Benjamin Helm Bristow papers, 1839-1932 (bulk 1874-1896).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 16,000 items; 20 containers; 7.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890 -- Correspondence
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 -- Correspondence
- Boynton, Henry V. (Henry Van), 1835-1905 -- Correspondence
- Childs, George William, 1829-1894 -- Correspondence
- Davis, David, 1815-1886 -- Correspondence
- Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893 -- Correspondence
- Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919 -- Correspondence
- Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893 -- Correspondence
- Goodloe, William Cassius, 1841-1889 -- Correspondence
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Correspondence
- Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911 -- Correspondence
- Meriwether, W. A. -- Correspondence
- Porter, Horace, 1837-1921 -- Correspondence
- Swayne, Noah Haynes, 1804-1884 -- Correspondence
- United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Secretary
- United States. Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- United States. Solicitor General
- Law -- United States
- Practice of law -- New York (State) -- New York
- Whiskey frauds
- United States -- Economic policy -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900
- Army officers
- Cabinet officers
- Lawyers
- Public officials
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Correspondence, speeches, biographical material, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Bristow's service as U.S. solicitor general and U.S. secretary of the treasury in President Ulysses S. Grant's administrations and to his New York City law firm. Includes a letterpress book of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the U.S. Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue, concerning the whiskey frauds of 1875. Correspondents include William W. Belknap, James Gillespie Blaine, Henry V. Boynton, George William Childs, David Davis, Anthony J. Drexel, George F. Edmunds, Hamilton Fish, William Cassius Goodloe, Ulysses S. Grant, John Marsgakk Harlan, W.A. Meriwether, Horace Porter, and Noah Haynes Swayne.
Army officer, lawyer, and U.S. secretary of the treasury and solicitor general.
Collection material in English.
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