Politics and Government

Scope and Content The John Bailey Collection is organized thematically into five series: Series 1: Clerk of the House, Series 2: Justice of the Peace, Series 3: Reform School of the District of Columbia, Series 4: Currency, and Additional Material. While the inclusive dates range from 1797-1925, the bulk of the material is from the 1850s-1880s. Due to the overlapping appointments of Bailey across his lifetime the collection is arranged thematically. The material included in this collection reflects Bailey’s...

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The Carl Schurz Collection contains documents and materials from his time during the Civil War to his death in 1906. Majority of the collection consists of correspondence from Schurz along with provenance correspondance detailing the collecting of Schurz items from 1999-2001. The contents of this collection range from original 19th century documents, to photocopies of items, and to an original 19th century broadside of one of Schurz's speeches.

Scope and Content This collection contains a variety of materials broken down into six series, most of which relates to the Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. The first, Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, contains documents penned and/or signed in Lincoln’s hand, including legal proceedings, affidavits, and jury notes. The second series, Abraham Lincoln Correspondence, contains letters Lincoln created over the course of his legal career and presidency. Miscellaneous Legal Documents make up the next...