04289cpcaa2200733 4500 mm 78016139 DLC 20260227111622.0 cr ||||||||||| 790607|||||||||||| eng mm 78016139 ms 62004635 DLC dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856. John M. Clayton papers, 1798-1868 (bulk 1819-1850). 1,300 items. 13 containers. 2.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, legal records, memoir of Clayton written by Robert Montgomery Bird, and newspaper clippings pertaining chiefly to Clayton's service as U.S. secretary of state, 1849-1850. Subjects include negotiations for the Clayton-Bulwer treaty of 1850 between the U.S. and Great Britain, Whig Party politics, and the Pea Patch Island controversy, 1819-1847, between Delaware and New Jersey. Correspondents include James A. Bayard; Thomas Hart Benton; Robert Montgomery Bird; Henry Lytton Bulwer, Baron Dalling and Bulwer; Henry Clay; John J. Crittenden; Charles Augustus Davis; Millard Fillmore; Samuel M. Harrington; Reverdy Johnson; Abbott Lawrence; Willie Person Mangum; Morton McMichael; William C. Rives; William Henry Seward; E.G. Squier; Zachary Taylor; J. Watson Webb; Daniel Webster; Elisha Whittlesey; Robert C. Winthrop; and members of the Du Pont family. Farmer, lawyer, and statesman. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009168 Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880 Correspondence. Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 Correspondence. Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806-1854 Correspondence. Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 Correspondence. Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863 Correspondence. Dalling and Bulwer, Henry Lytton Bulwer, Baron, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Davis, Charles Augustus, 1795-1867 Correspondence. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 Correspondence. Harrington, Samuel M. (Samuel Maxwell), 1803-1865 Correspondence. Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 Correspondence. Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855 Correspondence. Mangum, Willie Person, 1792-1861 Correspondence. McMichael, Morton, 1807-1879 Correspondence. Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888 Correspondence. Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 Correspondence. Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1802-1884 Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 Correspondence. Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894 Correspondence. Du Pont family Correspondence. Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1850 April 19. United States. Department of State. Whig Party (U.S.) Delaware Boundaries New Jersey. Great Britain Foreign relations United States. New Jersey Boundaries Delaware. Pea Patch Island (Del.) History. United States Foreign relations Great Britain. United States Politics and government 1849-1853. Cabinet officers. itoamc Farmers. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Statesmen. itoamc Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806-1854. John M. Clayton memoir. undated. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009168 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009168.3 39793 39793