Marshall, Humphrey 1812-1872 creator mixed material monographic eng 500 2 1 8 0.8 Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, notes, financial and legal records, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Marshall's career as a lawyer, soldier, and politician. Documents his work as a lawyer in Kentucky and Virginia and his service as U.S. representative from Kentucky, U.S. commissioner to China during the Taiping Rebellion, and U.S. army officer during the Mexican War. Subjects include the conduct of William Henry Harrison during the Battle of the Thames (1813), Kentucky state and national politics, protection of Western lives and property in China, protectionism for the hemp industry, slavery, states' rights, steam safety of river boats, trade with China, and the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854). Subjects also include Marshall's flight from Richmond, Va., on April 2, 1865, the day the Confederate capital fell; his subsequent travels through the South; and Marshall family affairs. Collection includes an autobiography and other papers of Supreme Court Justice John McLean; a letter of Patrick Henry to George Rogers Clark; and a Virginia land grant issued by Henry while governor. Many of the items in the collection include notes and emendations by the donor, William E. McLaughry. Correspondents include John H. Aulick, John J. Crittenden, Jefferson Davis, Millard Fillmore, Walter Newman Haldeman, Isham G. Harris, George Law, John McLean, Matthew Calbraith Perry, William B. Reed, Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Bayard Taylor, and Daniel Webster. Open to research. Chiefly photocopies. [S.l.]. Army officer, lawyer, U.S. representative from Kentucky, and C.S.A. representative from Virginia. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009341 One letter (1867) was previously cataloged separately as part of the Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. Aulick, John H -1873 Correspondence Clark, George Rogers 1752-1818 Correspondence Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan) 1787-1863 Correspondence Davis, Jefferson 1808-1889 Correspondence Fillmore, Millard 1800-1874 Correspondence Haldeman, Walter Newman 1821-1902 Correspondence Harris, Isham G. (Isham Green) 1818-1897 Correspondence Harrison, William Henry 1773-1841 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 Correspondence Law, George 1806-1881 Correspondence McLaughry, William E McLean, John 1785-1861 Correspondence Perry, Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858 Correspondence Reed, William B. (William Bradford) 1806-1876 Correspondence Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 1812-1883 Correspondence Taylor, Bayard 1825-1878 Correspondence Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 Correspondence Marshall family United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854) Americans China Diplomatic and consular service, American Europeans China Hemp industry Land grants Virginia Mexican War, 1846-1848 Practice of law Kentucky Practice of law Virginia Protectionism United States River boats Slavery States' rights (American politics) Thames, Battle of the, Ont., 1813 China Commerce United States China Foreign relations United States China History Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 Japan Description and travel Kentucky Politics and government Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 Southern States Description and travel United States Commerce China United States Foreign relations China United States History War of 1812 Campaigns United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1849-1877 Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Army officers Lawyers Representatives, C.S.A. Congress Representatives, U.S. Congress McLean, John, 1785-1861 mm2008085411 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009341 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009341.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009341 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009341.3 Open to research. DLC 080620 20260227111731.0 mm2008085411