Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Hamilton Fish papers, 1732-1914
Personal name
Main title
- Hamilton Fish papers, 1732-1914 (bulk 1840-1890).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012133
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012133.3
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Description
- 61,000 items.
- 328 containers plus 6 oversize.
- 24 microfilm reels.
- 85 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012133
- Card index to the General Correspondence series available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Local shelving no.
- 0318L
- Oversize 0116A
- Oversize 1:1
- Microfilm 17,634-6N-6P
- Microfilm 18,746-18N-18P
Biography/History note
- U.S. secretary of state and U.S. senator and representative from and governor of New York.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in ten series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1804-1894; Series 2: Department of State, 1776-1893; Series 3: Governor of New York, 1836-1850; Series 4: Journals and Diaries, 1849-1877; Series 5: Subject File, 1845-1888; Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1836-1899; Series 7: John Bassett Moore File, 1732-1914; Series 8: Miscellany, 1818-1891; Series 9: Addition, 1785-1892; and Series 10: Oversize, circa 1836-1888.
Summary
- Correspondence, journals, diaries, subject files, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers relating chiefly to Fish's service as U.S. secretary of state under Ulysses S. Grant and as U.S. representative and senator from and governor of New York. Includes material pertaining to his activities in the Society of the Cincinnati and to family and business affairs. Subjects include Alabama claims and the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal; the Treaty of Washington with Great Britain in 1871; Canadian reciprocity; fisheries; relations with Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and Spain; and the annexation of Texas. Also includes the John Bassett Moore file containing typewritten transcripts of Fish's correspondence, principally from the General Correspondence series, selected and prepared by Moore along with Moore's notes, memoranda, and related correspondence.
- Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Amos Tappan Akerman, Henry B. Anthony, Chester Alan Arthur, J. Hubley Ashton, Orville Elias Babcock, Adam Badeau, George Bancroft, James M. Barrien, William W. Belknap, John Armor Bingham, James Gillespie Blaine, G.W. Blunt, George S. Boutwell, Benjamin Helm Bristow, Benjamin F. Butler, John L. Cadwalader, Simon Cameron, Zachariah Chandler, Salmon P. Chase, Robert S. Chew, George William Childs, Roscoe Conkling, John A.J. Creswell, Wm. Henry Crosby, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Caleb Cushing, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Columbus Delano, Thomas B. Dibblee, John A. Dix, George F. Edmunds, William Maxwell Evarts, Millard Fillmore, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Asa Bird Gardiner, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Moses Hicks Grinnell, Alexander Hamilton, Jr., Rutherford B. Hayes, E.R. Hoar, Washington Hunt, John Jay, Marshall Jewell, Francis Lieber, William L. Marcy, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Benjamin Moran, Edwin D. Morgan, Robert Hunter Morris, Oliver P. Morton, John Lothrop Motley, Edwards Pierrepont, John M. Read, William A. Richardson, George M. Robeson, Robert Cumming Schenck, John Schuyler, Winfield Scott, William Henry Seward, John Sherman, Daniel Edgar Sickles, Charles Sumner, Zachary Taylor, J.R. Van Rensselaer, E.B. Washburne, Thurlow Weed, George H. Williams, and Robert C. Winthrop.
LC Subjects
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886--Correspondence.
- Akerman, Amos Tappan, 1821-1880--Correspondence.
- Anthony, Henry B. (Henry Bowen), 1815-1884--Correspondence.
- Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886--Correspondence.
- Ashton, J. Hubley (Joseph Hubley), 1836-1907--Correspondence.
- Babcock, Orville Elias, 1835-1884--Correspondence.
- Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895--Correspondence.
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891--Correspondence.
- Barrien, James M.--Correspondence.
- Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890--Correspondence.
- Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900--Correspondence.
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893--Correspondence.
- Blunt, G. W. (George William), 1802-1878--Correspondence.
- Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905--Correspondence.
- Bristow, Benjamin Helm, 1832-1896--Correspondence.
- Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1795-1858--Correspondence.
- Cadwalader, John L. (John Lambert), 1836-1914--Correspondence.
- Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889--Correspondence.
- Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879--Correspondence.
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873--Correspondence.
- Chew, Robert S., 1811-1873--Correspondence.
- Childs, George William, 1829-1894--Correspondence.
- Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888--Correspondence.
- Creswell, John A. J., 1828-1891--Correspondence.
- Crosby, Wm. Henry (William Henry), 1808-1892--Correspondence.
- Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894--Correspondence.
- Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879--Correspondence.
- Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft), 1822-1907--Correspondence.
- Delano, Columbus, 1809-1896--Correspondence.
- Dibblee, Thomas B.--Correspondence.
- Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879--Correspondence.
- Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919--Correspondence.
- Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901--Correspondence.
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874--Correspondence.
- Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore), 1817-1885--Correspondence.
- Gardiner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919--Correspondence.
- Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Correspondence.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--Correspondence.
- Grinnell, Moses Hicks, 1803-1877--Correspondence.
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1786-1875--Correspondence.
- Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893--Correspondence.
- Hoar, E. R. (Ebenezer Rockwood), 1816-1895--Correspondence.
- Hunt, Washington, 1811-1867--Correspondence.
- Jay, John, 1817-1894--Correspondence.
- Jewell, Marshall, 1825-1883--Correspondence.
- Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872--Correspondence.
- Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857--Correspondence.
- Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873--Correspondence.
- Moran, Benjamin, 1820-1886--Correspondence.
- Morgan, Edwin D. (Edwin Denison), 1811-1883--Correspondence.
- Morris, Robert Hunter, 1802-1855--Correspondence.
- Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877--Correspondence.
- Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877--Correspondence.
- Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892--Correspondence.
- Read, John M. (John Meredith), 1797-1874--Correspondence.
- Richardson, William A. (William Adams), 1821-1896--Correspondence.
- Robeson, George M. (George Maxwell), 1829-1897--Correspondence.
- Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890--Correspondence.
- Schuyler, John, 1829-1895--Correspondence.
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866--Correspondence.
- Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872--Correspondence.
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900--Correspondence.
- Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914--Correspondence.
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874--Correspondence.
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850--Correspondence.
- Van Rensselaer, J. R.--Correspondence.
- Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887--Correspondence.
- Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882--Correspondence.
- Williams, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1910--Correspondence.
- Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894--Correspondence.
- Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1871 May 8.
- United States. Congress. House.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- United States. Department of State.
- Geneva Arbitration Tribunal.
- Society of the Cincinnati.
- Alabama claims.
- Fisheries.
- Reciprocity (Commerce)
- Canada--Commerce--United States.
- Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.
- Dominican Republic--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Haiti--Foreign relations--United States.
- New York (State)--Politics and government.
- Spain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Texas--Annexation to the United States.
- United States--Commerce--Canada.
- United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.
- United States--Foreign relations--Dominican Republic.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- United States--Foreign relations--Haiti.
- United States--Foreign relations--Spain.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Claims.
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- Cabinet officers.
- Governors--New York (State)
- Representatives, U.S. Congress--New York (State)
- Senators, U.S. Congress--New York (State)
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Deposit, Hamilton Fish, Jr., 1938.
- Converted to gift, 1943.
- Other gift and purchase, 1963-1974.
Additional formats
- Microfilm edition of diaries, 1869-1876, (containers 277-287) available, no. 17,634.
- Microfilm edition of governor's papers, 1836-1850, (containers 256-275) available, no. 18,746.
- Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
LCCN
- mm 78020602
Other standard no.
- MSS20602
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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- Microfilm 17,634-6P
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- Containers 277-287
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