Miller, Samuel Freeman 1816-1890 creator mixed material monographic eng 185 2 3 0.8 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). Open to research. 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 Lawyers Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888 mm 88065919 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114.3 Open to research. DLC 880831 20260227111723.0 mm 88065919