Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Zachariah Chandler papers, 1854-1899 |
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Span Dates | 1854-1899 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1854-1879) |
ID No. | MSS15552 |
Creator | Chandler, Zachariah, 1813-1879 |
Extent | 1,100 items ; 9 containers ; 1.8 linear feet ; 4 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Secretary of the interior and senator from Michigan. Correspondence, principally letters received, only a few dating after 1879, relating chiefly to the politics of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Reflects the views of the antislavery element of the Republican Party when Chandler was serving on the Republican Congressional Committee and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of War and as chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Also includes material pertaining to the early political history of Michigan. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006046 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78015552 |