Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Benjamin B. French family papers, 1778-1940 |
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Span Dates | 1778-1940 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1813-1893) |
ID No. | MSS21550 |
Creator | French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown), 1800-1870 |
Extent | 6,500 items ; 38 containers plus 6 oversize ; 17.2 linear feet ; 16 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | New Hampshire politician, clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington, D.C. Journals, personal correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers chiefly relating to family matters and including commentary on political events and social life in Washington in the nineteenth century. Other prominent family members represented in the papers include Francis O. French, banker, and Amos Tuck, congressman. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003036 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm80021550 |