Zachary Taylor papers, 1814-1931.
- 650 items. 9 containers. 2 microfilm reels. 1.6 linear feet.
- Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Autobiographical Account, circa 1826; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1814-1850; Series 3: Family Papers, 1837-1887; Series 4: Miscellany, 1820-1931; Series 5: Memorial Volume, 1850; and Series 6: Addition, 1820-1850.
Open to research.
Correspondence, autobiographical account, military papers, estate papers, printed matter, map, and other papers. Subjects include Taylor's presidency, his service in the U.S. Army especially in the 2nd Seminole Indian War, and the management of Taylor's plantation, Fashion, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, by his son, Richard Taylor. Correspondents include John M. Clayton, George Washington Crawford, Jefferson Davis, Thomas Sidney Jesup, James K. Polk, Thomas W. Ringgold, and Winfield Scott.
Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1959. In part, photocopies. [S.l.].
U.S. president and army officer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009193 Index published by the Library of Congress in 1960 available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and on Internet. Cataloged in record 60060013.
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Clayton, John M. 1796-1856 --Correspondence. Crawford, George Washington, 1798-1872 --Correspondence. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 --Correspondence. Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 --Correspondence. Polk, James K. 1795-1849 --Correspondence. Ringgold, Thomas W.--Correspondence. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 --Correspondence. Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879. Taylor family.
United States. Army.
Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875. Plantations--Louisiana--Saint Charles Parish. Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1853.