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    <title>John Watson Foster papers, 1872-1917 (bulk 1872-1905)</title>
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    <namePart>Foster, John Watson</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1836-1917</namePart>
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  <abstract>Chiefly letters received (1872-1905) relating to Indiana politics, Republican Party, Alaska-Canadian boundary dispute, sealing rights in the Bering Sea, and diplomatic relations with Mexico, Russia, Spain, and China.  Correspondents include James Gillespie Blaine, Schuyler Colfax, William Maxwell Evarts, Walter Quintin Gresham, Benjamin Harrison, John Hay, Richard Olney, Whitelaw Reid, and Theodore Roosevelt.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Diplomat, U.S. secretary of state, lawyer, and publisher.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Blaine, James Gillespie</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1830-1893</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Colfax, Schuyler</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1823-1885</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Evarts, William Maxwell</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1818-1901</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gresham, Walter Quintin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1832-1895</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Harrison, Benjamin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1833-1901</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Hay, John</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1838-1905</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Olney, Richard</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1835-1917</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Reid, Whitelaw</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1837-1912</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>Roosevelt, Theodore</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1858-1919</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Department of State.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )</namePart>
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    <topic>Bering Sea controversy</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, American</topic>
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    <topic>Sealing</topic>
    <geographic>Bering Sea</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Alaska</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>Canada</geographic>
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    <geographic>Canada</geographic>
    <topic>Boundaries</topic>
    <geographic>Alaska</geographic>
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    <geographic>China</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>Indiana</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
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    <geographic>Mexico</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Spain</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Mexico</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Russia</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>Spain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>China</geographic>
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    <occupation>Cabinet officers</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Diplomats</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Lawyers</occupation>
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    <occupation>Publishers</occupation>
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