Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | James Fowler Simmons papers, 1771-1939 |
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Span Dates | 1771-1939 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1840-1860) |
ID No. | MSS40055 |
Creator | Simmons, James Fowler, 1795-1864 |
Extent | 21,000 items ; 58 containers ; 19 linear feet ; 1 microfilm reel |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Manufacturer, political leader, and United States senator from Rhode Island. Correspondence, family letters, memoranda, legal documents, account books, photographs, and printed matter relating to Simmons's cotton and yarn manufacturing enterprises and to public matters, including the tariff, Thomas Dorr and the Dorr Rebellion of 1842, the nomination and election of Abraham Lincoln as president, and social, economic, and political conditions in Rhode Island. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010252 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78040055 |