancroft, August Belmont, John C. Breckinridge, Arthur Brice, Jesse D. Bright, James Buchanan, Thomas Green Clemson, Leslie Combs, Jefferson Davis, John Wesley Davis, Daniel S. Dickinson, Stephen A. Douglas, Alexander Doyle, Edward Everett, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Millard Fillmore, John W. Forney, Edward Miner Gallaudet, John Lane Gardner, Friedrich Karl Joseph von Gerolt, Ransom H. Gillet, Gabriel Harrison, Joseph Henry, Alexander von Humboldt, R.M.T. Hunter, Anthony Hyde, Robert Ward Johnson, George Wallace Jones, J. William Jones, Amos Kendall, Charles Lanman, Robert E. Lee, J.M. Mason, Junius Spencer Morgan, George Peabody, James Renwick, Elisha Riggs, Lawrason Riggs, David Rorer, Philip Slaughter, William Wetmore Story, Aaron Vail, Charles S. Venable, Robert J. Walker, Daniel Webster, James Grant Wilson, and Robert C. Winthrop. Microfilm edition of letterbook indexes available, no. 18,492. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1982. Miniature painting of Louise Amory Morris transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Financier and philanthropist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095 Aiken, William, 1806-1887 Correspondence. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 Correspondence. Belmont, August, 1816-1890 Correspondence. Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875 Correspondence. Brice, Arthur Correspondence. Bright, Jesse D. (Jesse David), 1812-1875 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 Correspondence. Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881 Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Correspondence. Davis, John Wesley, 1799-1859 Correspondence. Dickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens), 1800-1866 Correspondence. Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861 Correspondence. Doyle, Alexander, 1857-1922 Correspondence. Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 Correspondence. Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917 Correspondence. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Correspondence. Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881 Correspondence. Gallaudet, Edward Miner, 1837-1917 Correspondence. Gardner, John Lane, 1793-1869 Correspondence. Gerolt, Friedrich Karl Joseph von, approximately 1798-1879 Correspondence. Gillet, Ransom H. (Ransom Hooker), 1800-1876 Correspondence. Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902 Correspondence. Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Correspondence. Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 Correspondence. Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 Correspondence. Hyde, Anthony Correspondence. Johnson, Robert Ward, 1814-1879 Correspondence. Jones, George Wallace, 1804-1896 Correspondence. Jones, J. William (John William), 1836-1909 Correspondence. Kendall, Amos, 1789-1869 Correspondence. Lanman, Charles, 1819-1895 Correspondence. Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 Correspondence. Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871 Correspondence. Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1813-1890 Correspondence. Peabody, George, 1795-1869 Correspondence. Renwick, James, 1818-1895 Correspondence. Riggs, Elisha, 1826-1881 Correspondence. Riggs, Lawrason, 1814-1884 Correspondence. Rorer, David, 1806-1884 Correspondence. Slaughter, Philip, 1808-1890 Correspondence. Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895 Correspondence. Vail, Aaron, 1796-1878 Correspondence. Venable, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1827-1900 Correspondence. Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914 Correspondence. Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894 Correspondence. Corcoran family. Corcoran family Correspondence. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Bank of America. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Corcoran & Riggs. Corcoran Gallery of Art. Little Miami Railroad Company. Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company. Riggs and Co. Wilson, Colston & Co. Art museums Washington (D.C.) Banks and banking. Banks and banking Maryland Baltimore. Banks and banking New York (State) New York. Banks and banking Washington (D.C.) Business brokerage. Business brokerage Maryland Baltimore. Business brokerage New York (State) New York. Business brokerage Washington (D.C.) Canals Maryland. Canals Washington (D.C.) Endowments. Finance. Finance California. Finance Iowa Dubuque. Finance Texas. Railroads. Railroads Finance. Railroads Finance Wisconsin. Railroads Delaware. Railroads Maryland. Railroads Ohio. Railroads Pennsylvania. Railroads Virginia. Railroads West Virginia. Real estate investment. Real estate investment Mississippi. Speculation. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Financiers. itoamc Philanthropists. itoamc Corcoran, Thomas, 1754-1830. Thomas Corcoran correspondence and financial records. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095.3 39440 39440