04766cpcaa2200805 i 4500 mm 78027755 DLC 20260227111624.0 781213|||||||||||| eng mm 78027755 ms 60000589 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Jenckes, Thomas A. (Thomas Allen), 1818-1875. Thomas A. Jenckes papers, 1836-1878. 42,000 items. 73 containers plus 1 oversize. 29.2 linear feet. Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1836-1878; Series 2: Diaries, Journals, and Letterbooks; Series 3: Account Books, 1840-1863; Series 4: Patent Papers; Series 5: Miscellany; and Series 6: Oversize. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, journals, patent papers, legal briefs, ledgers, account books, law library catalog, photographs, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Jenckes's political and legal career in Rhode Island and the U.S. House of Representatives. Includes material pertaining to his patent law practice; service as Rhode Island state legislator, adjutant general, and secretary to the 1842 Constitutional Convention and to the governor's council; and student years at Brown University. Subjects include civil service reform; bankruptcy, patent, and copyright laws; the Credit Mobilier of America fraud prosecution; and patent cases involving the Corliss Steam Engine Company, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and ventilation and refrigeration patents. Correspondents include Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Charles Adams, Henry B. Anthony, Hugh Burgess, Alexis Caswell, Horace H. Day, Ezra D. Fogg, George Gifford, B. Benton Hammond, Alexander Hay, J.E. Hilgard, Charles R. Ingersoll, David Lyman, Dennis F. Murphy, Francis C. Nye, James H. Parsons, William Sprague, Charles C. Van Zandt, Henry E. Wallace, and Augustus Woodbury. Jurist, Rhode Island state legislator and adjutant general, and U.S. representative from Rhode Island. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048 Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan, 1830-1890 Correspondence. Adams, Charles, 1845-1895 Correspondence. Anthony, Henry B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884 Correspondence. Burgess, Hugh Correspondence. Caswell, Alexis, 1799-1877 Correspondence. Day, Horace H., 1813-1878 Correspondence. Fogg, Ezra D. Correspondence. Gifford, George, 1811-1883 Correspondence. Hammond, B. Benton Correspondence. Hay, Alexander Correspondence. Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891 Correspondence. Ingersoll, Charles R. Correspondence. Lyman, David Correspondence. Murphy, Dennis F. Correspondence. Nye, Francis C. Correspondence. Parsons, James H. Correspondence. Sprague, William, 1830-1915 Correspondence. Van Zandt, Charles C. (Charles Collins), 1830-1894 Correspondence. Wallace, Henry E. (Henry Edward), 1814-1879 Correspondence. Woodbury, Augustus, 1825-1895 Correspondence. Rhode Island. Constitutional Convention (1842) Rhode Island. Constitution (1842) Brown University Students. Corliss Steam Engine Company. Credit Mobilier of America. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Bankruptcy. Civil service reform. Copyright. Fraud. Patent laws and legislation. Patents. Practice of law Rhode Island. Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery. Ventilation. Rhode Island Politics and government. United States Politics and government 1849-1877. Jurists. itoamc Legislators Maryland. itoamc Public officials Rhode Island. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Rhode Island. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048.3 39919 39919