Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan) 1787-1863 creator mixed material monographic eng 2,600 30 14 5.2 Correspondence, speeches, legal papers, and other papers. Chiefly correspondence covering Crittenden's career as U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator from and governor of Kentucky. Subjects include national politics, particularly banking and tariff matters, slavery, Mexico, and Texas; the southern Whigs; Crittenden's relations with Henry Clay; reactions to the Crittenden Compromise; and Kentucky politics and law. Correspondents include George Edmund Badger, Francis Preston Blair, Orlando Brown, Albert T. Burnley, Henry Clay, John M. Clayton, Charles Augustus Davis, Reverdy Johnson, Richard M. Johnson, Amos Adams Lawrence, Robert Perkins Letcher, C.S. Morehead, S.S. Nicholas, John S. Pendleton, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, Robert Augustus Toombs, and Robert C. Winthrop. Open to research. Microfilm edition available in part, no. 13,714. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator from and governor of Kentucky. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010181 Badger, George Edmund 1795-1866 Correspondence Blair, Francis Preston 1791-1876 Correspondence Brown, Orlando 1801-1867 Correspondence Burnley, Albert T Correspondence Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Correspondence Clayton, John M. (John Middleton) 1796-1856 Correspondence Davis, Charles Augustus 1795-1867 Correspondence Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876 Correspondence Johnson, Richard M. (Richard Mentor) 1781-1850 Correspondence Lawrence, Amos Adams 1814-1886 Correspondence Letcher, Robert Perkins 1788-1861 Correspondence Morehead, C. S. (Charles Slaughter) 1802-1868 Correspondence Nicholas, S. S. (Samuel Smith) 1796-1869 Correspondence Pendleton, John S. (John Strother) 1802-1868 Correspondence Scott, Winfield 1786-1866 Correspondence Taylor, Zachary 1784-1850 Correspondence Toombs, Robert Augustus 1810-1885 Correspondence Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles) 1809-1894 Correspondence United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General. Whig Party (U.S.) Banks and banking United States Secession Southern States Slavery United States Tariff United States Kentucky Politics and government 1792-1865 Kentucky Politics and government 1865-1950 Mexico History Texas History United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 19th century Cabinet officers Governors Senators, U.S. Congress mm 79017251 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010181 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010181.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010181 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010181.3 Open to research. DLC 790607 20260227111654.0 mm 79017251