TY - GEN AU - Ewing,Charles AU - Ewing,Charles AU - Ewing,Thomas AU - Ewing,Virginia Larwill Miller TI - Charles Ewing family papers, KW - Anderson, Virginia Miller Ewing, KW - Arnold, Samuel, KW - Browning, Orville Hickman, KW - Clarke, Luke, KW - Daly, Kathleen Ewing, KW - Denman, Hampton B., KW - Ewing, Charles, KW - Ewing, Hugh, KW - Ewing, James Gillespie Blaine, KW - Ewing, John Krepps Miller, KW - Ewing, Maria, KW - Ewing, Philemon, KW - Ewing, Thomas, KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Lusk, Charles S. KW - Sherman, Ellen Ewing, KW - Sherman, William T. KW - Steele, Clement F. KW - Steele, Maria Theresa Ewing, KW - Washington, Reade M., KW - Wolfley, Lewis, KW - Ewing family. KW - Larwill family. KW - Miller family. KW - Stibbs family. KW - United States KW - Army KW - Officers KW - Office of Indian Affairs KW - Ewing & Hunter KW - Ewing & Jackson KW - Amnesty KW - Cotton trade KW - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry KW - Genealogy KW - Indians of North America KW - Government relations KW - Land grants KW - Land tenure KW - Kansas KW - Leavenworth KW - Pardon KW - Patents KW - Practice of law KW - Missouri KW - Saint Louis KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) KW - Leavenworth (Kan.) KW - Commerce KW - Mexico KW - Claims KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Social life and customs KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Army officers KW - itoamc KW - Lawyers N1 - Open to research N2 - 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 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011215.3 ER -