05261cpcaa2200805 4500 mm 79032425 DLC 20260227111656.0 cr ||||||||||| 791030|||||||||||| eng mm 79032425 ms 65000915 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd McPherson, Edward, 1830-1895. Edward McPherson papers, 1738-1936 (bulk 1860-1891). 18,000 items. 100 containers plus 1 oversize. 40.4 linear feet. Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, Bound, 1774-1895; Series 2: General Correspondence, Unbound, 1760-1936; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1877-1880; Series 4: Records of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 1856-1888; Series 5: Thaddeus Stevens Estate Papers, 1794-1896; Series 6: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1859-1891; Series 7: Family Financial and Estate Papers, 1738-1895; Series 8: Miscellany, 1748-1895; Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1848-1889; and Series 10: Oversize, 1759-1869. Open to research. Correspondence, speeches, writings, notes, financial papers, family papers, family history, genealogical material, and other papers relating to McPherson's career in the House of Representatives as legislator and clerk of the House, and to Republican Party politics and campaigns nationally and in Pennsylvania during Reconstruction. Includes papers relating to the McPherson family in central Pennsylvania; records (1856-1888) of the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; estate papers of Thaddeus Stevens and material collected for his biography; records of the Presbyterian Church, Marsh Creek, Pa.; and correspondence, law office files, and legal documents of Robert G. McCreary, of Gettysburg, Pa. Subjects include history of Pennsylvania, especially Gettysburg and Adams Co., Pa.; education in frontier Pennsylvania; property investments in Pennsylvania; administration of the Gettysburg and Black's Tavern Turnpike Road; military services; and the tariff. Family members represented include Janet McPherson, John Bayard McPherson, Robert McPherson, William McPherson, and Robert M'Pherson. Correspondents include James Gillespie Blaine, Noah Brooks, William E. Chandler, George William Childs, James A. Garfield, and E.B. Washburne. Editor, statistician, and U.S. representative from Pennsylvania. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042 Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 Correspondence. Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903 Correspondence. Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 Correspondence. Childs, George William, 1829-1894 Correspondence. Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881 Correspondence. McPherson, Janet, 1689-1767. McPherson, John Bayard, 1789-1858. McPherson, Robert, 1689-1749. M'Pherson, Robert, 1730-1789. McPherson, William, 1757-1832. Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868 Estate. Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887 Correspondence. McPherson family. United States. Congress. House. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Education Pennsylvania. Frontier and pioneer life Pennsylvania. Genealogy. Political campaigns Pennsylvania. Political campaigns United States. Practice of law Pennsylvania Gettysburg. Presbyterian Church Pennsylvania Marsh Creek. Real estate investment. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Tariff United States. Toll roads Pennsylvania. Adams County (Pa.) History. Gettysburg County (Pa.) History. Pennsylvania History. Pennsylvania Politics and government. Pennsylvania Social life and customs. United States Politics and government 1865-1900. Gettysburg and Black's Tavern Turnpike Road (Pa.) Editors. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Pennsylvania. itoamc Statisticians. itoamc McCreary, Robert G., -1883. Robert G. McCreary papers. 1785-1879. United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk. United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk records. 1856-1888. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042.3 42266 42266