Appleton, Nathan 1843-1906 creator mixed material monographic eng 400 4 1.4 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. Open to research. 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 Merchants mm 80057067 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010048.3 Open to research. DLC 801222 20260227111705.0 mm 80057067