Fessenden, William Pitt 1806-1869 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,000 8 5 1.5 Correspondence with related clippings and printed material pertaining chiefly to Fessenden's service on the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and as U.S. secretary of the treasury under Abraham Lincoln. Subjects include Maine and national politics, disputed territorial claims in Maine, abolitionism, operations of the Treasury Dept. in 1864 and 1865, financing the Civil War, financial crises in the U.S. during the 1860s, Reconstruction, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and Fessenden's personal and family affairs. Correspondents include Elisha Hunt Allen, John Birney, Gamaliel Bradford, John J. Cisco, Nathaniel Dale, Timothy Davis, Hamilton Fish, A. T. Galt, R. M. Griffin, Morris Ketchum, Hugh McCulloch, Robert A. Maxwell, Freeman H. Morse, William D. Porter, John A. Stewart, George M. Towle, Joseph A. Ware, and J. E. Williams. Open to research. Microfilm edition of volumes 1-8 available, no. 14,133. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1968. U.S. secretary of the treasury, U.S. senator and representative from Maine, and lawyer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007018 Allen, Elisha Hunt 1804-1883 Correspondence Birney, John Correspondence Bradford, Gamaliel 1831-1911 Correspondence Cisco, John J Correspondence Dale, Nathaniel Correspondence Davis, Timothy 1821-1888 Correspondence Fish, Hamilton 1808-1893 Correspondence Sir Galt, A. T. (Alexander Tilloch) 1817-1893 Correspondence Griffin, R. M Correspondence Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 Impeachment Ketchum, Morris active 1864 Correspondence McCulloch, Hugh 1808-1895 Correspondence Maxwell, Robert A Correspondence Morse, Freeman H. (Freeman Harlow) 1807-1891 Correspondence Porter, Wm. D. (William Dennison) 1810-1883 Correspondence Stewart, John Aikman 1822-1926 Correspondence Towle, George M. (George Makepeace) 1841-1893 Correspondence Ware, Joseph A Correspondence Williams, J. E Correspondence Fessenden family United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary. Antislavery movements United States Financial crises United States History 19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Slavery Great Britain Foreign relations United States Maine Politics and government Northeast boundary of the United States United States Economic policy To 1933 United States Foreign relations Great Britain United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance United States Politics and government 19th century Cabinet officers Lawyers Representatives, U.S. Congress Senators, U.S. Congress mm 79020446 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007018 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007018.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007018 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007018.3 Open to research. DLC 790807 20260227111655.0 mm 79020446