03161cpcaa2200589 a 4500 mm 88065919 DLC 20260227111723.0 cr ||||||||||| 880831|||||||||||| eng mm 88065919 DLC DLC DLC dacs W lcmd Miller, Samuel Freeman, 1816-1890. Samuel Freeman Miller correspondence and diaries, 1854-1887. 185 items. 2 containers. 3 microfilm reels. 0.8 linear feet. Open to research. 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). Microfilm edition of typewritten typescripts of the diaries of William Pitt Ballinger held by the University of Texas Library (Austin, Tex.). University of Texas Library, Austin, TX Lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114 Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888 Correspondence. Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886. United States. Electoral Commission (1877) United States. Supreme Court. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Constitutional law United States. Courts United States Officials and employees. Justice, Administration of. Law United States. Practice of law Texas Galveston. Presidents United States Election 1860. Presidents United States Election 1876. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) United States History 1865-1898. United States Politics and government 19th century. Jurists. itoamc Lawyers. itoamc Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888. William Pitt Ballinger diaries. 1871-1886. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114.3 44200 44200