Griswold, Whiting 1814-1874 creator mixed material monographic eng 210 1 0.2 Letters addressed to Griswold relating to political parties such as the American Party (also known as the Know-Nothing Party), the Democratic Party, Free Soil Party, and the Whig Party; local, Massachusetts state, and national politics; the 1853 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention; patronage; the Kansas-Nebraska Act; the Civil War; the Hoosac Tunnel, Mass.; and Griswold's legal practice. Correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, George S. Boutwell, Benjamin F. Butler, Caleb Cushing, Benjamin Franklin Hallett, George Frisbie Hoar, George B. Loring, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, James Lyman Whitney, and Henry Wilson. Open to research. Lawyer and politician. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020 Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss 1816-1894 Correspondence Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall) 1818-1905 Correspondence Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1818-1893 Correspondence Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879 Correspondence Hallett, Benjamin Franklin 1797-1862 Correspondence Hoar, George Frisbie 1826-1904 Correspondence Loring, George B. (George Bailey) 1817-1891 Correspondence Phillips, Wendell 1811-1884 Correspondence Sumner, Charles 1811-1874 Correspondence Whitney, James Lyman 1835-1910 Correspondence Wilson, Henry 1812-1875 Correspondence Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention (1853) American Party. Democratic Party (U.S.) Free Soil Party (U.S.) Whig Party (U.S.) United States. Constitutional conventions Massachusetts Patronage, Political Political parties United States Practice of law Massachusetts Tunnels Massachusetts Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.) Massachusetts Politics and government United States Politics and government 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Lawyers Politicians mm 79058131 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020.3 Open to research. DLC 790830 20260227111657.0 mm 79058131