04169cpcaa2200721 4500 mm 78018127 DLC 20260227111623.0 cr ||||||||||| 781213|||||||||||| eng mm 78018127 ms 61001627 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Beale family papers from the Decatur House, 1794-1957. 4,000 items. 16 containers plus 4 oversize. 10 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, journals, speeches, articles, biographical material, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers of the Beale (Beal), Chase, Edwards, and Truxton families. Includes papers of Edward Fitzgerald Beale relating primarily to his role in opening the West; papers of Truxtun Beale as U.S. minister to Greece, Persia, and Romania; diaries of Marie Oge Beale; papers of Stephen Decatur; and papers of Thomas Truxton. Subjects include Edward Fitzgerald Beale's journey in 1853 to take up his post as superintendent of Indian affairs for California and Nevada and his survey (1858-1859) for a wagon road from Fort Smith, Ark., to the Colorado River; and the Decatur House. Correspondents include Thomas Hart Benton, James Buchanan, Simon Cameron, Roscoe Conkling, Jessie Benton Frémont, John Charles Frémont, Ulysses S. Grant and his family, John Alexander Logan, John Sherman, and Bayard Taylor. Photographs, post cards, and blueprints transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Members of the Beale (Beal) family. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320 Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Correspondence. Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 Correspondence. Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 Correspondence. Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Correspondence. Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886 Correspondence. Sherman, John, 1823-1900 Correspondence. Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 Correspondence. Beal family. Chase family. Edwards family. Grant family Correspondence. Truxtun family. United States. Navy Officers. Decatur House (Washington, D.C.) Diplomatic and consular service, American. Indians of North America Government relations. Indians of North America California. Indians of North America Nevada. Roads West (U.S.) Greece Foreign relations United States. Iran Foreign relations United States. Romania Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Greece. United States Foreign relations Iran. United States Foreign relations Romania. West (U.S.) Description and travel. West (U.S.) History. Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893. Edward Fitzgerald Beale papers. Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956. Marie Oge Beale diaries. Beale, Truxton, 1856-1936. Truxton Beale papers. Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820. Stephen Decatur papers. Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822. Thomas Truxton papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320.3 39825 39825