TY  - GEN
AU  - Cushing,Caleb
TI  - Caleb Cushing papers,
KW  - Bancroft, George,
KW  - Buchanan, James,
KW  - Butler, Benjamin F.
KW  - Campbell, James,
KW  - Choate, Rufus,
KW  - Davis, Jefferson,
KW  - Dobbin, James C.
KW  - Everett, Edward,
KW  - Fish, Hamilton,
KW  - Guthrie, James,
KW  - Johnson, Andrew,
KW  - Lieber, Francis,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - McClelland, Robert,
KW  - McCulloch, Hugh,
KW  - Marcy, William L.
KW  - Pierce, Franklin,
KW  - Pike, Albert,
KW  - Pillow, Gideon Johnson,
KW  - Rose, John,
KW  - Seward, William Henry,
KW  - Sparks, Jared,
KW  - Taney, Roger Brooke,
KW  - Tyler, John,
KW  - Webster, Daniel,
KW  - Whittier, John Greenleaf,
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Attorney General's Office
KW  - United States
KW  - Department of Justice
KW  - Office of the Attorney General
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.)
KW  - Geneva Arbitration Tribunal
KW  - United States and Mexican Claims Commission
KW  - Whig Party (U.S.)
KW  - North American review
KW  - Canals
KW  - Panama
KW  - Diplomatic and consular service, American
KW  - Land speculation
KW  - Mexican War, 1846-1848
KW  - Political parties
KW  - China
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Colombia
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Panama Canal (Panama)
KW  - History
KW  - Spain
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Claims
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Cabinet officers
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - Lawyers
KW  - Representatives, U.S
N1  - Open to research; Microfilm edition of selected correspondence, Dec. 1856-Dec. 1860 (conts. 79-88) available; no. 19,366; Microfilm edition of the treaty of Wang Hiya (Wanghsia), 1844 (oversize cont. 164) available; no. 21,859; Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division; Washington, D.C.; Library of Congress Photoduplication Service; 1986-1998
N2  - Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches, notes, notebooks, legal file, business papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting Cushing's role in national and international affairs of the mid-nineteenth century; Documents Cushing's service as U.S. representative from Massachusetts, commissioner to China, army officer in the War with Mexico, attorney general under Franklin Pierce, minister to Spain, and his work for the administrations of James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson.  Also documents Cushing's involvement in Democratic and Whig party politics; service as Massachusetts state legislator and associate justice; and diplomatic positions including counsel before a joint British and American commission leading to the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1871), special minister to Colombia regarding the proposed Panama Canal (1868), and counsel presenting claims before the United States and Mexican Claims Commission (1868).  Includes material pertaining to Cushing's speculation in lands located from Maine to Lower California, his contributions to the North American Review, and his law practice in Newburyport, Massachusetts; Correspondents include George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, James Campbell, Rufus Choate, Jefferson Davis, James C. Dobbin, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, James Guthrie, Francis Lieber, Robert McClelland, Hugh McCulloch, William L. Marcy, Franklin Pierce, Albert Pike, Gideon Johnson Pillow, Sir John Rose, William Henry Seward, Jared Sparks, Roger Brooke Taney, John Tyler, Daniel Webster, and John Greenleaf Whittier
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000002
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000002.3
ER  -