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William Allen
A Register of His Papers in the Library of
Congress
Prepared by John R. Monagle
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
1995
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2001
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001006
Latest revision: 2004-08-27
Title: Papers of William Allen
Span Dates: 1796-1879
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1840-1876)
ID No.: MSS10520
Creator:
Allen, William,
1803-1879
Extent: 3,000
items; 23 containers; 5 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Lawyer, farmer, and
U.S. representative and senator from and governor of Ohio. Correspondence,
speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed material, maps, and other
papers largely relating to Allen's service as U.S. senator (1837-1848) and
governor (1873-1875) of Ohio.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Allen,
William, 1803-1879.
Faran,
James John, 1808-1892--Correspondence.
Graham,
James, 1793-1851--Correspondence.
Hough,
John, fl. 1831-1845--Correspondence.
Layman,
Amos--Correspondence.
Morgan,
George, 1777-1846--Correspondence.
Whitman,
Henry A.--Correspondence.
Ohio.
Militia.
Chillicothe Independent Blues.
Stoney
Mill Salt Works.
Greenbacks.
Mexican War,
1846-1848.
Oregon question.
Salt industry and
trade--Ohio--Chillicothe.
Northwest
boundary of the United States.
Ohio--Politics and government--1787-1865.
Ohio--Surveys.
Oregon--Boundaries.
Oregon--History--To 1859.
Texas--Annexation to the United States.
United
States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
Farmers.
Governors--Ohio.
Lawyers.
Representatives, U.S.
Congress--Ohio.
Senators, U.S.
Congress--Ohio.
The papers of
William Allen, lawyer, farmer, and politician,
were purchased from
Effie Allen Scott together with the
Duncan McArthur
Papers in 1905.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Allen
is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, William Allen Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Date | Event |
| 1803, Dec. 27 | Born,
Edenton, N.C. |
| 1819 | Moved to
Chillicothe, Ohio |
| 1827 | Admitted to
Ohio bar |
| 1833-1835 | Member,
United States House of Representatives |
| 1837-1849 |
United States Senator |
| 1849-1874 | Resided on estate near
Chillicothe, Ohio |
| 1874-1876 | Governor of
Ohio |
| 1879, July 11 | Died,
Chillicothe, Ohio |
The papers of
William Allen (1803-1879) span the years
1796-1879, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1840-1876. The
collection focuses on his career in
Ohio politics, first as
United States representative and senator, then as
governor of
Ohio. Included are correspondence, speeches,
memoranda, financial records, printed matter, maps, and other material. The
papers are arranged in a bound
Chronological
File and a
Miscellany.
The
Chronological
File consists primarily of correspondence, financial records, maps, and
other material concerning
Ohio and national politics during the 1840s and
the 1870s. Topics include support of the
United States annexation of
Texas, the Mexican War,
Oregon claims, land surveys, and the Greenback
movement. Correspondents include
James Faran,
James Graham,
John Hough,
Amos Layman,
George Morgan, and
Henry A. Whitman.
The
Miscellany
consists of an account book of the
Stoney Mill Salt Works,
Chillicothe, Ohio, dating from 1811 to 1823, which
Allen used partially as the backing for a scrapbook of clippings from 1825 to
1827. Also in the series are cancelled bank checks, an 1838 directory of the
United States government, memoranda books
containing jottings and accounting notes, newspaper clippings, a notebook, a
promissory note, political literature, a scrapbook, speeches by Allen and
others, and the records of the
Chillicothe Independent Blues, an Ohio militia
corps.
The collection is arranged in two series:
| Box | Contents |
|---|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
BOX
1-21 |
Chronological File,
1825-1879,
n.d.
|
| Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, financial records, printed
matter, and other papers largely related to Allen's career as a
United States congressman (1833-1835) and
senator (1837-1848) and governor of
Ohio (1874-1876). |
| Bound and arranged in chronological order. |
|
|
BOX
1 | 19 Apr. 1825-24 Sept.
1831 |
|
|
BOX
2 | 27 Sept. 1831-21 Jan.
1840 |
|
|
BOX
3 | 28 Jan. 1840-22 Jan.
1844 |
|
|
BOX
4 | 27 Jan.-28 Nov. 1844 |
|
|
BOX
5 | 29 Nov. 1844-12 Jan.
1845 |
|
|
BOX
6 | 13 Jan.-21 Feb. 1845 |
|
|
BOX
7 | 22 Feb.-29 Mar. 1845 |
|
|
BOX
8 | 30 Mar.-1 Dec. 1845 |
|
|
BOX
9 | 2 Dec. 1845-4 Jan.
1846 |
|
|
BOX
10 | 5 Jan.-1 Feb. 1846 |
|
|
BOX
11 | 2-27 Feb. 1846 |
|
|
BOX
12 | 28 Feb.-1 Apr. 1846 |
|
|
BOX
13 | 2 Apr.-21 May 1846 |
|
|
BOX
14 | 22 May-13 July 1846 |
|
|
BOX
15 | 16 July 1846-24 Jan.
1847 |
|
|
BOX
16 | 25 Jan. 1847-20 Mar.
1850 |
|
|
BOX
17 | 27 Mar. 1850-15 Oct.
1873 |
|
|
BOX
18 | 17 Oct. 1873-30 July
1875 |
|
|
BOX
19 | 31 July 1875-30 May
1879 |
|
|
BOX
20 | Undated |
|
|
BOX
21 | Undated |
|
|
BOX
22-23 |
Miscellany,
1796-1877,
n.d.
|
| Account book, scrapbooks, memorandum books, notebooks, political
literature, records of the
Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps,
speeches, and other material. |
| Arranged in alphabetical order by name of organization or type of
material. |
|
|
BOX
22 | Bank checks, 1860-1873 |
| (2 folders)
|
|
| Chillicothe Independent Blues Militia Corps, records,
1821-1834 |
|
| Memorandum books, 1854-1871 |
| (3 folders)
|
|
| Newspaper clippings, 1863-1876, n.d. |
|
|
BOX
23 | Notebook, 1845, n.d. |
|
| Political literature, 1823-1856 |
|
| Printed matter, 1796, 1824 |
|
| Promissory note, 1833 |
|
| Scrapbook, n.d. |
|
| Speeches |
|
| By Allen, 1834-1876 |
|
| By others,
1840-1877 |
|
| Stoney Mill Salt Works, Chillicothe, Ohio, account book
and scrapbook, 1811-1827 |
|
| United States government directory, 1838 |
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