07143cpcaa2201045 i 4500 5807844 20260522203821.2 800605|||||||||||| eng 5807844 7 cbc orignew u ncip 19 y-manuscri LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-893 mm 80021550 ms 80002044 MSS21550 : Manuscript Division collection ID lcmd (DLC)mm 80021550 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC W lcmd 0316P Oversize 0111L Oversize 7:4 Microfilm 15,260-3N-3P Microfilm 18,483-13N-13P French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown), 1800-1870. Benjamin B. French family papers, 1778-1940 (bulk 1813-1893). French family papers EAD sort title French family. Benjamin B. French family papers, 1778-1940. 6,500 items. 38 containers plus 6 oversize. 16 microfilm reels. 17.2 linear feet. Arranged in two parts composed of eight series. Part I arranged in three series. Series 1: Journals, 1803-1870; Series 2: Correspondence, 1826-1924; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1802-1977. Part II arranged in five series. Series 1: Journals, 1837-1879; Series 2: Correspondence, 1778-1940; Series 3: Miscellany, 1787-1938; Series 4: 2019 Addition, 1850; and Series 5: Oversize, 1819-1893. Open to research. Part I contains correspondence primarily between Benjamin B. French and his half brother Henry Flagg French of Exeter, N.H., journals (1828-1870), poems, clippings, and printed material. Includes Benjamin B. French's observations on New Hampshire politics, freemasonry, his involvement with the Magnetic Telegraph Company, the presidency of Franklin Pierce, social life in Washington, D.C., French's association with Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's assassination, the Civil War, the years following the Civil War, and Congress. Part II consists chiefly of the papers of Benjamin B. French, his son Francis Ormond French, and Amos Tuck. Benjamin B. French's correspondence continues topics found in Part I. Francis Ormond French's journals cover his early years in Washington, D.C., as well as his years at the Rittenhouse Academy, Washington, D.C., Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., and Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. His correspondence provides insight into the life of a prosperous American family of the late nineteenth century in New York, N.Y. Amos Tuck's correspondence pertains to politics, his travels in the Midwest in 1851, and the devastation of the South from the Civil War. Also includes letters of William Merchant Richardson. Francis's correspondents include Harris C. Fahnestock, Daniel Chester French, Lot M. Morrill, Hugh McCulloch, William A. Richardson, and John Sherman. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by colon and container or reel number, Benjamin B. French Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Microfilm edition of journal, volumes 1-11, available, no. 15,260. Microfilm edition available, no. 18,483. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1972-1982. Gift, Daniel Chester French, Henry H. French, Prentiss French, Margaret French Cresson, and S. LeRoy French, 1922-1974. Gift, Peter S. and Katherine P. French, 1991-1994. Other gift, purchase, and transfer, 1924-2006. Most prints and photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, New Hampshire politician, and commissioner of public buildings in Washington, D.C. Other individuals represented include Benjamin's son Francis Ormond French, financier; Amos Tuck, U.S. representative from N.H., whose daughter Ellen married Francis O. French in 1861; and William Merchant Richardson, chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court and father of Benjamin B. French's first wife. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 Fahnestock, Harris C. (Harris Charles), 1835-1914 Correspondence. French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931 Correspondence. French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg), 1813-1885 Correspondence. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Assassination. McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895 Correspondence. Morrill, Lot M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-1883 Correspondence. Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869. Richardson, William A. (William Adams), 1821-1896 Correspondence. Sherman, John, 1823-1900 Correspondence. French family. United States. Congress. Harvard College (1780- ) Magnetic Telegraph Company. Phillips Exeter Academy. Rittenhouse Academy. Freemasonry. Private schools New Hampshire Exeter. Private schools Washington (D.C.) Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Universities and colleges Massachusetts Cambridge. Confederate States of America History. Middle West Description and travel. New Hampshire Politics and government. New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs. Southern States History 1865-1877. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History 1865-1898. United States Politics and government 19th century. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Clerks, U.S. House of Representatives. itoamc Judges. itoamc Justices, State. itoamc Politicians. itoamc Public officials. itoamc French, Francis O. (Francis Ormond), 1837-1893. Francis O. French papers. Richardson, William Merchant, 1774-1838. William Merchant Richardson papers. Tuck, Amos, 1810-1879. Amos Tuck papers. Visual materials from the Benjamin B. French family papers (DLC)2010634809 Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036.3 MSS. mss/ead