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TitleEdwin McMasters Stanton papersTypeMixed MaterialCollectionSubjectBancroft, George, 1800-1891--Correspondence. (LCSH)Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887--Correspondence. (LCSH)Buchanan, James, 1791-1868--Correspondence. (LCSH)Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893--Correspondence. (LCSH)Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889--Correspondence. (LCSH)Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873--Correspondence. (LCSH)Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888--Correspondence. (LCSH)Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897--Correspondence. (LCSH)Ewing, Thomas, 1789-1871--Correspondence. (LCSH)Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869--Correspondence. (LCSH)Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Correspondence. (LCSH)Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Correspondence. (LCSH)Hay, John, 1838-1905--Correspondence. (LCSH)Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875--Correspondence. (LCSH)Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876--Correspondence. (LCSH)Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872--Correspondence. (LCSH)Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination (LCSH)Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence. (LCSH)McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885--Correspondence. (LCSH)Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866--Correspondence. (LCSH)Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872--Correspondence. (LCSH)Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Correspondence. (LCSH)Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence. (LCSH)Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868--Correspondence. (LCSH)Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896--Correspondence. (LCSH)Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874--Correspondence. (LCSH)Tappan, Benjamin, 1773-1857--Correspondence. (LCSH)Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896--Correspondence. (LCSH)Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878--Correspondence. (LCSH)Stanton family--Correspondence. (LCSH)United States. War DepartmentRepublican Party (U.S. : 1854- )Generals--United States (LCSH)Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) (LCSH)United States--Armed Forces--Officers (LCSH)United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 (LCSH)United States--Politics and government--1865-1877 (LCSH)Cabinet officers.Lawyers. Notelanguage: Collection material in English.SummaryCorrespondence, letterbooks, reports, printed matter, memorabilia, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Stanton's role as U.S. secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and to his role in the politics of Reconstruction. Other topics include the conduct of the Civil War, the radical wing of the Republican Party, Lincoln's assassination, and Stanton's evaluation of U.S. Army generalsCorrespondents include the Stanton family, George Bancroft, Henry Ward Beecher, James Buchanan, Benjamin F. Butler, Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase, Roscoe Conkling, Charles A. Dana, Thomas Ewing, William Pitt Fessenden, William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hay, Andrew Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, Francis Lieber, Abraham Lincoln, George Brinton McClellan, Winfield Scott, William Henry Seward, Philip Henry Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Thaddeus Stevens, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sumner, Benjamin Tappan, Lyman Trumbull, and Gideon WellesOrigin Date(s)1818-1921 (bulk 1862-1870) Authorized Access PointStanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Edwin McMasters Stanton papersCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Arranged in six series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1831-1870; Series 2: War Department, 1862-1863; Series 3: Letterbooks, 1863-1865; Series 4: Miscellany, 1818-1921; Series 5: Addition, 1856-1869; and Series 6: Oversize, 1818-1869.