Stevens, Thaddeus 1792-1868 creator mixed material monographic eng 4,750 8 3.2 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. Open to research. 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 Sultan of Anjouan, Comoros Abdallah 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 Emperor of Mexico Maximilian 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 Jr Stevens, Thaddeus 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 Representatives, U.S. Congress mm 79041442 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010266.3 Open to research. 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