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100 1 _aCushing, Caleb,
_d1800-1879.
245 0 0 _aCaleb Cushing papers,
_fcirca 1785-1906
_g(bulk 1820-1878).
300 _a120,000
_fitems.
300 _a420
_fcontainers plus
_a4
_foversize.
300 _a9
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a190
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 13 series. Series 1: Diaries, Journals, and Notes, 1827-1844; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1815-1878; Series 3: Special Correspondence, 1817-1899; Series 4: Special Commissions File, 1843-1878; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1816-1877; Series 6: Subject File; Series 7: Legal File, circa 1785-1886; Series 8: Land Speculation and Related Business Ventures File, circa 1813-1906; Series 9: Miscellany, circa 1814-1879; Series 10: Financial File, 1805-1878; Series 11: Printed Matter, circa 1820-1878; Series 12: Addition, 1841-1853; and Series 13: Oversize, 1823-1874.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches, notes, notebooks, legal file, business papers, biographical material, newspaper clippings, printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers reflecting Cushing's role in national and international affairs of the mid-nineteenth century.
520 8 _aDocuments Cushing's service as U.S. representative from Massachusetts, commissioner to China, army officer in the War with Mexico, attorney general under Franklin Pierce, minister to Spain, and his work for the administrations of James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Also documents Cushing's involvement in Democratic and Whig party politics; service as Massachusetts state legislator and associate justice; and diplomatic positions including counsel before a joint British and American commission leading to the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1871), special minister to Colombia regarding the proposed Panama Canal (1868), and counsel presenting claims before the United States and Mexican Claims Commission (1868). Includes material pertaining to Cushing's speculation in lands located from Maine to Lower California, his contributions to the North American Review, and his law practice in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
520 8 _aCorrespondents include George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, James Campbell, Rufus Choate, Jefferson Davis, James C. Dobbin, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, James Guthrie, Francis Lieber, Robert McClelland, Hugh McCulloch, William L. Marcy, Franklin Pierce, Albert Pike, Gideon Johnson Pillow, Sir John Rose, William Henry Seward, Jared Sparks, Roger Brooke Taney, John Tyler, Daniel Webster, and John Greenleaf Whittier.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of selected correspondence, Dec. 1856-Dec. 1860 (conts. 79-88) available,
_dno. 19,366.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of the treaty of Wang Hiya (Wanghsia), 1844 (oversize cont. 164) available,
_dno. 21,859
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1986-1998.
545 0 _aU.S cabinet official and representative from Massachusetts, army officer, diplomat, and lawyer.
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.ms000002
600 1 0 _aBancroft, George,
_d1800-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBuchanan, James,
_d1791-1868.
600 1 0 _aButler, Benjamin F.
_q(Benjamin Franklin),
_d1818-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCampbell, James,
_d1812-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChoate, Rufus,
_d1799-1859
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDobbin, James C.
_q(James Cochran),
_d1814-1857
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEverett, Edward,
_d1794-1865
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFish, Hamilton,
_d1808-1893
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGuthrie, James,
_d1792-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Andrew,
_d1808-1875.
600 1 0 _aLieber, Francis,
_d1800-1872
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865.
600 1 0 _aMcClelland, Robert,
_d1807-1880
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMcCulloch, Hugh,
_d1808-1895
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarcy, William L.
_q(William Learned),
_d1786-1857
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPierce, Franklin,
_d1804-1869
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPike, Albert,
_d1809-1891
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPillow, Gideon Johnson,
_d1806-1878
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRose, John,
_cSir,
_d1820-1888
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSeward, William Henry,
_d1801-1872
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSparks, Jared,
_d1789-1866
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTaney, Roger Brooke,
_d1777-1864
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTyler, John,
_d1790-1862
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWebster, Daniel,
_d1782-1852
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWhittier, John Greenleaf,
_d1807-1892
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aMassachusetts.
_bAttorney General's Office.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Justice.
_bOffice of the Attorney General.
610 2 0 _aDemocratic Party (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aGeneva Arbitration Tribunal.
610 2 0 _aUnited States and Mexican Claims Commission.
610 2 0 _aWhig Party (U.S.)
630 0 0 _aNorth American review.
650 0 _aCanals
_zPanama.
650 0 _aDiplomatic and consular service, American.
650 0 _aLand speculation.
650 0 _aMexican War, 1846-1848.
650 0 _aPolitical parties
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aChina
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aColombia
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aMexico
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aMassachusetts
_xPolitics and government
_y1775-1865.
651 0 _aPanama Canal (Panama)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aSpain
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zChina.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zColombia.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zGreat Britain.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zMexico.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zSpain.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xClaims.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCabinet officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aDiplomats.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aLawyers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aRepresentatives, U.S.
_zMassachusetts.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000002
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000002.3
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