BENJAMIN HARRISON
             A REGISTER OF THE ADDENDA TO HIS PAPERS
                   IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                           Prepared by
                     Wilhelmina Curry, 1979

                     Revised and expanded by
                       Nan Thompson Ernst

                       Manuscript Division
                       Library of Congress

                     Washington, D.C.  1997



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                   ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION



     The addition to the papers of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901),
attorney, soldier, senator from Indiana, and president of the
United States, consists of material received through gift and
purchase by the Library of Congress from 1970 to 1997.


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            Linear feet of shelf space occupied:   .2
            Number of items:                      112



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                        BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE



1833, Aug. 20 Born, North Bend, Ohio

1852          B.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

1852-1854     Studied law, offices of Storer and Gwynne,
                Cincinnati, Ohio

1853          Married Caroline Scott (died 1892)

1854          Admitted to the bar
              Established law practice in Indianapolis, Ind.

1858          Secretary, Republican State Central Committee of
                Indiana

1860          Reporter of decisions, Indiana Supreme Court

1862-1865     Officer, Grand Army of the Republic, rising to
                rank of brigadier general 

1876          Unsuccessful candidate for governor of Indiana

1881-1887     U.S. senator from Indiana 

1889-1893     President of the United States

1892          Lost bid for reelection as president of the United
                States

1893-1901     Returned to law practice, Indianapolis, Ind.

1893-1901     Writer and lecturer 

1896          Married Mary Scott Lord Dimmick

1900          Chief attorney for Republic of Venezuela in Paris,
                France, to resolve boundary dispute with Great
                Britain 

1901, Mar. 13 Died, Indianapolis, Ind.



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                     SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE



     The Addenda to the Benjamin Harrison Papers has been
organized as Series 21 of the collection.  The Addenda comprises
previously undescribed parts of the original collection and
material received by the Library since 1970.  It is organized in
subseries according to the year each addition was processed. 
None of the material in the Addenda is microfilmed or indexed.

     The 1979 Addition includes 111 items dating from 1780 to
1900, mostly correspondence.  It is organized in two parts:
originals and photoreproductions.  Each part is arranged by
document type and chronologically thereunder.  Some original
letters are accompanied by typewritten transcripts.  Although
most of the letters are from Harrison, the files also contain
communications from his contemporaries such as Felix Agnus,
Thomas F. Bayard, Joseph B. Carr, John M. Doane, James P. Foster,
Andrew B. Humphrey, John H. Landis, Charles E. Pearce, John
Rooney, James F. Secor, Jr., Charles Emory Smith, and William
Henry Woods.  Included among the original documents are Treasury
Department records, 1889-1892; an inaugural memento, 1889;
undated writings about Harrison and his family; and notes
concerning politics in Indiana.  The photoreproductions include a
copy of the last will and testament, dated 1780, of Harrison's
ancestor, Benjamin Harrison (ca. 1726-1791).

     The 1997 Addition contains one letter dated 1932 from Mary
Lord Harrison, second wife of the president, to Emily Ryman
Burlingham Bogart, and a newspaper clipping dated 1948 announcing
the death of Mary Lord Harrison.



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                         Container List


Container No. Contents

SERIES 21, ADDENDA, 1780-1948, n.d.

Box 1         1979 Addition
                Originals
                   Correspondence, 1837, 1888-1895, n.d.
                     (2 folders)
                   Inaugural ball memento, 1889
                   Treasury Department records, 1889-92
                   Writings and notes, 1875, 1937, n.d.
                Photoreproductions
                   Correspondence, 1874, 1885-1900
                   Executive order, Board of Geographic Names,
                     1890
                   Harrison, Benjamin (ca. 1726-1791), last will
                     and testament, 1780
              1997 Addition
                Harrison, Mary Lord, letter and death notice,
                   1932, 1948


***Last update 12/21/98 (kef)***