Benjamin Tappan papers, 1795-1900 (bulk 1795-1866).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 3,650 items; 25 containers; 11 microfilm reels; 6 linear feetSubject(s): - Allen, William, 1803-1879 -- Correspondence
- Anthony, John Gould, 1804-1877 -- Correspondence
- Birchard, Matthew, 1803-1876 -- Correspondence
- Brown, Ethan Allen, 1776-1852 -- Correspondence
- Bryan, John C. -- Correspondence
- Cabell, William H., 1772-1853 -- Correspondence
- Clendenin, David -- Correspondence
- Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 -- Correspondence
- Disney, David T. (David Tiernan), 1803-1857 -- Correspondence
- Drayton, Joseph -- Correspondence
- Edwards, Ogden, 1781-1862 -- Correspondence
- Flood, George H. -- Correspondence
- Gould, Augustus A. (Augustus Addison), 1805-1866 -- Correspondence
- Hammond, Charles, 1779-1840 -- Correspondence
- Hastings, John, 1778-1854 -- Correspondence
- Hayward, Elijah, 1786-1864 -- Correspondence
- Leavitt, Joshua, 1794-1873 -- Correspondence
- Medary, S. (Samuel), 1801-1864 -- Correspondence
- Medill, William, 1802-1865 -- Correspondence
- Morton, Marcus, 1819-1891 -- Correspondence
- Neef, Joseph, 1770-1854 -- Correspondence
- Say, Lucy Way Sistare, 1801-1886 -- Correspondence
- Sloane, John, 1793-1871 -- Correspondence
- Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 -- Correspondence
- Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863 -- Correspondence
- Wright, John C. (John Crafts), 1783-1861 -- Correspondence
- Tappan family
- Tappan family -- Correspondence
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery movements
- Mineralogy
- Shells
- Slavery -- United States
- Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865
- Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900
- Jurists
- Senators, U.S. Congress -- Ohio
- Microfilm edition available, no. 16,702.
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, legal and business papers, and genealogical material relating to Ohio and national politics (primarily Jacksonian), abolition and the antislavery movement, family matters, and Tappan's interests in mineralogy and conchology. Correspondents include William Allen, John Gould Anthony, Matthew Birchard, Ethan Allen Brown, John C. Bryan, William H. Cabell, David Clendenin, De Witt Clinton, David T. Disney, Joseph Drayton, Ogden Edwards, George H. Flood, Augustus A. Gould, Charles Hammond, John Hastings, Elijah Hayward, Joshua Leavitt, S. Medary, William Medill, Marcus Morton, Joseph Neef, Lucy Way Sistare Say, John Sloane, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Elisha Whittlesey, John C. Wright, and several members of the Tappan family.
Microfilm edition available, no. 16,702.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.
Jurist and U.S. senator from Ohio.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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