07506cpcaa2201261 4500 mm 79041442 DLC 20260227111657.0 cr ||||||||||| 790807|||||||||||| eng mm 79041442 ms 66001461 DLC dacs DLC DLC W lcmd Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. Thaddeus Stevens papers, 1811-1927 (bulk 1850-1868). 4,750 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1829-1869; Series 2: Speeches and Writings File, 1835-1868; Series 3: Legal File, 1825-1867; and Series 4: Miscellany, 1811-1927. Open to research. Correspondence; speeches; legal, business, and financial records; biographical material; clippings; printed matter; and other papers relating chiefly to Stevens's service in the U.S. Congress and to family and business affairs. Subjects include Abraham Lincoln; African American suffrage; African American troops; Andrew Johnson's policies and impeachment; anti-Masonic movement; bank loans; the Civil War; confiscation of Confederate property; conscription; education in Pennsylvania; finance of the Civil War; gold standard; mining of coal and iron ore in Pennsylvania; paper money secured by government bonds; Pennsylvania state and national politics; railroads; Reconstruction and the political situation in the South; the Republican Party; secession; slavery; states' rights; tariffs; taxation; the treaty to purchase Alaska; the Union Army; the Union Pacific Railroad Company; U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedman's Bureau); the Whig Party; Abdallah, Sultan of Anjouan (Johanna Island), Comoros; and the occupation of Mexico by Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Subjects also include Stevens's partnership in Caledonia Iron Works, J. D. Paxton & Co. (later Stevens & Paxton Co.), and the Wrightsville, York, and Gettysburg Railroad Company; and the estate of William Camp. Correspondents include John Binney, James Buchanan, Salmon P. Chase, W.M. Dent, Oliver James Dickey, F.A. Dockray, John Charles Frémont, Henry Goddard, Horace Greeley, Alexander Hood, Reverdy Johnson, Alexander K. McClure, D. M'Conaughy, Edward McPherson, Lewis Merrill, William Nesbit, William B. Reed, Edward Reilly, Winfield Scott, Dudley Selden, Samuel Shoch, Charles S. Spencer, A.J. Stevens, Simon Stevens, Thaddeus Stevens. Jr., Charles Sumner, John Sweney, and David Wills. Lawyer and U.S. representative of 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.ms010266 Abdallah, Sultan of Anjouan, Comoros. Binney, John, 1844-1913 Correspondence. Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Correspondence. Camp, William E., -1841 Estate. Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Correspondence. Dent, W. M. Correspondence. Dickey, Oliver James, 1823-1876 Correspondence. Dockray, F. A. (Frederick A.), approximately 1840- Correspondence. Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 Correspondence. Goddard, Henry, 1785-1871 Correspondence. Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Correspondence. Hood, Alexander Correspondence. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875. Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Impeachment. Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867. McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly), 1828-1909 Correspondence. M'Conaughy, D. (David), 1823- Correspondence. McPherson, Edward, 1830-1895 Correspondence. Merrill, Lewis, 1834-1896 Correspondence. Nesbit, William, active 1867-1868 Correspondence. Reed, William B. (William Bradford), 1806-1876 Correspondence. Reilly, Edward, active 1862 Correspondence. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 Correspondence. Selden, Dudley, -1855 Correspondence. Shoch, Samuel Correspondence. Spencer, Charles S. Correspondence. Stevens, A. J., -1863 Correspondence. Stevens, Simon Correspondence. Stevens, Thaddeus, Jr. Correspondence. Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Correspondence. Sweney, John Correspondence. Wills, David, 1831-1894 Correspondence. Stevens family. United States. Army History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States. Army Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. United States. Congress. House. Caledonia Iron Works. J. D. Paxton & Co. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Stevens & Paxton Co. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Whig Party (U.S.) Wrightsville, York, and Gettysburg Railroad Company. African Americans Suffrage. Anti-Masonic movements. Bank loans United States. Coal mines and mining Pennsylvania. Draft United States. Education Pennsylvania. Gold standard. Government securities United States. Impeachments United States. Iron industry and trade Pennsylvania. Iron mines and mining Pennsylvania. Paper money United States. Railroads United States. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Secession Southern States. Slavery United States. States' rights (American politics) Tariff United States. Taxation United States. Alaska Annexation to the United States. Anjouan (Comoros) History. Mexico History European intervention, 1861-1867. Pennsylvania Commerce. Pennsylvania Politics and government 19th century. Southern States Politics and government 1865-1950. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confiscations and contributions. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Finance. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American. United States Politics and government 19th century. Lawyers. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Pennsylvania. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266.3 42308 42308