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Thomas Corwin Correspondence

A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress

Prepared by Elizabeth G. McPherson
Revised by Patrick Kerwin

Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2004

Contact information: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009016

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Personal Names

Organizations

Locations

Occupations

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Processing History:

Additional Guides:

Copyright Status:

Access and Restrictions

Preferred Citation:

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

Container List

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Personal Names

Organizations

Locations

Occupations

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The correspondence of Thomas Corwin, lawyer, Ohio governor, U.S. representative and senator, and U.S. secretary of the treasury, were purchased by the Library of Congress from 1906 to 1925.

Processing History:

The correspondence of Thomas Corwin were processed in 1959. The finding aid was revised in 2003.

Additional Guides:

An index to the collection is available in the Manuscript Reading Room.

Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Thomas Corwin is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Access and Restrictions

The correspondence of Thomas Corwin is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Thomas Corwin Correspondence, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

The correspondence of Thomas Corwin (1794-1865) spans the years 1850-1853 during Corwin's tenure as United States secretary of the treasury.

Topics include appointments to and removals from office, Whig politics, and the financial and commercial policies of President Millard Fillmore's administration. Correspondents include George C. Bates, Leslie Combs, Moses B. Corwin, Simeon Draper, Thomas Ewing, William D. Gallagher, William Grandin, William J. Grayson, Moses Hicks Grinnell, Washington Hunt, Reverdy Johnson, George P. Kane, William Davis Lewis, John McLean, Francis Mallory, Willie Person Mangum, Edward Deering Mansfield, Hugh Maxwell, Henry Dunning Moore, John Henry Clay Mudd, James Alfred Pearce, Aaron F. Perry, George D. Prentice, William J. Reese, William Henry Seward, Truman Smith, Daniel Webster, Thurlow Weed, Hugh White, John J. Williams, William Henry Winder, and John C. Wright.

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection consists of correspondence chronologically arranged in bound volumes with the exception of a small group of letters from 1851 at the end of the chronology.

Container List