Samuel Freeman Miller correspondence and diaries

LC control no.	mm 88065919
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Miller, Samuel Freeman, 1816-1890. » More like this
Main title	Samuel Freeman Miller correspondence and diaries, 1854-1887.
Related names	Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888. William Pitt Ballinger diaries. 1871-1886. » More like this
Description	185 items. 2 containers. 3 microfilm reels. 0.8 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Summary	Letters from Miller to his brother-in-law, William Pitt Ballinger, an attorney of Galveston, Texas, concerning the status of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, nomination of John Marshall Harlan to the Court, judicial appointments, Republican Party politics, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, Reconstruction and relations between North and South, and Miller's membership in the Electoral Commission appointed to decide the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Also includes microfilm edition of Ballinger's diaries (1871-1876).
Notes	University of Texas Library, Austin, TX Collection material in English. MSS65919
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114>
Acquisition source	Gift, Lucy Cocker Clarkson, via: Charles Fairman, 1988.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition of typewritten typescripts of the diaries of William Pitt Ballinger held by the University of Texas Library (Austin, Tex.).
Subjects	Ballinger, William Pitt, 1825-1888--Correspondence. » More like this Harlan, John Marshall, 1833-1911. » More like this Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. » More like this Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. » More like this Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886. » More like this United States. Electoral Commission (1877) » More like this United States. Supreme Court. » More like this Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) » More like this Constitutional law--United States. » More like this Courts--United States--Officials and employees. » More like this Justice, Administration of. » More like this Law--United States. » More like this Practice of law--Texas--Galveston. » More like this Presidents--United States--Election--1860. » More like this Presidents--United States--Election--1876. » More like this Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) » More like this United States--History--1865-1898. » More like this United States--Politics and government--19th century. » More like this Jurists. Lawyers.
Local shelving no.	MMC-3615 Microfilm 19,814-1N-1P Microfilm 19,884-2N-2P-1P
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008114.3>