02355cpcaa2200433 4500 mm 79015024 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 791031|||||||||||| eng mm 79015024 ms 65000892 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng jap S lcmd Capron, Horace, 1804-1885. Horace Capron papers, 1834-1961 (bulk 1871-1875). 1,800 items. 6 containers. 2.5 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, journals, biographical materials, financial records, orders for agricultural equipment and supplies, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Capron's role as agricultural adviser to the Japanese government in the agricultural development of Hokkaido (1871-1875). Includes material relating to Capron's service as Union Army officer and as U.S. commissioner of agriculture (1867-1871). Includes Capron family correspondence and an manuscript of Capron's autobiography. Correspondents include Horace Greeley, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. U.S. army officer and U.S. commissioner of agriculture. Collection material in English and Japanese. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010240 Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Correspondence. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Correspondence. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Correspondence. Capron family Correspondence. United States. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Japan Hokkaido. Agriculture United States. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Army officers. itoamc Public officials. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010240 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010240.3 42149 42149