LC control no. | mm 89078596 |
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Type of material | Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection) |
Personal name | Beckley, John James, 1757-1807. |
Main title | John James Beckley family papers, 1789-1918. |
Related names | Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888. Alfred Beckley papers. |
Description | 205 items. 3 containers. 1.2 linear feet. |
Access advisory | Open to research. |
Biography/History note | Librarian of Congress and clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
Summary | Correspondence (1791-1829) and memorandum book (1791-1799) of John James Beckley; and correspondence (1829-1849), memorandum books, autobiography (1886), scrapbook, newspaper clipping, and other papers of his son, U.S. Army officer Alfred Beckley. Also includes four books signed by John James Beckley that were part of his library. |
Notes | Collection material in English. Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives. MSS78596 |
Finding aids | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009183> |
Acquisition source | Gift, Paxton Davis, 1989. Gift, Anne Rigby, 1996. |
Subjects | Beckley family. Library of Congress. Library of Congress--Officials and employees. United States. Army--Officers. United States. Congress. House. United States--Politics and government--1783-1865. Clerks, U.S. House of Representatives. Librarians of Congress. |
Local shelving no. | MMC-3577 |
Repository | Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home> |
Links | Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009183> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009183.3> |