Causten-Pickett papers, 1765-1916  (bulk 1797-1900). 

 - 33,000  items. 113  containers. 2  microfilm reels. 45  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 9 series.  Series 1: History and Settlement of French Spoliation Claims, 1793-1916; Series 2: Fulwar Skipwith Papers, 1765-1872; Series 3: Joshua Gilpin and Edward Dunant Papers, 1793-1834; Series 4: Records of Insurance Companies, 1783-1842; Series 5: Case Files on Ships, circa 1789-1910; Series 6: James H. Causten Papers, 1816-1885; Series 7: John T. Pickett and Causten Agency Papers, 1838-1874; Series 8: Theodore John Pickett and Causten Agency Papers, 1885-1916; Series 9: Miscellany, 1796-1903; Series 10: Addition, 1786-1899. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, insurance policies, powers of attorney, promissory notes, bills of lading, bills of exchange, bills for ship repairs, admiralty registries, American and French court records, ship case files, other financial and legal papers, printed materials, and other papers relating chiefly to French spoliation claims.  Includes materials (1793-1916) on the history and settlement of the claims; correspondence and insurance records of James H. Causten, John T. Pickett, Theodore John Pickett, Edward Dunant, Joshua Gilpin, and Fulwar Skipwith, and of insurance companies including the Baltimore Insurance Company, Maryland Insurance Company, and the Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency.  Includes the papers of lawyers including William T.S. Curtis, William E. Earle, Leonard Myers, Luther H. Pike, David Stewart, and John Stewart, and of marine insurance company officials including Peter Chardon Brooks, John Hollins, Robert Hollins, Thomas Hollins, and Alexander McKim.  Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, John Adams, Robert R. Livingston, James Madison, John Mason, James Monroe, Timothy Pickering, William Henry Seward, Charles Sumner, and Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. 
<br/><br/><br/>James H. Causten, businessman of  Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C., who worked to settle French spoliation claims; John T. Pickett, U.S. and Confederate diplomat and army officer, and lawyer of Washington, D.C.; and Pickett's son, Theodore John Pickett, lawyer of Washington, D.C., who succeeded to Causten's interest in the claims cases. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English with French, Italian, and Spanish. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79015420  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 --Correspondence.<br/>Adams, John, 1735-1826 --Correspondence.<br/>Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 --Correspondence.<br/>Madison, James, 1751-1836 --Correspondence.<br/>Mason, John, 1766-1849 --Correspondence.<br/>Monroe, James, 1758-1831 --Correspondence.<br/>Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 --Correspondence.<br/>Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence.<br/>Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 --Correspondence.<br/>Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent,  1754-1838 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Claims.<br/>French spoliation claims.<br/>Insurance companies.