McPherson, Edward 1830-1895 creator mixed material monographic eng 18,000 100 1 40.4 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. Open to research. 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 Representatives, U.S. Congress Statisticians McCreary, Robert G., -1883 United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk. mm 79032425 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012042.3 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111656.0 mm 79032425