mixed material monographic eng 100,000 359 3 145.6 Family and business correspondence, diaries, writings, financial records, biographical and genealogical papers, printed matter, and other papers of Riggs family members. Includes papers of Elisha Riggs (1779-1853) relating to family affairs, travel in Europe, sales of land in Illinois, and the development of his New York mercantile business; papers of Elisha Riggs, Jr. (1826-1881) relating to travel in Great Britain, the firm of Corcoran & Riggs, and the Averill Coal and Oil Company, West Va.; papers of Elisha Francis Riggs (1851-1910); papers of Elisha Francis Riggs, Jr. (1887-1936) relating to family matters, military service at Fort Riley, Kan., and in the Philippines, and diplomatic service in Russia during the Russian Revolution; papers of George Washington Riggs relating, in part, to Corcoran & Riggs; and papers of Romulus Riggs. Also includes the papers of Thomas Riggs, Jr., relating to gold mining in Alaska, the Alaskan Engineering Commission, his governorship of Alaska, the Alaska Boundary Survey, and to family matters; papers of T. Lawrason Riggs relating to personal and family matters, World War I service with the U.S. Army American Expeditionary Forces in France, experiences as a Catholic priest, and writings; and papers of William Henry Riggs relating to his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Spain, and Syria, and to his interests in the art world, including his donations to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes papers of other family members and records of the firm of Corcoran & Riggs relating, in part, to the financing of the Mexican War and the settlement (1843) of Choctaw and Chickasaw land claims. Correspondents include George Bancroft, Clara Barton, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Dion Boucicault, James Buchanan, Ole Bull, John C. Calhoun, George Earle Chamberlain, Walter Eli Clark, Grover Cleveland, W.W. Corcoran, Frederic R. Coudert, Frederick S. Cozzens, J.L.M. Curry, Jefferson Davis, John W. Davis, John Elliott, Ernest Gruening, Joseph F. Guffey, Nathan Hale, Franklin K. Lane, Francis Napier, George Newbold, Noel J. Ogilvie, John Howard Payne, George Peabody, James K. Polk, William Henry Seward, John Slidell, Buckingham Smith, Julian Street, Booth Tarkington, Daniel Webster, Levi Woodbury, and Brigham Young. Restrictions apply. Microfilm edition of Thomas Riggs, Jr., memoirs available, no. 16,715. Microfilm edition of Thomas Lawrason Riggs diaries available, no. 17,004. Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service. 1976-1977. Microfilm of selected letters (Microfilm 6,124A-1N-1P) produced from originals in private hands. [S.l.] Prints, photograph albums, photographs, glass slides, and plans of public buildings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Merchant and banking family of New York, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and Washington, D.C. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003 Bancroft, George 1800-1891 Correspondence Barton, Clara 1821-1912 Correspondence Benton, Thomas Hart 1782-1858 Correspondence Bierstadt, Albert 1830-1902 Correspondence Boucicault, Dion 1820-1890 Correspondence Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Correspondence Bull, Ole 1810-1880 Correspondence Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) 1782-1850 Correspondence Chamberlain, George E. (George Earle) 1854-1928 Correspondence Clark, Walter Eli 1869-1950 Correspondence Cleveland, Grover 1837-1908 Correspondence Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson) 1798-1888 Correspondence Coudert, Frederic R. (Frederic René) 1871-1955 Correspondence Cozzens, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout) 1818-1869 Correspondence Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe) 1825-1903 Correspondence Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889 Correspondence Davis, John W. (John William) 1873-1955 Correspondence Elliott, John active 1841-1889 Correspondence Gruening, Ernest 1887-1974 Correspondence Guffey, Joseph F 1870-1959 Correspondence Hale, Nathan 1784-1863 Correspondence Lane, Franklin K Correspondence Baron Napier and Ettrick Napier, Francis 1819-1898 Correspondence Newbold, George Correspondence Ogilvie, Noel J Correspondence Payne, John Howard 1791-1852 Correspondence Peabody, George 1795-1869 Correspondence Polk, James K. (James Knox) 1795-1849 Correspondence Seward, William Henry 1801-1872 Correspondence Slidell, John 1793-1871 Correspondence Smith, Buckingham 1810-1871 Correspondence Street, Julian 1879-1947 Correspondence Tarkington, Booth 1869-1946 Correspondence Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 Correspondence Woodbury, Levi 1789-1851 Correspondence Young, Brigham 1801-1877 Correspondence Riggs family United States. Army. United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Alaskan Boundary Survey. Alaskan Engineering Commission. Averill Coal and Oil Company. Corcoran & Riggs. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Art Banks and banking Washington (D.C.) Catholic Church Clergy Chickasaw Indians Claims Choctaw Indians Claims Coal mines and mining West Virginia Diplomatic and consular service, American Soviet Union Gold mines and mining Alaska Indians of North America Land tenure Merchants New York (State) New York Mexican War, 1846-1848 Finance Military bases Kansas Military bases, American Philippines Surveying Alaska World War, 1914-1918 France Alaska Politics and government Alaska Surveys Egypt Description and travel Europe Description and travel Fort Riley (Kan.) Great Britain Description and travel Palestine Description and travel Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Spain Description and travel Syria Description and travel Riggs, Elisha, 1779-1853 Riggs, Elisha, 1826-1881 Riggs, Elisha Francis, 1851-1910 Riggs, Elisha Francis, 1887-1936 Riggs, George Washington, 1813-1881 Riggs, Romulus, 1782-1846 Riggs, Thomas, 1873-1945 Riggs, T. Lawrason (Thomas Lawrason), 1888-1943 Riggs, William Henry, 1837-1924 mm 81037895 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011003.3 Restrictions apply. DLC 811020 20260227111708.0 mm 81037895