Creswell, John A. J. (John Angel James) 1828-1891 creator mixed material monographic eng 6,000 21 1 8 Correspondence, letterbooks, account books, and scrapbooks concerning Creswell's law practice and political career in Maryland, patronage, his duties as adjutant general of Maryland (1862-1863), military draft during the Civil War, the Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1867, and American claims regarding the CSS Alabama (Screw sloop). Correspondents include Thomas King Carroll, George William Childs, Henry Winter Davis, Levi Duncan, Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph R. Hawley, Thomas Holliday Hicks, Reverdy Johnson, Edwin D. Morgan, Whitelaw Reid, George Alfred Townsend, and E.B. Washburne. Open to research. Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Maryland, and U.S. postmaster general. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109 Carroll, Thomas King 1793-1873 Correspondence Childs, George William 1829-1894 Correspondence Davis, Henry Winter 1817-1865 Correspondence Duncan, Levi Correspondence Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Correspondence Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) 1826-1905 Correspondence Hicks, Thomas Holliday 1798-1865 Correspondence Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876 Correspondence Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison) 1811-1883 Correspondence Reid, Whitelaw 1837-1912 Correspondence Townsend, George Alfred 1841-1914 Correspondence Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin) 1816-1887 Correspondence Maryland. Adjutant General. Maryland. Constitutional Convention (1867) Alabama (Screw sloop) Alabama claims Constitutional conventions Maryland Draft United States Patronage, Political Practice of law Maryland Maryland Politics and government United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Claims Cabinet officers Lawyers Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress mm 78017236 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009109.3 Open to research. DLC 781002 20260227111622.0 mm 78017236