Miller, Samuel Freeman,  1816-1890. <br/><br/>
Samuel Freeman Miller correspondence and diaries, 1854-1887. 

 - 185  items. 2  containers. 3  microfilm reels. 0.8  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Letters from Miller to his brother-in-law, William Pitt Ballinger, an attorney of Galveston, Texas, concerning the status of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, nomination of John Marshall Harlan to the Court, judicial appointments, Republican Party politics, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, Reconstruction and relations between North and South, and Miller's membership in the Electoral Commission appointed to decide the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.  Also includes microfilm edition of Ballinger's diaries (1871-1876). 
<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm edition of typewritten typescripts of the diaries of William Pitt Ballinger held by the University of Texas Library (Austin, Tex.). 
<br/><br/><br/>University of Texas Library, <br/>Austin, <br/>TX 
<br/><br/><br/>Lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 88065919  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888 --Correspondence.<br/>Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911. <br/>Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. <br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. <br/>Tilden, Samuel J. 1814-1886. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Electoral Commission (1877) <br/>United States. Supreme Court. <br/>Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Constitutional law--United States.<br/>Courts--Officials and employees.--United States<br/>Justice, Administration of.<br/>Law--United States.<br/>Practice of law--Texas--Galveston.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--1860.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--1876.<br/>Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--1865-1898.<br/>United States--Politics and government--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Jurists.<br/>Lawyers.