King, Horatio 1811-1897 creator mixed material monographic eng 3,000 13 3 Correspondence relating primarily to the U.S. Post Office Dept.; Democratic Party; politics; legislation; patronage; the secession crisis of 1860-1861; King's literary, historical, and social activities; and social life in Washington, D.C., in the latter half of the 19th century. Correspondents include Adam Badeau, Chauncey F. Black, James Buchanan, Nahum Capen, Schuyler Colfax, Andrew Gregg Curtin, George Ticknor Curtis, J.C. Bancroft Davis, John A. Dix, William Maxwell Evarts, John W. Forney, Edward Miner Gallaudet, Hannibal Hamlin, William Harkness, Joseph R. Hawley, Joseph Holt, John James Ingalls, Harriet Lane Johnston, De B. Randolph Keim, George Kennan, Robert Todd Lincoln, Hugh McCulloch, Justin S. Morrill, Levi P. Morton, Crosby Stuart Noyes, Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Perley Poore, Fitz-John Porter, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Ainsworth Rand Spofford, John C. Spooner, Moses Coit Tyler, John Wanamaker, and Robert C. Winthrop. Also includes correspondence of his son, Horatio C. King, with Fitz-John Porter and Daniel Edgar Sickles. Open to research. U.S. postmaster general, editor, and author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222 Badeau, Adam 1831-1895 Correspondence Black, Chauncey F Correspondence Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Correspondence Capen, Nahum 1804-1886 Correspondence Colfax, Schuyler 1823-1885 Correspondence Curtin, Andrew Gregg 1815-1894 Correspondence Curtis, George Ticknor 1812-1894 Correspondence Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft) 1822-1907 Correspondence Dix, John A. (John Adams) 1798-1879 Correspondence Evarts, William Maxwell 1818-1901 Correspondence Forney, John W. (John Wien) 1817-1881 Correspondence Gallaudet, Edward Miner 1837-1917 Correspondence Hamlin, Hannibal 1809-1891 Correspondence Harkness, William 1837-1903 Correspondence Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) 1826-1905 Correspondence Holt, Joseph 1807-1894 Correspondence Ingalls, John James 1833-1900 Correspondence Johnston, Harriet Lane 1830-1903 Correspondence Keim, De B. Randolph (De Benneville Randolph) 1841-1914 Correspondence Kennan, George 1845-1924 Correspondence King, Horatio C. (Horatio Collins) 1837-1918 Correspondence Lincoln, Robert Todd 1843-1926 Correspondence McCulloch, Hugh 1808-1895 Correspondence Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith) 1810-1898 Correspondence Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons) 1824-1920 Correspondence Noyes, Crosby Stuart 1825-1908 Correspondence Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869 Correspondence Poore, Benjamin Perley 1820-1887 Correspondence Porter, Fitz-John 1822-1901 Correspondence Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1825-1914 Correspondence Spofford, Ainsworth Rand 1825-1908 Correspondence Spooner, John C. (John Coit) 1843-1919 Correspondence Tyler, Moses Coit 1835-1900 Correspondence Wanamaker, John 1838-1922 Correspondence Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles) 1809-1894 Correspondence United States. Post Office Department. Democratic Party (U.S.) Patronage, Political United States Secession United States Intellectual life 19th century United States Politics and government 19th century Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Authors Cabinet officers Editors mm 78028613 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222.3 Open to research. DLC 781030 20260227111624.0 mm 78028613