French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown) 1800-1870 creator mixed material monographic eng 6,500 38 16 17.2 Part I contains correspondence primarily between Benjamin B. French and his half brother Henry Flagg French of Exeter, N.H., journals (1828-1870), poems, clippings, and printed material. Includes Benjamin B. French's observations on New Hampshire politics, freemasonry, his involvement with the Magnetic Telegraph Company, the presidency of Franklin Pierce, social life in Washington, D.C., French's association with Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's assassination, the Civil War, the years following the Civil War, and Congress. Part II consists chiefly of the papers of Benjamin B. French, his son Francis Ormond French, and Amos Tuck. Benjamin B. French's correspondence continues topics found in Part I. Francis Ormond French's journals cover his early years in Washington, D.C., as well as his years at the Rittenhouse Academy, Washington, D.C., Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. His correspondence provides insight into the life of a prosperous American family of the late nineteenth century in New York, N.Y. Amos Tuck's correspondence pertains to politics, his travels in the Midwest in 1851, and the devastation of the South from the Civil War. Also includes letters of William Merchant Richardson. Francis's correspondents include Harris C. Fahnestock, Daniel Chester French, Lot M. Morrill, Hugh McCulloch, William A. Richardson, and John Sherman. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Microfilm edition of journal, volumes 1-11, available, no. 15,260. Microfilm edition available, no. 18,483. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1972-1982. In part, transcripts. [S.l.]. Most prints and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, New Hampshire politician, and commissioner of public buildings in Washington, D.C. Other individuals represented include Benjamin's son Francis Ormond French, financier; Amos Tuck, U.S. representative from N.H., whose daughter Ellen married Francis O. French in 1861; and William Merchant Richardson, chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court and father of Benjamin B. French's first wife. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 Fahnestock, Harris C. (Harris Charles) 1835-1914 Correspondence French, Daniel Chester 1850-1931 Correspondence French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg) 1813-1885 Correspondence Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Assassination McCulloch, Hugh 1808-1895 Correspondence Morrill, Lot M. (Lot Myrick) 1812-1883 Correspondence Pierce, Franklin 1804-1869 Richardson, William A. (William Adams) 1821-1896 Correspondence Sherman, John 1823-1900 Correspondence French family United States. Congress. Harvard College (1780- ) Magnetic Telegraph Company. Phillips Exeter Academy. Rittenhouse Academy. Freemasonry Private schools New Hampshire Exeter Private schools Washington (D.C.) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Universities and colleges Massachusetts Cambridge Confederate States of America History Middle West Description and travel New Hampshire Politics and government New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Southern States History 1865-1877 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History 1865-1898 United States Politics and government 19th century Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Clerks, U.S. House of Representatives Politicians Public officials French, Francis O. (Francis Ormond), 1837-1893 Richardson, William Merchant, 1774-1838 Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879 mm 80021550 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036.3 Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 800605 20260227111704.0 mm 80021550