Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)E.B Washburne papers, 1829-1915
Personal name
Main title
- E.B. Washburne papers, 1829-1915 (bulk 1852-1882).
Links
Links
- E.B. Washburne Papers at the Library of Congress http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000063 opens in a new window
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010256 opens in a new window
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010256.3 opens in a new window
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Description
- 37,000 items.
- 144 containers.
- 31.4 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.ms010256 opens in a new window
- Index to correspondents in part of the E.B. Washburne papers available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
Local shelving no.
- 0637CC
Related titles
- E.B. Washburne Papers at the Library of Congress
Biography/History note
- U.S. representative from Illinois, diplomat, lawyer, and historian.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged by type of material and thereunder chronologically.
Summary
- Chiefly correspondence documenting Washburne's service as a member of Congress in the Civil War era, 1853-1869, and as minister to France, 1869-1877. Subjects include Whig politics nationally and in Illinois; Washburne's congressional duties, focusing on commerce and appropriations; his support for Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant; Reconstruction; and personal affairs. Other subjects include the U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish; the French minister of foreign affairs; the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871; German residents of France during the war; the seige of Paris, 1870-1871; Commune de Paris, 1871; France's Third Republic; and Germany. Also includes scrapbooks and printed matter.
- Correspondents include Cyrus Aldrich; Isaac N. Arnold; Adam Badeau; George Bancroft; Otto Fürst von Bismarck; James Gillespie Blaine; William Harrison Bradley; Salmon P. Chase; J.C. Bancroft Davis; John A. Dix; William Maxwell Evarts; Jules Favre; Hamilton Fish; Antoine Alfred Agénor, duc de Gramont; Ulysses S. Grant; Horace Greeley; Murat Halstead; John Jay; Joseph Medill; Benjamin Moran; Edwards Pierrepont; Charles Henry Ray; Daniel Richard; Robert Cumming Schenck; John Sherman; William T. Sherman; Daniel Edgar Sickles; Charles L. Stephenson; Washburne's brother, C.C. Washburn; and European diplomats and statesmen.
LC Subjects
- Aldrich, Cyrus, 1808-1871--Correspondence.
- Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884--Correspondence.
- Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895--Correspondence.
- Bancroft, George, 1800-1891--Correspondence.
- Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898--Correspondence.
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893--Correspondence.
- Bradley, William Harrison, 1848-1929--Correspondence.
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873--Correspondence.
- Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft), 1822-1907--Correspondence.
- Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879--Correspondence.
- Evarts, William Maxwell, 1818-1901--Correspondence.
- Favre, Jules, 1809-1880--Correspondence.
- Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893.
- Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893--Correspondence.
- Gramont, Antoine Alfred Agénor, duc de, 1819-1880--Correspondence.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872--Correspondence.
- Halstead, Murat, 1829-1908--Correspondence.
- Jay, John, 1817-1894--Correspondence.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899--Correspondence.
- Moran, Benjamin, 1820-1886--Correspondence.
- Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892--Correspondence.
- Ray, Charles Henry--Correspondence.
- Richard, Daniel, active 1852-1882--Correspondence.
- Schenck, Robert Cumming, 1809-1890--Correspondence.
- Sherman, John, 1823-1900--Correspondence.
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence.
- Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914--Correspondence.
- Stephenson, Charles L., 1815-1880--Correspondence.
- Washburn, C. C. (Cadwallader Colden), 1818-1882--Correspondence.
- France. Ministère des affaires étrangères--Officials and employees.
- United States. Congress.
- Whig Party (U.S.)
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--France.
- Diplomats--Europe--Correspondence.
- Diplomats--France.
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871.
- Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871--Campaigns--France.
- Germans--France.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Sieges--France.
- Statesmen--Europe--Correspondence.
- France--Foreign relations--United States.
- France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940.
- Germany--History.
- Illinois--Politics and government.
- Paris (France)--History--Siege, 1870-1871.
- Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871.
- United States--Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States--Commerce.
- United States--Foreign relations--1869-1877.
- United States--Foreign relations--France.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- Diplomats.
- Historians.
- Lawyers.
- Representatives, U.S. Congress--Illinois.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Hempstead Washburne, 1904.
- Exchange, Chicago Public Library, 1946.
Cite as
- Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, E.B. Washburne Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- E.B. Washburne Papers at the Library of Congress available through the Library of Congress Web site at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000063 opens in a new window
LCCN
- mm 79044651
Other standard no.
- MSS44651
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home opens in a new window
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)