Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | James William Denver papers, 1868-1884 |
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Span Dates | 1868-1884 |
Creator | Denver, James William, 1817-1892 |
Extent | 1500 items ; 5 volumes ; 1 linear foot |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Lawyer, army officer, United States representative from California, United States commissioner of Indian affairs, and governor of Kansas. Letterpress books containing correspondence relating to Denver's law practice in Washington, D.C., which was concerned with Choctaw Indian claims and land disputes in California and elsewhere in the West, and to his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, 1884. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009227 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79018309 |