Stanton, Edwin McMasters 1814-1869 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,650 46 1 14 8.4 Correspondence, letterbooks, reports, printed matter, memorabilia, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Stanton's role as U.S. secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and to his role in the politics of Reconstruction. Other topics include the conduct of the Civil War, the radical wing of the Republican Party, Lincoln's assassination, and Stanton's evaluation of U.S. Army generals. Correspondents include the Stanton family, George Bancroft, Henry Ward Beecher, James Buchanan, Benjamin F. Butler, Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Thomas Ewing, William Pitt Fessenden, William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hay, Andrew Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, Francis Lieber, Abraham Lincoln, George Brinton McClellan, Winfield Scott, William Henry Seward, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Thaddeus Stevens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sumner, Benjamin Tappan, Lyman Trumbull, and Gideon Welles. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 17,814. Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. Lawyer, U.S. attorney general, and U.S. secretary of war. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010150 Bancroft, George 1800-1891 Correspondence Beecher, Henry Ward 1813-1887 Correspondence Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Correspondence Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893 Correspondence Cameron, Simon 1799-1889 Correspondence Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) 1808-1873 Correspondence Conkling, Roscoe 1829-1888 Correspondence Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson) 1819-1897 Correspondence Ewing, Thomas 1789-1871 Correspondence Fessenden, William Pitt 1806-1869 Correspondence Garrison, William Lloyd 1805-1879 Correspondence Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) 1822-1885 Correspondence Hay, John 1838-1905 Correspondence Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 Johnson, Andrew 1808-1875 Correspondence Johnson, Reverdy 1796-1876 Correspondence Lieber, Francis 1800-1872 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Correspondence McClellan, George Brinton 1826-1885 Correspondence Scott, Winfield 1786-1866 Correspondence Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 Correspondence Sheridan, Philip Henry 1831-1888 Correspondence Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891 Correspondence Stevens, Thaddeus 1792-1868 Correspondence Stowe, Harriet Beecher 1811-1896 Correspondence Sumner, Charles 1811-1874 Correspondence Tappan, Benjamin 1773-1857 Correspondence Trumbull, Lyman 1813-1896 Correspondence Welles, Gideon 1802-1878 Correspondence Stanton family Correspondence United States. War Department. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Generals United States Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States Armed Forces Officers United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1865-1877 Cabinet officers Lawyers mm 79041202 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010150 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010150.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010150 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010150.3 Open to research. DLC 791116 20260227111657.0 mm 79041202