Jenckes, Thomas A. (Thomas Allen) 1818-1875 creator mixed material monographic eng 42,000 73 1 29.2 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. Open to research. 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. 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 Legislators Public officials Representatives, U.S. Congress mm 78027755 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013048.3 Open to research. DLC 781213 20260227111624.0 mm 78027755 eng