Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson) 1798-1888 creator mixed material monographic eng 54,000 105 5 33 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. Open to research. 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 Philanthropists Corcoran, Thomas, 1754-1830 mm 77016899 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095.3 Open to research. DLC 770819 20260227111617.0 mm 77016899