mixed material monographic eng 4,000 16 4 10 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. Open to research. 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 Beale, Marie Oge, 1880-1956 Beale, Truxton, 1856-1936 Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820 Truxtun, Thomas, 1755-1822 mm 78018127 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009320.3 Open to research. DLC 781213 20260227111623.0 mm 78018127