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100	1		_aFrench, Benjamin B. _q(Benjamin Brown), _d1800-1870.
245	0	0	_aBenjamin B. French family papers, _f1778-1940 _g(bulk 1813-1893).
300			_a6,500 _fitems.
300			_a38 _fcontainers plus 6 _foversize.
300			_a16 _fmicrofilm reels.
300			_a17.2 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
506			_aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520	8		_aPart I contains correspondence primarily between Benjamin B. French and his half brother Henry Flagg French of Exeter, N.H., journals (1828-1870), poems, clippings, and printed material. Includes Benjamin B. French's observations on New Hampshire politics, freemasonry, his involvement with the Magnetic Telegraph Company, the presidency of Franklin Pierce, social life in Washington, D.C., French's association with Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's assassination, the Civil War, the years following the Civil War, and Congress.
520	8		_aPart II consists chiefly of the papers of Benjamin B. French, his son Francis Ormond French, and Amos Tuck. Benjamin B. French's correspondence continues topics found in Part I. Francis Ormond French's journals cover his early years in Washington, D.C., as well as his years at the Rittenhouse Academy, Washington, D.C., Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. His correspondence provides insight into the life of a prosperous American family of the late nineteenth century in New York, N.Y. Amos Tuck's correspondence pertains to politics, his travels in the Midwest in 1851, and the devastation of the South from the Civil War. Also includes letters of William Merchant Richardson. Francis's correspondents include Harris C. Fahnestock, Daniel Chester French, Lot M. Morrill, Hugh McCulloch, William A. Richardson, and John Sherman.
530			_aMicrofilm edition of journal, volumes 1-11, available, _dno. 15,260.
530			_aMicrofilm edition available, _dno. 18,483.
533			_aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. _bWashington, D.C. : _cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service, _d1972-1982.
533			_aIn part, transcripts. _b[S.l.].
544			_3Most prints and photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, New Hampshire politician, and commissioner of public buildings in Washington, D.C. Other individuals represented include Benjamin's son Francis Ormond French, financier; Amos Tuck, U.S. representative from N.H., whose daughter Ellen married Francis O. French in 1861; and William Merchant Richardson, chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court and father of Benjamin B. French's first wife.
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.ms003036
600	1	0	_aFahnestock, Harris C. _q(Harris Charles), _d1835-1914 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFrench, Daniel Chester, _d1850-1931 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aFrench, Henry F. _q(Henry Flagg), _d1813-1885 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865 _xAssassination.
600	1	0	_aMcCulloch, Hugh, _d1808-1895 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aMorrill, Lot M. _q(Lot Myrick), _d1812-1883 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aPierce, Franklin, _d1804-1869.
600	1	0	_aRichardson, William A. _q(William Adams), _d1821-1896 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aSherman, John, _d1823-1900 _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aFrench family.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCongress.
610	2	0	_aHarvard College (1780- )
610	2	0	_aMagnetic Telegraph Company.
610	2	0	_aPhillips Exeter Academy.
610	2	0	_aRittenhouse Academy.
650		0	_aFreemasonry.
650		0	_aPrivate schools _zNew Hampshire _zExeter.
650		0	_aPrivate schools _zWashington (D.C.)
650		0	_aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
650		0	_aUniversities and colleges _zMassachusetts _zCambridge.
651		0	_aConfederate States of America _xHistory.
651		0	_aMiddle West _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aNew Hampshire _xPolitics and government.
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aSouthern States _xHistory _y1865-1877.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1865-1898.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y19th century.
651		0	_aWashington (D.C.) _xSocial life and customs.
656		7	_aClerks, U.S. House of Representatives. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPoliticians. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPublic officials. _2itoamc
700	1		_aFrench, Francis O. _q(Francis Ormond), _d1837-1893. _tFrancis O. French papers.
700	1		_aRichardson, William Merchant, _d1774-1838. _tWilliam Merchant Richardson papers.
700	1		_aTuck, Amos, _d1810-1879. _tAmos Tuck papers.
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036.3
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