United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur H. and Mary Marden Dean Lafayette Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4611
Abstract
The Lafayette Collection contains materials by, to or about Lafayette and his family, with family documents extending back to 1245 and through the death of Georges Washington Lafayette in 1849. The series "Medals and Coins" covers a century and a half, up to 1931. The collection includes the oldest existing letter from Lafayette (1772), long missives he sent to his wife from America during the Revolution, other letters he wrote while imprisoned in Austria (1792-1797) and during his 1824-5...
Dates:
1520-1973.
Descriptions and portraits of American government officials
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070588326]
Identifier: 8056
Dates:
circa 1891-1893.
Letters of prominent American political and military figures
Collection — Manuscript box 21 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065243176]
Identifier: 45m
Dates:
circa 1826-1884.
Miscellaneous autographs, New York State
Collection
Identifier: 120
Abstract
Letters, legal documents, and other official communications, mainly concerning business transactions with signatures.
Dates:
1785-1907.
Social issues pamphlet collection
Collection
Identifier: 1220
Abstract
Pamphlets on social issues at the local, state, and national levels in the United States, with local and state pamphlets focused mainly but not exclusively on New York State or its localities. Topics include education, religion and moral issues, politics (especially surrounding the issue of slavery and the Civil War), temperance, agriculture, and railroads. Also included are pamphlets relating to libraries, historical societies, and history, as well as literary pamphlets (literary essays,...
Dates:
1806-1960-(bulk 1840-1880).
Washington Kerr papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064916764]
Identifier: 1649
Dates:
1829-1884.