Ewing, Charles 1835-1883 creator mixed material monographic eng 9,000 30 1 12.4 Correspondence, diaries, biographical material, genealogical notebooks, legal and business records, scrapbooks, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating to the family of Charles Ewing during and after the Civil War. Includes volumes of family history and genealogy, illustrated with correspondence, family trees, clippings, and portraits. Materials pertain to the Ewing, Larwill, Miller, and Stibbs families. Papers of Thomas Ewing (1789-1871) consist primarily of records from the Washington, D.C., law office which he operated with his son, Thomas Ewing (1829-1886), and Orville Hickman Browning. Records pertain to courts martial and land claims; business and land transactions primarily in Leavenworth, Kans.; pardons and amnesty after the Civil War; claims against the military and for restoration of property; and Ewing's representation of Samuel Arnold in his trial as a co-conspirator in the attempt to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, circa 1865. Papers of Charles Ewing consist of correspondence, a diary, military records, scrapbooks, and records relating to the law offices of Ewing & Hunter in St. Louis, Mo., and Ewing & Jackson in Washington, D.C. Subjects include the Civil War and its aftermath, especially the military circle formed by brothers, Charles Ewing, Hugh Ewing, and Thomas Ewing (1829-1896), and their brothers-in-law, William T. Sherman and Clement F. Steele. Legal records pertain to cotton claims following the Civil War, courts-martial and other military claims, land grant claims, Mexican claims, patent rights, and U.S. Office of Indian Affairs claims. Papers of Virginia Larwill Miller Ewing are comprised of correspondence and scrapbooks pertaining to family life, genealogy, social events, and church activities. Family correspondents include Virginia Miller Ewing Anderson, Kathleen Ewing Daly, Hampton B. Denman, Charles Ewing (1872-1954), Hugh Ewing, James Gillespie Blaine Ewing, John Krepps Miller Ewing, Maria Ewing, Philemon Ewing, Thomas Ewing (1829-1886), Ellen Ewing Sherman, William T. Sherman, Clement F. Steele, and Maria Theresa Ewing Steele. Other correspondents include Luke Clarke, Charles S. Lusk, Reade M. Washington, and Lewis Wolfley. Open to research. Lawyer and army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215 Anderson, Virginia Miller Ewing 1875-1966 Correspondence Arnold, Samuel 1834-1906 Trials, litigation, etc Browning, Orville Hickman 1806-1881 Clarke, Luke -1881 Correspondence Daly, Kathleen Ewing 1884-1971 Correspondence Denman, Hampton B 1830-1895 Correspondence Ewing, Charles 1835-1883 Ewing, Charles 1872-1954 Correspondence Ewing, Hugh 1826-1905 Ewing, James Gillespie Blaine 1880-1965 Correspondence Ewing, John Krepps Miller 1878-1960 Correspondence Ewing, Maria 1877-1958 Correspondence Ewing, Philemon 1820-1896 Correspondence Ewing, Thomas 1829-1896 Ewing, Thomas 1829-1896 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination Lusk, Charles S. (Charles Stoner) 1851-1928 Correspondence Sherman, Ellen Ewing 1824-1888 Correspondence Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Correspondence Steele, Clement F Steele, Clement F Correspondence Steele, Maria Theresa Ewing 1837- Correspondence Washington, Reade M 1850-1922 Correspondence Wolfley, Lewis 1839-1910 Correspondence Ewing family Larwill family Miller family Stibbs family United States. Army Officers United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Ewing & Hunter. Ewing & Jackson. Amnesty United States Cotton trade United States Courts-martial and courts of inquiry Genealogy Indians of North America Government relations Land grants Land tenure Land tenure Kansas Leavenworth Pardon United States Patents United States Practice of law Missouri Saint Louis Practice of law Washington (D.C.) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Leavenworth (Kan.) Commerce Mexico Claims United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Claims United States Social life and customs 19th century United States Social life and customs 20th century Army officers Lawyers Ewing, Charles, 1835-1883 Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871 Ewing, Virginia Larwill Miller, 1846-1937 mm 79020073 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215.3 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111655.0 mm 79020073 eng