Hamilton Fish papers, 1732-1914 (bulk 1840-1890).
- 61,000 items. 328 6 containers plus oversize. 24 microfilm reels. 85 linear feet.
- Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1804-1894; Series 2: Department of State, 1776-1893; Series 3: Governor of New York, 1836-1850; Series 4: Journals and Diaries, 1849-1877; Series 5: Subject File, 1845-1888; Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1836-1899; Series 7: John Bassett Moore File, 1732-1914; Series 8: Miscellany, 1818-1891; Series 9: Addition, 1785-1892; and Series 10: Oversize, circa 1836-1888.
Open to research.
Correspondence, journals, diaries, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Fish's service as U.S. secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant and as U.S. representative and senator from and governor of New York. Includes material pertaining to his activities in the Society of the Cincinnati and to family and business affairs. Subjects include Alabama claims and the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal; the Treaty of Washington with Great Britain in 1871; Canadian reciprocity; fisheries; relations with Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Spain; and the annexation of Texas. Also includes the John Bassett Moore file containing typewritten transcripts of Fish's correspondence, principally from the General Correspondence series, selected and prepared by Moore along with Moore's notes, memoranda, and related correspondence. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Amos Tappan Akerman, Henry B. Anthony, Chester Alan Arthur, J. Hubley Ashton, Orville Elias Babcock, Adam Badeau, George Bancroft, James M. Barrien, William W. Belknap, John Armor Bingham, James Gillespie Blaine, G.W. Blunt, George S. Boutwell, Benjamin Helm Bristow, Benjamin F. Butler, John L. Cadwalader, Simon Cameron, Zachariah Chandler, Salmon P. Chase, Robert S. Chew, George William Childs, Roscoe Conkling, John A.J. Creswell, Wm. Henry Crosby, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Caleb Cushing, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Columbus Delano, Thomas B. Dibblee, John A. Dix, George F. Edmunds, William Maxwell Evarts, Millard Fillmore, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Asa Bird Gardiner, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Moses Hicks Grinnell, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., Rutherford Birchard Hayes, E.R. Hoar, Washington Hunt, John Jay, Marshall Jewell, Francis Lieber, William L. Marcy, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Benjamin Moran, Edwin D. Morgan, Robert Hunter Morris, Oliver P. Morton, John Lothrop Motley, Edwards Pierrepont, John M. Read, William A. Richardson, George M. Robeson, Robert Cumming Schenck, John Schuyler, Winfield Scott, William Henry Seward, John Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Charles Sumner, Zachary Taylor, J.R. Van Rensselaer, E.B. Washburne, Thurlow Weed, George H. Williams, and Robert C. Winthrop.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
U.S. secretary of state and U.S. senator and representative from and governor of New York.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012133 Card index to the General Correspondence series available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 --Correspondence. Akerman, Amos Tappan, 1821-1880 --Correspondence. Anthony, Henry B. 1815-1884 --Correspondence. Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886 --Correspondence. Ashton, J. Hubley 1836-1907 --Correspondence. Babcock, Orville Elias, 1835-1884 --Correspondence. Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895 --Correspondence. Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 --Correspondence. Barrien, James M.--Correspondence. Belknap, William W. 1829-1890 --Correspondence. Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900 --Correspondence. Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 --Correspondence. Blunt, G. W. 1802-1878 --Correspondence. Boutwell, George S. 1818-1905 --Correspondence. Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896 --Correspondence. Butler, Benjamin F. 1795-1858 --Correspondence. Cadwalader, John L. 1836-1914 --Correspondence. Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 --Correspondence. Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 --Correspondence. Chase, Salmon P. 1808-1873 --Correspondence. Chew, Robert S.--Correspondence. Childs, George William, 1829-1894 --Correspondence. Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888 --Correspondence. Creswell, John A. J. 1828-1891 --Correspondence. Crosby, Wm. Henry 1808-1892 --Correspondence. Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894 --Correspondence. Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879 --Correspondence. Davis, J. C. Bancroft 1822-1907 --Correspondence. Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896 --Correspondence. Dibblee, Thomas B.--Correspondence. Dix, John A. 1798-1879 --Correspondence. Edmunds, George F. 1828-1919 --Correspondence. Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901 --Correspondence. Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874 --Correspondence. Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. 1817-1885 --Correspondence. Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919 --Correspondence. Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885. Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 --Correspondence. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 --Correspondence. Grinnell, Moses Hicks, 1803-1877 --Correspondence. Hamilton, Alexander, 1786-1875 --Correspondence. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893 --Correspondence. Hoar, E. R. 1816-1895 --Correspondence. Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867 --Correspondence. Jay, John, 1817-1894 --Correspondence. Jewell, Marshall, 1825-1883 --Correspondence. Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872 --Correspondence. Marcy, William L. 1786-1857 --Correspondence. Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873 --Correspondence. Moran, Benjamin, 1820-1886 --Correspondence. Morgan, Edwin D. 1811-1883 --Correspondence. Morris, Robert Hunter, 1802-1855 --Correspondence. Morton, Oliver P. 1823-1877 --Correspondence. Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877 --Correspondence. Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892 --Correspondence. Read, John M. 1797-1874 --Correspondence. Richardson, William A. 1821-1896 --Correspondence. Robeson, George M. 1829-1897 --Correspondence. Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890 --Correspondence. Schuyler, John, 1829-1895 --Correspondence. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 --Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence. Sherman, John, 1823-1900 --Correspondence. Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914 --Correspondence. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 --Correspondence. Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 --Correspondence. Van Rensselaer, J. R.--Correspondence. Washburne, E. B. 1816-1887 --Correspondence. Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882 --Correspondence. Williams, George H. 1823-1910 --Correspondence. Winthrop, Robert C. 1809-1894 --Correspondence.
Great Britain. 1871 May 8. United States, Treaties, etc. United States. Congress. House. United States. Congress. Senate. United States. Department of State. Geneva Arbitration Tribunal. Society of the Cincinnati.
Alabama claims. Fisheries. Reciprocity (Commerce)
Canada--Commerce--United States. Cuba--Foreign relations--United States. Dominican Republic--Foreign relations--United States. Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States. Haiti--Foreign relations--United States. New York (State)--Politics and government. Spain--Foreign relations--United States. Texas--Annexation to the United States. United States--Commerce--Canada. United States--Foreign relations--Cuba. United States--Foreign relations--Dominican Republic. United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain. United States--Foreign relations--Haiti. United States--Foreign relations--Spain. United States--History--Claims.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Politics and government--19th century.
Cabinet officers. Governors--New York (State) Representatives, U.S. Congress--New York (State) Senators, U.S. Congress--New York (State)