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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Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
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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)***
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