05631cpcaa2200757 4500 mm 79015420 DLC 20260227111654.0 cr ||||||||||| 790607|||||||||||| eng mm 79015420 ms 62004903 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng fre ita spa N lcmd 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. Open to research. 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. 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. Collection material in English with French, Italian, and Spanish. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030 Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 Correspondence. Adams, John, 1735-1826 Correspondence. Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 Correspondence. Madison, James, 1751-1836 Correspondence. Mason, John, 1766-1849 Correspondence. Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Correspondence. Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Correspondence. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Correspondence. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Correspondence. Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 Correspondence. Claims. French spoliation claims. Insurance companies. Brooks, Peter Chardon, 1767-1849. Peter Chardon Brooks papers. Causten, James H., 1788-1874. James H. Causten papers. Curtis, William T. S. William T.S. Curtis papers. Dunant, Edward. Edward Dunant papers. Earle, William E. (William Edward), 1841-1894. William E. Earle papers. Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1840. Joshua Gilpin papers. Hollins, John. John Hollins papers. Hollins, Robert. Robert Hollins papers. Hollins, Thomas. Thomas Hollins papers. McKim, Alexander, 1748-1832. Alexander McKim papers. Myers, Leonard, 1827-1905. Leonard Myers papers. Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884. John T. Pickett papers. Pickett, Theodore John. Theodore John Pickett papers. Pike, Luther H. Luther H. Pike papers. Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839. Fulwar Skipwith papers. Stewart, David, 1800-1858. David Stewart papers. Stewart, John, -1820. John Stewart papers. Baltimore Insurance Company. Baltimore Insurance Company records. Maryland Insurance Company. Maryland Insurance Company records. Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency. Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency records. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030.3 42156 42156