Sanders, George Nicholas 1812-1873 creator mixed material monographic eng 200 2 1 1.0 Correspondence, journals, and printed matter of Sanders family members relating to mid-nineteenth century politics, social life, and the Civil War. Journals of Anna Johnson Reid Sanders include notes, financial accounts, and clippings and provide information on the activities of her husband, George Nicholas Sanders; the wartime imprisonment and death of their son, Reid Sanders, a Confederate soldier; and experiences of women in the Sanders family during the Civil War. The 1863-1865 journal was begun in 1863 by George N. Sanders, Jr., while a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute. Subjects include family visits to New York City and interactions with prominent Europeans in the city; the participation of the Young America movement at the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, Md., in 1852; the 1852 presidential election; Confederate exiles in Canada; the deaths of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and Franklin Pierce's son, Benjamin Pierce; and individuals such as James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, John B. Floyd, and Daniel Edgar Sickles. Correspondents include G.T. Beauregard, August Belmont, J. P. Benjamin, Mary Breckinridge, Lewis Cass, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, John B. Floyd, Henry S. Foote, John W. Forney, R.M.T. Hunter, Stephen R. Mallory, and members of the Sanders family. Open to research. Microfilm edition of correspondence (container 2) available, no. 22,212. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 2001. Financier, lobbyist, and Confederate agent in Europe. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012053 Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant) 1818-1893 Belmont, August 1813-1890 Correspondence Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip) 1811-1884 Correspondence Breckinridge, Mary 1826-1907 Correspondence Buchanan, James 1791-1868 Cass, Lewis 1782-1866 Correspondence Clay, Henry 1777-1852 Death and burial Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889 Correspondence Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold) 1813-1861 Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold) 1813-1861 Correspondence Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan) 1806-1863 Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan) 1806-1863 Correspondence Forney, John W. (John Wien) 1817-1881 Correspondence Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro) 1809-1887 Correspondence Mallory, Stephen R. (Stephen Russell) 1813-1873 Correspondence Pierce, Benjamin 1841-1853 Death and burial Sanders, Reid 1837-1864 Sickles, Daniel Edgar 1819-1914 Sanders family Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 Death and burial Democratic Party (U.S.) Virginia Military Institute. Democratic National Convention (1852 : Baltimore, Md.) American Confederate voluntary exiles Canada Europeans New York (State) New York Presidents United States Election 1852 Confederate States of America History New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons United States Politics and government 19th century Confederate agents Financiers Lobbyists Sanders, George N. (George Nicholas), 1848-1890 Sanders, Anna Johnson Reid, approximately 1815-1890 mm 81059899 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012053 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012053.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012053 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012053.3 Open to research. DLC 820107 20260227111710.0 mm 81059899