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100	1		_aAbbot, Henry L.
245	0	0	_aHenry L. Abbot family papers, _f1770-2001 _g(bulk 1832-1870).
300			_a2,000 _fitems.
300			_a9 _fcontainers plus _a3 _fvault artifact containers plus _a1 _foversize.
300			_a5.6 _flinear feet.
506	0		_aOpen to research.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, memoirs, diaries, writings, photographs, legal and financial records, biographical and genealogical material, military records, ships logs, maps, printed matter, mementos, and other papers primarily documenting Henry L. Abbot's service as topographical engineer and officer in the Union Army and family life and social activities in Massachusetts during the Civil War.
520	8		_aSubjects include the First Battle of Bull Run, construction of fortifications around Washington, D.C., the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, U.S. Army movements during the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond, Va., in 1864 and 1865, Abraham Lincoln's administration, African American soldiers, religion, Union commanders, ordnance technology, causes of the war, the Emancipation Proclamation, Ulysses S. Grant's situation in Virginia, George B. McClellan's presidential bid, childhood activities of Abbot's son Frederic V. Abbot, death of Abbot's brother Edward Stanley Abbot at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1863, and Washington, D.C., social life in 1857. Includes reminiscences about the Abbot family and life in Cambridge, Mass., by Abbot's mother-in-law Emily Everett, recollections of Abbot's childhood by his mother Fanny Larcom Abbot, and a file pertaining to the life of Henry Larcom, shipmaster and Abbot's maternal grandfather, including Larcom's survival of the wreck of the Margaret in 1810 in the North Atlantic during the Napoleonic Wars.
520	8		_aCorrespondents include Fanny Larcom Abbot, Joseph Hale Abbot, Mary Susan ("Susie") Everett Abbot, and William Henry Seward.
544			_3Daguerreotypes, prints, an oil painting, and most photographs _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545	0		_aArmy officer. Full name: Henry Larcom Abbot. Born 1831; died 1927.
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.ms007005
600	1	0	_aAbbot, Edward Stanley, _d1841-1863.
600	1	0	_aAbbot, Fanny Larcom, _d1807-1883 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aAbbot, Frederic V. _q(Frederic Vaughan), _d1858-1928.
600	1	0	_aAbbot, Jos. Hale _q(Joseph Hale), _d1802-1873 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aAbbot, Mary Susan Everett, _d1832-1871 _vCorrespondence.
600	1	0	_aEverett, Emily, _d1799-
600	1	0	_aGrant, Ulysses S. _q(Ulysses Simpson), _d1822-1885.
600	1	0	_aLarcom, Henry, _d1777-1862.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865.
600	1	0	_aMcClellan, George Brinton, _d1826-1885.
600	1	0	_aSeward, William Henry, _d1801-1872 _vCorrespondence.
600	3	0	_aAbbott family _vCorrespondence.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xOrdnance and ordnance stores.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bCorps of Engineers.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bPresident (1861-1865 : Lincoln). _tEmancipation Proclamation.
610	2	0	_aMargaret (Ship)
650		0	_aBull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
650		0	_aFortification _zWashington (D.C.) _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
650		0	_aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
650		0	_aPeninsular Campaign, 1862.
651		0	_aCambridge (Mass.) _xSocial life and customs _y19th century.
651		0	_aMassachusetts _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865.
651		0	_aPetersburg (Va.) _xHistory _ySiege, 1864-1865.
651		0	_aRichmond (Va.) _xHistory _ySiege, 1864-1865.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xArtillery operations.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCampaigns.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCauses.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xParticipation, African American.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xTechnology.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1861-1865.
651		0	_aVirginia _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCampaigns.
651		0	_aWashington (D.C.) _xSocial life and customs _y19th century.
656		7	_aArmy officers. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007005.3
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