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100 1 _aCorcoran, W. W.
_q(William Wilson),
_d1798-1888.
245 0 0 _aW.W. Corcoran papers,
_f1791-1896
_g(bulk 1849-1888).
300 _a54,000
_fitems.
300 _a105
_fcontainers.
300 _a5
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a33
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 6 series. Series 1: Family Correspondence, 1829-1862; Series 2: Incoming Letters, 1791-1888; Series 3: Outgoing Letters, 1845-1888; Series 4: Special Correspondence, 1857-1859; Series 5: Financial Records, 1810-1896; and Series 6: Miscellany, 1821-1891.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, letterpress books, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts. Documents his involvement with the brokerage and banking firms, Corcoran & Riggs, Washington, D.C.; Riggs and Co, New York, N.Y.; Bank of America; and Wilson, Colston & Co., Baltimore, Md. Also documents his investment ventures in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company; Little Miami Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company; California and Texas debts; Dubuque, Iowa, bonds; the "Great Superior Scheme" in Wisconsin; and Mississippi land holdings. Includes material pertaining to the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Louise Home, Washington, D.C.; and social life in Washington, D.C. Also includes correspondence and financial records of Corcoran's father, Thomas Corcoran.
520 8 _aCorrespondents include William Aiken, George Bancroft, August Belmont, John C. Breckinridge, Arthur Brice, Jesse D. Bright, James Buchanan, Thomas Green Clemson, Leslie Combs, Jefferson Davis, John Wesley Davis, Daniel S. Dickinson, Stephen A. Douglas, Alexander Doyle, Edward Everett, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Millard Fillmore, John W. Forney, Edward Miner Gallaudet, John Lane Gardner, Friedrich Karl Joseph von Gerolt, Ransom H. Gillet, Gabriel Harrison, Joseph Henry, Alexander von Humboldt, R.M.T. Hunter, Anthony Hyde, Robert Ward Johnson, George Wallace Jones, J. William Jones, Amos Kendall, Charles Lanman, Robert E. Lee, J.M. Mason, Junius Spencer Morgan, George Peabody, James Renwick, Elisha Riggs, Lawrason Riggs, David Rorer, Philip Slaughter, William Wetmore Story, Aaron Vail, Charles S. Venable, Robert J. Walker, Daniel Webster, James Grant Wilson, and Robert C. Winthrop.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of letterbook indexes available,
_dno. 18,492.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1982.
544 _3Miniature painting of Louise Amory Morris
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aFinancier and philanthropist.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095
600 1 0 _aAiken, William,
_d1806-1887
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBancroft, George,
_d1800-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBelmont, August,
_d1816-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBreckinridge, John C.
_q(John Cabell),
_d1821-1875
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrice, Arthur
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBright, Jesse D.
_q(Jesse David),
_d1812-1875
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBuchanan, James,
_d1791-1868
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aClemson, Thomas Green,
_d1807-1888
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCombs, Leslie,
_d1793-1881
_xCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, John Wesley,
_d1799-1859
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDickinson, Daniel S.
_q(Daniel Stevens),
_d1800-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDouglas, Stephen A.
_q(Stephen Arnold),
_d1813-1861
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDoyle, Alexander,
_d1857-1922
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEverett, Edward,
_d1794-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEzekiel, Moses Jacob,
_d1844-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFillmore, Millard,
_d1800-1874
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aForney, John W.
_q(John Wien),
_d1817-1881
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGallaudet, Edward Miner,
_d1837-1917
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGardner, John Lane,
_d1793-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGerolt, Friedrich Karl Joseph von,
_dapproximately 1798-1879
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGillet, Ransom H.
_q(Ransom Hooker),
_d1800-1876
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarrison, Gabriel,
_d1818-1902
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHenry, Joseph,
_d1797-1878
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHumboldt, Alexander von,
_d1769-1859
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHunter, R. M. T.
_q(Robert Mercer Taliaferro),
_d1809-1887
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHyde, Anthony
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Robert Ward,
_d1814-1879
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJones, George Wallace,
_d1804-1896
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJones, J. William
_q(John William),
_d1836-1909
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKendall, Amos,
_d1789-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLanman, Charles,
_d1819-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLee, Robert E.
_q(Robert Edward),
_d1807-1870
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMason, J. M.
_q(James Murray),
_d1798-1871
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorgan, Junius Spencer,
_d1813-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPeabody, George,
_d1795-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRenwick, James,
_d1818-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRiggs, Elisha,
_d1826-1881
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRiggs, Lawrason,
_d1814-1884
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRorer, David,
_d1806-1884
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSlaughter, Philip,
_d1808-1890
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStory, William Wetmore,
_d1819-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVail, Aaron,
_d1796-1878
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVenable, Charles S.
_q(Charles Scott),
_d1827-1900
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWalker, Robert J.
_q(Robert John),
_d1801-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWebster, Daniel,
_d1782-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWilson, James Grant,
_d1832-1914
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWinthrop, Robert C.
_q(Robert Charles),
_d1809-1894
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aCorcoran family.
600 3 0 _aCorcoran family
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aBaltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
610 2 0 _aBank of America.
610 2 0 _aChesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
610 2 0 _aCorcoran & Riggs.
610 2 0 _aCorcoran Gallery of Art.
610 2 0 _aLittle Miami Railroad Company.
610 2 0 _aPhiladelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company.
610 2 0 _aRiggs and Co.
610 2 0 _aWilson, Colston & Co.
650 0 _aArt museums
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aBanks and banking.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aBanks and banking
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aBusiness brokerage.
650 0 _aBusiness brokerage
_zMaryland
_zBaltimore.
650 0 _aBusiness brokerage
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aBusiness brokerage
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aCanals
_zMaryland.
650 0 _aCanals
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aEndowments.
650 0 _aFinance.
650 0 _aFinance
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aFinance
_zIowa
_zDubuque.
650 0 _aFinance
_zTexas.
650 0 _aRailroads.
650 0 _aRailroads
_xFinance.
650 0 _aRailroads
_xFinance
_zWisconsin.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zDelaware.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zMaryland.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zOhio.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zPennsylvania.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zVirginia.
650 0 _aRailroads
_zWest Virginia.
650 0 _aReal estate investment.
650 0 _aReal estate investment
_zMississippi.
650 0 _aSpeculation.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xSocial life and customs.
656 7 _aFinanciers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPhilanthropists.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aCorcoran, Thomas,
_d1754-1830.
_tThomas Corcoran correspondence and financial records.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011095.3
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