Medill, William 1802-1865 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,300 6 1 2.4 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. Open to research. 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 Lawyers Public officials Representatives, U.S. Congress mm 78032524 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009238.3 Open to research. DLC 781030 20260227111625.0 mm 78032524