03925cpcaa2200709 a 4500 mm 78032524 DLC 20260227111625.0 cr ||||||||||| 781030|||||||||||| eng mm 78032524 ms 68002055 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Medill, William, 1802-1865. William Medill papers, 1834-1864. 2,300 items. 6 containers. 1 microfilm reel. 2.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, account books, and other papers documenting Medill's service as first assistant postmaster general (1845), commissioner of Indian affairs (1845-1850), and first comptroller of the U.S. treasury (1857-1861). Topics include local Ohio politics; railroad politics; President James K. Polk's settlment of the Oregon question; dissatisfaction of Ohio Democrats with the administrations of presidents Polk, Pierce, and Buchanan; abolitionism; and the Mexican War. Correspondents include William Allen, Luther Day, Augustus C. Dodge, James John Faran, Richard M. Johnson, John Y. Mason, Samuel Medary, Allen Granbery Thurman, David Tod, and Clement L. Vallandigham. Microfilm edition of selected correspondence available, no. 8,396. Microfilm of copies in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1946. In part, photocopies. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1946-1967. Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Lawyer, U.S. representative and governor of Ohio, and U.S. government official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238 Allen, William, 1803-1879 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868. Day, Luther, 1813-1885 Correspondence. Dodge, Augustus C. (Augustus Caesar), 1812-1883 Correspondence. Faran, James John, 1808-1892 Correspondence. Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor), 1780-1850 Correspondence. Mason, John Y. (John Young), 1799-1859 Correspondence. Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864 Correspondence. Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Thurman, Allen Granbery, 1813-1895 Correspondence. Tod, David, 1805-1868 Correspondence. Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871 Correspondence. Democratic Party (Ohio) United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. United States. Department of the Treasury. United States. Post Office Department. Antislavery movements. Indians of North America Government relations. Mexican War, 1846-1848. Oregon question. Railroads Political aspects United States. Ohio Politics and government 1787-1865. Oregon Boundaries. United States Politics and government 1845-1861. Governors Ohio. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Ohio. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238.3 39961 39961