Simmons, James Fowler,  1795-1864. <br/><br/>
James Fowler Simmons papers, 1771-1939  (bulk 1840-1860). 

 - 21,000  items. 58  containers. 1  microfilm reel. 19  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 5 series.  Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1792-1939; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1788-1864; Series 3: Financial Papers, 1794-1869; Series 4: Miscellany, 1771-1909; and Series 5: Printed Matter, 1808-1931. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, business and legal records, account books, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises, Rhode Island and national politics, and economic and social conditions in Rhode Island.   Subjects include the Bank of the United States, bounty laws, Thomas Wilson Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, exporting and importing, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, manufacturing, James K. Polk, the Whig Party, slavery, tariff, and the annexation of Texas.  Includes correspondence with Simmons's son, Walter C. Simmons and other family members.  Other correspondents include Lawrence F. Abbott, Charles Francis Adams, Henry B. Anthony, Hervey Armington, Zenas R. Bliss, Leslie Combs, H.G. Cranston, Robert Bennie Cranston, Asbury Dickins, Edward J. Eno, Edward Everett, William Ferguson, Elbridge Gerry, William C. Gibbs, William Hunter, Charles Jackson, George W. Jackson, Thomas A. Jenckes, Nehemiah Rice Knight, Abraham Lincoln, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Charles Potter, Richard K. Randolph, Nathan S. Ruggles, Nathan Sargent, William Henry Seward, Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge, Joseph L. Tillinghast, John Tyler, Amasa Walker, William A. Watson, and Daniel Webster; and the firms, Abbott & Bliss, Fearing & Hall, Liverman & Cushing, and Tiffiny, Ward & Co. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Photocopies produced from correspondence available on Microfilm 6,358 in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1969. 
<br/><br/><br/>Manufacturer, political leader, and U.S. senator from Rhode Island. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 78040055  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Abbott, Lawrence F. 1859-1933 --Correspondence.<br/>Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 --Correspondence.<br/>Anthony, Henry B. 1815-1884 --Correspondence.<br/>Armington, Hervey 1793-1868 --Correspondence.<br/>Bliss, Zenas R. 1835-1900 --Correspondence.<br/>Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881 --Correspondence.<br/>Cranston, H. G.--Correspondence.<br/>Cranston, Robert Bennie, 1791-1873 --Correspondence.<br/>Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 --Correspondence.<br/>Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854. <br/>Eno, Edward J.--Correspondence.<br/>Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 --Correspondence.<br/>Ferguson, William--Correspondence.<br/>Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883 --Correspondence.<br/>Gibbs, William C. 1789-1871 --Correspondence.<br/>Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. <br/>Hunter, William, 1774-1849 --Correspondence.<br/>Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855 --Correspondence.<br/>Jackson, George W., 1803 or 1804-1860 --Correspondence.<br/>Jenckes, Thomas A. 1818-1875 --Correspondence.<br/>Knight, Nehemiah Rice, 1780-1854 --Correspondence.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. <br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Correspondence.<br/>Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Polk, James K. 1795-1849. <br/>Potter, Charles--Correspondence.<br/>Randolph, Richard K. 1781-1849 --Correspondence.<br/>Ruggles, Nathan S.--Correspondence.<br/>Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875 --Correspondence.<br/>Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Simmons, Walter C.--Correspondence.<br/>Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864 --Correspondence.<br/>Tillinghast, Joseph L. 1791-1844 --Correspondence.<br/>Tyler, John, 1790-1862 --Correspondence.<br/>Walker, Amasa, 1799-1875 --Correspondence.<br/>Watson, William A.--Correspondence.<br/>Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 --Correspondence.<br/>Simmons family--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Abbott & Bliss--Correspondence.<br/>Bank of the United States (1816-1836)<br/>Fearing & Hall--Correspondence.<br/>Liverman & Cushing--Correspondence.<br/>Tiffany, Ward & Company--Correspondence.<br/>Whig Party (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bounties--United States.<br/>Cotton manufacture--Rhode Island.<br/>Dorr Rebellion, 1842.<br/>Elections--United States--1860.<br/>International trade.<br/>Manufacturing industries--United States.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--1860.<br/>Slavery--United States.<br/>Tariff--United States.<br/>Textile industry--Rhode Island.<br/>Yarn.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Rhode Island--Economic conditions.<br/>Rhode Island--History--1775-1865.<br/>Rhode Island--Politics and government.<br/>Rhode Island--Social conditions.<br/>Texas--Annexation to the United States.<br/>United States--Economic policy--19th century.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Industrialists.<br/>Politicians.<br/>Senators, U.S. Congress--Rhode Island.