Chandler, William E. (William Eaton) 1835-1917 creator mixed material monographic eng 25,000 167 36 Principally bound volumes of correspondence documenting Chandler's work as assistant secretary of the treasury (1865-1867), secretary of the navy (1882-1885), U.S. senator from New Hampshire (1887-1901), and chairman of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission (1901-1908). Includes material reflecting Chandler's prominence in the Republican Party and his role in the presidential campaigns of 1868, 1872, and 1880 and in the disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Correspondents include Chester Alan Arthur, James Gillespie Blaine, Montgomery Blair, George S. Boutwell, Jay Cooke, Walter Quintin Gresham, William Pitt Kellogg, Philander C. Knox, William McKinley, William Orton, Orville Hitchcock Platt, Thomas Collier Platt, and Lew Wallace. Open to research. U.S. secretary of the navy, senator from New Hampshire, and lawyer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011216 Arthur, Chester Alan 1829-1886 Correspondence Blaine, James Gillespie 1830-1893 Correspondence Blair, Montgomery 1813-1883 Correspondence Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall) 1818-1905 Correspondence Cooke, Jay 1821-1905 Correspondence Gresham, Walter Quintin 1832-1895 Correspondence Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 1822-1893 Kellogg, William Pitt 1831-1918 Correspondence Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase) 1853-1921 Correspondence McKinley, William 1843-1901 Correspondence Orton, William 1826-1878 Correspondence Platt, Orville Hitchcock 1827-1905 Correspondence Platt, Thomas Collier 1833-1910 Correspondence Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones) 1814-1886 Wallace, Lew 1827-1905 Correspondence United States. Department of the Treasury Officials and employees United States. Navy Department Officials and employees United States. Spanish Treaty Claims Commission. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Contested elections United States Presidents United States Election 1868 Presidents United States Election 1872 Presidents United States Election 1876 Presidents United States Election 1880 New Hampshire Politics and government 1865-1950 United States Politics and government 1865-1933 Cabinet officers Lawyers Senators, U.S. Congress mm 82015537 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011216 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011216.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011216 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011216.3 Open to research. DLC 820525 20260227111712.0 mm 82015537