Jeremiah Sullivan Black papers, 1813-1894 (inclusive), 1842-1884 (bulk), [microform]

36 reels.

English

The papers consist of correspondence, a ledger, scrapbooks, and other papers of statesman Jeremiah Sullivan Black, U.S. Attorney General, 1857-1860 and Secretary of State, 1860-1861. Among the subjects discussed are events in Kansas before the Civil War, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859, the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, the Credit Mobilier scandal, the trial of Jefferson Davis, and Black's efforts on behalf of Clement Claiborne Clay and Jacob Thompson. Much of the correspondence is that of Black's son Chauncey Forward Black and includes his letters concerning Ward Hill Lamon's The Life of Abraham Lincoln and letters written by Samuel Jackson Randall concerning Pennsylvania politics. Included among the prominent correspondents are Edwin McMasters Stanton, James Buchanan, Thomas Francis Bayard, Montgomery Blair, Caleb Cushing, James Abram Garfield, Joseph Holt, and Reverdy Johnson.

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June 01, 2002