03395cpcaa2200613 4500 mm 80057067 DLC 20260227111705.0 cr ||||||||||| 801222|||||||||||| eng mm 80057067 ms 82001135 DLC DLC dacs DLC W lcmd Appleton, Nathan, 1843-1906. Nathan Appleton papers, 1850-1904 (bulk 1876-1902). 400 items. 4 containers. 1.4 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, speeches, writings, autobiography, notes, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Appleton's connection with Ferdinand de Lesseps and to his work as American agent (1881-1888) for Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama, a French company attempting to build a canal across Panama. Subjects include Appleton's presidency of the National Board of Trade (U.S.), free trade, tariffs, Appleton's world travels, and affairs of the Appleton family of Boston, Mass. Correspondents include Edwin M. Bacon, George E. Belknap, Edward Bellamy, Henry Bergh, George B. Cortelyou, Andrew Gregg Curtin, John William Draper, John W. Forney, Mark Alonzo Hanna, George Frisbie Hoar, John Davis Long, Charles Eliot Norton, John C. Spooner, and Anne Whitney. Army officer and merchant. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048 Bacon, Edwin M. (Edwin Munroe), 1844-1916 Correspondence. Belknap, George E. (George Eugene), 1832-1903 Correspondence. Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898 Correspondence. Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 Correspondence. Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940 Correspondence. Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1817-1894 Correspondence. Draper, John William, 1811-1882 Correspondence. Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881 Correspondence. Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904 Correspondence. Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904 Correspondence. Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894. Long, John Davis, 1838-1915 Correspondence. Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 Correspondence. Spooner, John C. (John Coit), 1843-1919 Correspondence. Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915 Correspondence. Appleton family. Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama. National Board of Trade (U.S.) Canals Panama. Free trade. Tariff United States. Voyages and travels. Boston (Mass.) Social life and customs. Panama Canal (Panama) Army officers. itoamc Merchants. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048.3 42900 42900