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100	1		_aLangdon, William Chauncy, _d1831-1895.
245	0	0	_aWilliam Chauncy Langdon papers, _f1600-1903 _g(bulk 1846-1863).
300			_a800 _fitems.
300			_a3 _fcontainers.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, diary (1865), journals (1850-1856), subject files, printed material, Langdon (Langston) family genealogical records, and other papers concerning Langdon's invention of card games (1846-1847), his work as professor of astronomy at Shelby College, Ky., and in the U.S. Patent Office (1851-1856), his long career as an Episcopal clergyman, his role in the founding of the Y.M.C.A. movement, especially in Washington, D.C., travels in Europe, Civil War, Clay-Webster debates, and the administrations of Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Correspondents include Langdon family members, A. D. Bache, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Breckinridge, Phillips Brooks, Benjamin R. Curtis, George T. Curtis, George M. Dallas, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Caroline Lee Hentz, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, Matthew F. Maury, Thaddeus Stevens, and George Ticknor.
545	0		_aAstronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600	1	0	_aBache, A. D. _q(Alexander Dallas), _d1806-1867 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBenton, Thomas Hart, _d1782-1858 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBreckinridge, John C. _q(John Cabell), _d1821-1875 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aBrooks, Phillips, _d1835-1893 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aClay, Henry, _d1777-1852.
600	1	0	_aCurtis, Benjamin Robbins, _d1809-1874 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aCurtis, George Ticknor, _d1812-1894 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aDallas, George Mifflin, _d1792-1864 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFillmore, Millard, _d1800-1874.
600	1	0	_aGoodrich, Samuel G. _q(Samuel Griswold), _d1793-1860 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aGould, Benjamin Apthorp, _d1824-1896 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHenry, Joseph, _d1797-1878 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aHentz, Caroline Lee Whiting, _d1800-1856 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aJohnson, Reverdy, _d1796-1876 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aKendall, Amos, _d1789-1869 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMaury, Matthew Fontaine, _d1806-1873 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPierce, Franklin, _d1804-1869.
600	1	0	_aStevens, Thaddeus, _d1792-1868 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aTicknor, George, _d1791-1871 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aWebster, Daniel, _d1782-1852.
600	3	0	_aLangston family.
600	3	0	_aLangston family _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bPatent Office.
610	2	0	_aEpiscopal Church.
610	2	0	_aShelby College.
610	2	0	_aYoung Men's Christian Association (Washington, D.C.)
650		0	_aYoung Men's Christian associations.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aCard games.
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zKentucky _zShelbyville.
651		0	_aEurope _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
656		7	_aAstronomers. _2itoamc
656		7	_aClergy. _2itoamc
656		7	_aLawyers. _2itoamc
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