Sayles Jenks Bowen papers

LC control no.	mm 81075887
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Bowen, Sayles Jenks, 1813-1896. » More like this
Main title	Sayles Jenks Bowen papers, 1836-1882 (bulk 1876-1882).
Description	1,000 items. 5 containers. 1.8 linear feet.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Public official and mayor of Washington, D.C.
Summary	Correspondence, business papers, and legal papers. Subjects include the elections of 1876 and 1880, the presidential administration of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, political support for Chester Alan Arthur, James Gillespie Blaine, and James A. Garfield, and opposition to Ulysses S. Grant. Correspondents include James Gillespie Blaine, William E. Chandler, Frederick Douglass, Reuben E. Fenton, Robert Todd Lincoln, James H. Platt, and Whitelaw Reid.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS75887
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009108>
Acquisition source	Deposit, Charles A. Barker, 1977. Converted to gift and purchase, 1978.
Subjects	Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886. » More like this Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. » More like this Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893--Correspondence. » More like this Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917--Correspondence. » More like this Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895--Correspondence. » More like this Fenton, Reuben E. (Reuben Eaton), 1819-1885--Correspondence. » More like this Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881. » More like this Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. » More like this Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893. » More like this Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence. » More like this Platt, James H., 1837-1894--Correspondence. » More like this Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912--Correspondence. » More like this Elections--United States--1876. » More like this Elections--United States--1880. » More like this United States--Politics and government--19th century. » More like this Mayors--Washington (D.C.) Public officials.
Local shelving no.	MMC-3426
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.ms009108> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009108.3>