Horace H. Lurton papers, 1860-1915 (bulk 1893-1915).
- 250 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence and telegrams, some written while Lurton was attending the University of Chicago and while he was a Confederate prisoner in Camp Chase, Ohio, and at Johnson Island Prison during the Civil War. Also includes the draft of an address and printed matter. Correspondents include A.W.B. Allen, of Bridgeford & Co., Louisville, Ky., William R. Day, John Marshall Harlan, Joseph Rucker Lamar, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, William H. Taft, and Edward Douglass White.
Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008042
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Allen, A. W. B.--Correspondence. Day, William R. 1849-1923 --Correspondence. Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911 --Correspondence. Lamar, Joseph Rucker, 1857-1916 --Correspondence. Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912 --Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 --Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 --Correspondence. Taft, William H. 1857-1930 --Correspondence. White, Edward Douglass, 1845-1921 --Correspondence.
United States. Supreme Court. Bridgeford & Co. Johnson Island Prison. University of Chicago (1857-1886)
Universities and colleges--Illinois--Chicago.
Camp Chase (Ohio) Illinois--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865 Ohio--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.