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100 1 _aCroffut, W. A.
_q(William Augustus),
_d1835-1915.
245 0 0 _aW.A. Croffut papers,
_f1774-1933
_g(bulk 1880-1915).
300 _a7,500
_fitems.
300 _a31
_fcontainers.
300 _a12.4
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1862-1933; Series 2: Business Papers, 1879-1933; Series 3: Ethan Allen Hitchcock File, 1813-1868; Series 4: Anti-Imperialist League; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1774-1910.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, journals, minutes of meetings, writings, printed matter, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining primarily to Croffut's publications and to his activities with the Anti-Imperialist League (Washington, D.C.) and other league branches. Subjects include William Jennings Bryan's candidacy in the presidential campaign of 1900; opposition to American annexation of the Philippines following the Spanish-American War in 1898 and to British actions against the Boers (Afrikaners) during the South African War, 1899-1902; and the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill., in 1893. Includes minutes and other records concerning the founding and operation of the Anti-Imperialist League (Washington, D.C.); journals of Henry Alfred Robbins containing accounts of his travels in Europe during the 1870's and information concerning medical practices in Europe; an autograph book and autographs including a John Quincy Adams letter (April 15, no year) and Jefferson Davis note (1853); and material pertaining to George Washington. Correspondents include George S. Boutwell, William Jennings Bryan, Elwood S. Corser, Samuel Gompers, John William Hayes, John B. Henderson, Patrick O'Farrell, Carl Schurz, Bertrand Shadwell, Charles A. Towne, George W. Van Siclen, Erving Winslow, and Croffut's wife, Bessie B. Croffut.
520 8 _aThe Ethan Allen Hitchcock File consists of Hitchcock's memoir used for the book, Fifty years in Camp and Field; Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, edited by Croffut (1909); copies of Hitchcock correspondence along with biographical material; copies of correspondence with Sophia Peabody Hawthorne; Croffut's "Now I Recollect"--"Souvenirs of the Sanctum: Lincoln as I Saw Him" (printed 1943) and other Croffut family writings; and other papers.
545 0 _aAuthor, editor, and poet.
546 _aCollection material in English, with Spanish.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011102
600 1 0 _aAdams, John Quincy,
_d1767-1848
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBoutwell, George S.
_q(George Sewall),
_d1818-1905
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBryan, William Jennings,
_d1860-1925.
600 1 0 _aBryan, William Jennings,
_d1860-1925
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCorser, Elwood S.
_q(Elwood Spencer),
_d1835-1903
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCroffut, Bessie B.,
_d1861-1935
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889.
600 1 0 _aGompers, Samuel,
_d1850-1924.
600 1 0 _aHawthorne, Sophia Peabody,
_d1809-1871
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHayes, John William,
_d1854-1942
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHenderson, John B.
_q(John Brooks),
_d1826-1913
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHitchcock, Ethan Allen,
_d1798-1870.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865.
600 1 0 _aO'Farrell, Patrick,
_d1832-1902
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSchurz, Carl,
_d1829-1906
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aShadwell, Bertrand
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTowne, Charles A.
_q(Charles Arnette),
_d1858-1928
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan Siclen, George W.
_q(George West),
_d1840-1903.
600 1 0 _aWashington, George,
_d1732-1799.
600 1 0 _aWinslow, Erving,
_d1839-1922
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 4 _aCroffut family.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xMilitary life.
610 2 0 _aAnti-Imperialist League (Washington, D.C.)
611 2 0 _aWorld's Columbian Exposition
_d(1893 :
_cChicago, Ill.)
650 0 _aAfrikaners.
650 0 _aAnti-imperialist movements
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aElections
_zUnited States
_y1900.
650 0 _aExhibitions
_zIllinois
_zChicago.
650 0 _aImperialism.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xPractice
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xPractice
_zEurope.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xElection
_y1900.
650 0 _aSouth African War, 1899-1902.
650 0 _aSpanish-American War, 1898
_zPhilippines.
651 0 _aBoston (Mass.)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aEurope
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xColonies
_zAfrica.
651 0 _aPhilippines
_xForeign relations
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xColonial question.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xForeign relations
_zPhilippines.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1897-1901.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xTerritorial expansion.
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aEditors.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aPoets.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aCroffut, W. A.
_q(William Augustus),
_d1835-1915.
_t"Now I recollect--souvenirs of the sanctum" ; "Lincoln as I saw him."
_f1943.
700 1 2 _aHitchcock, Ethan Allen,
_d1798-1870.
_tFifty years in camp and field; diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
_f1909.
700 1 _aRobbins, Henry Alfred,
_d1839-1911.
_tHenry Alfred Robbins journals.
_f1870-1904.
710 2 _aAnti-Imperialist League (Washington, D.C.).
_tAnti-Imperialist League (Washington, D.C.) records.
_f1899-1908.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011102
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011102.3
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