04897cpcaa2200853 a 4500 mm 78020032 DLC 20260227111623.0 cr ||||||||||| 781213|||||||||||| eng mm 78020032 ms 60000125 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901. William Maxwell Evarts papers, 1667-1918 (bulk 1877-1891). 12,500 items. 62 containers plus 1 oversize. 12.6 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, journal, minute book, account books, printed material, and other papers concerning New York state, national, and international politics from the Civil War to the 1890s. Topics include Evarts' early law practice, cases in which he represented the U.S. during the Civil War, trial of Jefferson Davis, impeachment of Andrew Johnson, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1871-1872), Samuel J. Tilden election case of 1876, appointment of ambassadors, Chinese immigration, international monetary conference in Paris (1878), presidential campaign of 1880, Peabody Education Fund, Statue of Liberty, patronage, pensions, suffrage, and tariffs. Correspondents include James Burrill Angell, John Jacob Astor, Edward Bates, James Gillespie Blaine, Joseph Hodges Choate, Cyrus W. Field, James A. Garfield, John Hay, Ebenezer R. Hoar, Levi P. Morton, Edward John Phelps, William Henry Seward, William Henry Trescott, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and Robert C. Winthrop. Lawyer, U.S. senator from New York, and U.S. secretary of state and attorney 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.ms010116 Angell, James Burrill, 1829-1916 Correspondence. Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890 Correspondence. Bates, Edward, 1793-1869 Correspondence. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 Correspondence. Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917 Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Trials, litigation, etc. Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892 Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Correspondence. Hay, John, 1838-1905 Correspondence. Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895 Correspondence. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Impeachment. Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920 Correspondence. Phelps, Edward John, 1822-1900 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886. Trescott, William Henry, 1822- Correspondence. Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 Correspondence. Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894 Correspondence. United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General. United States. Department of State. Geneva Arbitration Tribunal. Peabody Education Fund. International Monetary Conference (1878 : Paris, France) Bimetallism. Diplomatic and consular service, American. Emigration and immigration law United States. Patronage, Political United States. Pensions United States. Practice of law New York (State) Presidents United States Election 1876. Presidents United States Election 1880. Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) Statues New York (State) New York. Suffrage United States. Tariff United States. China Emigration and immigration. New York (State) Politics and government 1865-1950. United States Foreign relations 1865-1898. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Claims. United States Politics and government 1865-1900. Cabinet officers. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress New York (State) itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010116 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010116.3 39845 39845