mixed material monographic eng fre ita spa 33,000 113 2 45 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. Open to research. 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 prince de Bénévent Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de 1754-1838 Correspondence Claims French spoliation claims Insurance companies Brooks, Peter Chardon, 1767-1849 Causten, James H., 1788-1874 Curtis, William T. S. Dunant, Edward. Earle, William E. (William Edward), 1841-1894 Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1840 Hollins, John. Hollins, Robert. Hollins, Thomas. McKim, Alexander, 1748-1832 Myers, Leonard, 1827-1905 Pickett, John T. (John Thomas), 1822-1884 Pickett, Theodore John. Pike, Luther H. Skipwith, Fulwar, 1765-1839 Stewart, David, 1800-1858 Stewart, John, -1820 Baltimore Insurance Company. Maryland Insurance Company. Peter Chardon Brooks Insurance Agency. mm 79015420 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011030.3 Open to research. DLC 790607 20260227111654.0 mm 79015420