Delano, Columbus 1809-1896 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,500 3 1.2 Correspondence (largely 1869) and photograph album relating to Ohio and national politics and patronage, the Republican Party, western lands, railroad expansion, and personal and financial matters. Includes letters concerning the purchase of the archives of the Confederate States of America. Correspondents include Henry Ward Beecher, Simon Cameron, William E. Chandler, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Shelby M. Cullom, Grenville Mellen Dodge, Hamilton Fish, James A. Garfield, Jay Gould, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Whitelaw Reid, and John Sherman. Open to research. Family members include Columbus Delano, U.S. secretary of the interior and representative from Ohio, and his son, John Sherman Delano, businessman. Collection material in English. Beecher, Henry Ward 1813-1887 Correspondence Cameron, Simon 1799-1889 Correspondence Chandler, William E. (William Eaton) 1835-1917 Correspondence Colfax, Schuyler 1823-1885 Correspondence Conkling, Roscoe 1829-1888 Correspondence Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore) 1829-1914 Correspondence Dodge, Grenville Mellen 1831-1916 Correspondence Fish, Hamilton 1808-1893 Correspondence Garfield, James A. (James Abram) 1831-1881 Correspondence Gould, Jay 1836-1892 Correspondence Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Correspondence Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 Correspondence Reid, Whitelaw 1837-1912 Correspondence Sherman, John 1823-1900 Correspondence Delano family Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Land speculation West (U.S.) Patronage, Political Ohio Railroads Confederate States of America Archival resources Ohio Politics and government Cabinet officers Representatives, U.S. Congress Delano, John Sherman. mm 79018184 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111655.0 mm 79018184