06809cpcaa2201141 4500 mm 78040055 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781213|||||||||||| eng mm 78040055 ms 60000078 DLC dacs DLC DLC N lcmd Simmons, James Fowler, 1795-1864. 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. Open to research. 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. Microfilm edition of selected correspondence available, no. 6,358. Photocopies produced from correspondence available on Microfilm 6,358 in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1969. Manufacturer, political leader, and U.S. senator from Rhode Island. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252 Abbott, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser), 1859-1933 Correspondence. Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 Correspondence. Anthony, Henry B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884 Correspondence. Armington, Hervey 1793-1868 Correspondence. Bliss, Zenas R. (Zenas Randall), 1835-1900 Correspondence. Combs, Leslie, 1793-1881 Correspondence. Cranston, H. G. Correspondence. Cranston, Robert Bennie, 1791-1873 Correspondence. Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 Correspondence. Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854. Eno, Edward J. Correspondence. Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 Correspondence. Ferguson, William Correspondence. Gerry, Elbridge, 1791-1883 Correspondence. Gibbs, William C. (William Channing), 1789-1871 Correspondence. Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841. Hunter, William, 1774-1849 Correspondence. Jackson, Charles, 1775-1855 Correspondence. Jackson, George W., 1803 or 1804-1860 Correspondence. Jenckes, Thomas A. (Thomas Allen), 1818-1875 Correspondence. Knight, Nehemiah Rice, 1780-1854 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Correspondence. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Correspondence. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. Potter, Charles Correspondence. Randolph, Richard K. (Richard Kidder), 1781-1849 Correspondence. Ruggles, Nathan S. Correspondence. Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Simmons, Walter C. Correspondence. Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864 Correspondence. Tillinghast, Joseph L. (Joseph Leonard), 1791-1844 Correspondence. Tyler, John, 1790-1862 Correspondence. Walker, Amasa, 1799-1875 Correspondence. Watson, William A. Correspondence. Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Correspondence. Simmons family Correspondence. Abbott & Bliss Correspondence. Bank of the United States (1816-1836) Fearing & Hall Correspondence. Liverman & Cushing Correspondence. Tiffany, Ward & Company Correspondence. Whig Party (U.S.) Bounties United States. Cotton manufacture Rhode Island. Dorr Rebellion, 1842. Elections United States 1860. International trade. Manufacturing industries United States. Presidents United States Election 1860. Slavery United States. Tariff United States. Textile industry Rhode Island. Yarn. Rhode Island Economic conditions. Rhode Island History 1775-1865. Rhode Island Politics and government. Rhode Island Social conditions. Texas Annexation to the United States. United States Economic policy 19th century. United States Politics and government 1783-1865. Industrialists. itoamc Politicians. itoamc Senators, U.S. Congress Rhode Island. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252.3 40017 40017